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    BBC iPlayer booming

    Tue 20-May-2008

    Demand for bandwidth is being led by the BBC iPlayer, it has been suggested.

    The claim comes as the number of programmes streamed on the internet TV on demand service reached 75 million, it has been reported.

    BBC figures show the iPlayer boomed for another month in April, showing growth of 20 per cent compared to the previous month as it received around 21 million programme requests, according to silicon.com.

    Its average weekly users were up to 1.4 million from 1.1 million in March and around 700,000 in January.

    According to the provider, the most sought-after shows were The Apprentice and Doctor Who.

    The figures also showed that three per cent of requests for streaming came from those using the iPhone or iPod Touch.

    Meanwhile, the BBC's internet chief wrote in his blog last month that internet service providers should not try and charge content providers as "unlimited broadband should mean unlimited".
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