{"id":18780,"date":"2011-07-28T12:24:28","date_gmt":"2011-07-28T10:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=18780"},"modified":"2025-07-02T01:58:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:58:24","slug":"bbc-releases-global-iplayer-for-ipad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/bbc-releases-global-iplayer-for-ipad\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC releases global iPlayer for iPad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The BBC has today launched a <a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/app\/bbc-iplayer-global\/id449130604?mt=8\"><strong>global iPlayer iPad app<\/strong><\/a> that allows users around the world to watch BBC television on their Apple tablet.<\/p>\n<p>The app will offer a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/technology\/appsblog\/2011\/jul\/28\/bbc-iplayer-global-ipad-launch\"><strong>limited amount of content for free<\/strong><\/a>, plus users can pay \u20ac6.99 per month or \u20ac49.99 a year for access to the full range of content. This global version of the iPlayer includes some features not found in the UK-only version, including the ability to <strong>stream via 3G or WiFi<\/strong>, and support for <strong>downloading programs<\/strong> onto the iPad for offline viewing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18783\" title=\"iplayer\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2011\/07\/iplayer.jpg\" alt=\"Global iPlayer iPad app \" width=\"576\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2011\/07\/iplayer.jpg 640w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2011\/07\/iplayer-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As with the UK version, the iPlayer app lets you peruse classic and current BBC programs by genre, popularity, new and A-Z. There\u2019s also a parental lock feature for restricting content that\u2019s not suitable for kids.<\/p>\n<p>For the moment, BBC iPlayer Global is <strong>available in 11 countries<\/strong>: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Ireland, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland. However, the United States, Canada and Australia should have access to the app before the end of the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BBC has today launched a global iPlayer iPad app that allows users around the world to watch BBC television on their Apple tablet. The app will offer a limited amount of content for free, plus users can pay \u20ac6.99 per month or \u20ac49.99 a year for access to the full range of content. This &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/bbc-releases-global-iplayer-for-ipad\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;BBC releases global iPlayer for iPad&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2006,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-18780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2006"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18780"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":334161,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18780\/revisions\/334161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18780"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=18780"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=18780"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=18780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}