A key BBC iPlayer app will be shutting down for millions of users this week. But before you panic, it’s not quite as dramatic as it sounds. The app in question is, specifically, the BBC iPlayer ...

The download version of the BBC's iPlayer will be available for Mac users by the end of the year, according to director general Mark Thompson. Thompson made the commitment in a blog posting responding ...

TV fans have been warned a long-running BBC iPlayer app will be rendered useless from Monday. The BBC has decided to shutdown its iPlayer download app for PC and Mac. BBC iPlayer Downloads allows ...

A non-BBC program enabling Mac users to download shows from the iPlayer has appeared on the internet. A developer named wizard_drongo posted the program, which saves shows in the Apple QuickTime video ...

The BBC’s iPlayer streaming service is to end downloads for users who watch on desktop or laptop computers. Currently viewers on PCs and Macs can save programmes via the iPlayer Downloads app, but ...

A LONG-RUNNING BBC iPlayer app will stop working for good in a matter of days. The move spells misery for telly fans who rely on a laptop to download their favourite shows offline. And it's just as ...

BBC iPlayer users have been given a final warning before the app stops working on PC and Mac tomorrow. The shut-down means users will no longer be able to play downloaded shows on desktops with the ...

The BBC has made a new cross-platform version of its iPlayer download manager available in beta. The Adobe AIR-based application, which has been renamed iPlayer Desktop, will run on Windows PCs, Macs ...

For the first time, the BBC will allow iPlayer users to download streaming media to their iOS devices for offline viewing. Media streamed by BBC's iPlayer has traditionally been exclusively streamable ...

It’s not strange or startling that a developer or software house will update a popular app, adding, removing or improving functionality. Well that’s what the BBC have done for Apple iDevice users who ...