BBC to open iPlayer technology to third parties

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 | By Will Cooper, Adrian Pennington

The BBC will open the iPlayer to third-party broadcasters to allow them to create their own versions of the video-on-demand platform, the Corporation has announced.

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