"By mimicking the iPlayer’s dead-simple user interface and large content library, U.S. broadcasters finally could cash in on online video, says Bobby Tulsiani, a New York-based analyst with consultancy JupiterResearch."

"Broadband firms are having to restrict customers’ usage because of the unprecedented success of the BBC’s iPlayer, the online viewing service."

ISPs "are warning they may have to restrict customers’ access to the BBC’s new iPlayer service unless the corporation contributes to the cost of streaming videos over the internet."

Simon Dickson can’t use the BBC iPlayer: "Er, no: not on Vista, not on Firefox. I’ll try it all again later, when I find a slightly older PC."

"The BBC had been ‘caught a bit out of sync with audience demand’ for video over the web since 2005 but it is now well-positioned, said [Ashley] Highfield, speaking at a Prince’s Trust Technology Leadership Group event yesterday"

The Open Source Consortium says says the BBC is locking users into a Microsoft platform with its iPlayer and will raise an anti-trust complaint with Ofcom next week, and could go as far as the European Competition Commission.

"The BBC has announced that it will provide a Mac version of its iPlayer video application, reversing an earlier decision to deny users of Apple computers access to its vast archive of video and audio recordings."