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BBC iPlayer Hitting Xbox Live Next Week?


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The iPlayer finally launches on Xbox Live next week, according to reports, offering free access to the vast array of television and radio content broadcast by the BBC across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

 

Announced alongside the Xbox dash revamp last year, the iPlayer is thought to have been delayed thanks to issues regarding payment. The BBC is funded by license fees, not individual subscriptions, so locking it away behind a Gold membership paywall could have proved problematic.

 

No such problems in the end though. The same reports claim that the app will be free to both Gold and Silver subscribers, allowing iPlayer to join 4oD, Sky and Channel 5’s apps on XBL. The last of the big British broadcasters, ITV, are believed to be launching their ITV Player before the end of the year.

 

It’s worth noting that this is yet to be confirmed. Microsoft has responded with the usual no comment on “rumour and speculation.” Seems like a safe enough bet though.

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