BT Vision To Bring BBC iPlayer On To TV

BT (www.BT.com/btvision) has announced plans to bring the BBC iPlayer to televisions via its BT Vision digital TV service.
The phased release will start next month with all BT Vision customers able to access the full BBC iPlayer service on their TV by April 2011.
Commenting on the news, BT Retail’s Chief Executive of Television and Online Services, Marc Watson, said: “We are really excited to be partnering with the BBC to bring the BBC iPlayer service to BT Vision customers. The launch of BBC iPlayer on BT Vision adds to the vast range of quality entertainment already available to our customers”.
BT Vision is BT’s on demand digital TV service, offering access to thousands of hours of TV, films and sports programmes using a customer’s BT Broadband connection.
With BT Vision, customers can watch all their terrestrial and Freeview channels, have the ability to pause, record and rewind live TV, catch up on the best of last week’s shows, plus watch any extra films, TV shows and sport on demand. Premium channels like Sky Sports 1 and 2 can also be added from £6.99 a month.
BT Vision costs from £7.50 a month for existing BT Broadband customers. Non BT customers can get BT Vision digital TV, up to 20Mbps broadband speeds and unlimited UK weekend phone calls in one great package costing from just £17.99 per month.
Interested readers can find out more information on the BT Vision price plans at the www.BT.com/btvision website.