BBC to push live streaming after success of media player

The BBC is set to push live streaming of news and sports this summer for events like Euro 2008 and the Beijing Olympics following the success of its embedded media player.The player, launched last month on the BBC News and Sport websites, replaces the pop-up media player in a bid to improve user experience.In its first month, users and plays of audio and video content on bbc.co.uk/news increased, with average daily unique users up from 528,000 to 762,000 and average daily ...

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