Multi-Platform iPlayer Beta Hits Desktops

Multi-Platform iPlayer Beta Hits Desktops

The BBC has launched a beta version of its iPlayer service which now allows Mac and Linux users, not just Windows users, to download programmes to their desktops.

BBC iPlayer Desktop download manager is built on Adobe AIR and will initially be available to those signed up to the BBC iPlayer Labs. The corporation has plans to roll the application out to all users in 2009.



The new download manager allows users in the UK to view their favourite BBC shows, online or offline, with a high-quality solution across operating systems.

The BBC has also revealed that it will be giving younger viewers their own version of the iPlayer which aims to give them access to their favourite shows on-demand in a specially designed child-friendly service.