iPlayer
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BBC brings iPlayer personalisation & bookmarks to YouView
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To make logging in easy to use, the BBC has adopted a ‘Pin and Pair’ system where the user logs in on their computer or tablet and then enters a PIN displayed on their set top box to authorise its access to their BBC account.
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BBC iPlayer to stream Planet Earth II footage in Ultra HD
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Available on compatible TVs, the footage will be available in Ultra HD and Hybrid Log-Gamma (HLG) and mark’s the BBC’s first public UHD broadcast and the corporation will use feedback to help decide how best to stream full-length Ultra HD programmes in future.
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BBC could use iPlayer to launch 4K services
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Any BBC 4K (Ultra HD) service is likely to launch on the broadcaster’s iPlayer service according to head of technology, Andy King.
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BBC to require all iPlayer users to login as broadcaster’s personalisation drive continues
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All BBC iPlayer users will need to login into the popular catch-up service from next year as part of the BBC’s drive to provide viewers and listers with a “more personalised and tailored” service.
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Android and iOS iPlayer apps to gain Live Restart
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Already available online and on connected TV platforms such as Now TV and YouView, Live Restart lets viewers watch shows that have already begun from the beginning of the episode.
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BBC adds subtitles to iPlayer live programmes
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Initially limited to PC and Mac computers with Flash, the service will eventually be rolled out to smartphones and tablets and connected TV platforms.