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BBC iPlayer goes mobile
Garnet Roach garnet@consumerchoices.co.uk
The BBC’s free TV download service will soon be available on mobile broadband equipped mobile phones, starting with the Nokia N96 (09-09-08).
The BBC iPlayer is already available for streaming on the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch, but the popular N96 will be the first mobile device that allows users to download their favourite BBC shows too.
| "Users will have to be very careful that they don’t exceed their mobile broadband download allowance " |
Erik Huggers, BBC director of future media and technology, said: “Over the past eight months we have worked tirelessly to ensure BBC iPlayer is available on as many platforms as possible, from the PC and TV to games consoles and mobiles.
“This partnership is critical to ensuring we continue to reach out to audiences wherever they are and allow them to catch-up on their favourite BBC programmes.”
The new purpose-built version of the BBC iPlayer will be available for mobiles from 1 October.
Simon Ainslie, managing director at Nokia UK, told the BBC: “The Nokia N96 is going to provide a gateway to quality viewing on the move.
“The enormous success of iPlayer has demonstrated the desire audiences have for accessing programmes at a time and a place that suits them,” he added.
Although Nokia will offer free access to the iPlayer, Michael Phillips, BroadbandChoices.co.uk product director, warned that users would still have to pay for their data, depending on the deal they have with their network provider.
“Users will be able to download programmes via either a wireless connection or using mobile broadband,” he said. “But anyone regularly downloading episodes of Eastenders or Dragon’s Den without a wireless connection will have to be very careful that they don’t exceed their mobile broadband download allowance - otherwise they could end up with a hefty bill at the end of the month.”
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