BBC Would Love To Bring The iPlayer To Xbox Live

By Nick Baumfeld
Posted on August 8, 2011 AT 06:04am

The BBC has revealed that it would “love” to bring their iPlayer service to Xbox Live.

The service is available for free on the Wii and PS3 however it is still missing from Microsoft’s console.

It is believed that the reason Microsoft will not allow the iPlayer on the Xbox 360 is due to the BBC wanting to offer it for free to all users and not just as part of the Xbox Live Gold subscription.

The BBC’s General Manager For Programs and On Demand Daniel Danker told TechRadar;

“We want to be on as many devices as possible. Of course we’d love to be
on the Xbox because we want to get the iPlayer to as many licence
payers as possible, which is pretty much everyone in the UK.”

“We want to be on the cheapest level that you can have on Xbox, and not only for [Xbox Live] Gold subscribers.”

Source: TechRadar

Bio: Nick Baumfeld has been involved in the video game industry for a good 12 years. He has seen the industry from all view points and has a background in websites, website integration and social media. Nick pioneered the online video game rental business back in the day, moved forward into online video game trading and then moved viral with the well received Video Games Application on Facebook. Today, he has joined up with EGM founder Steve Harris to create something truly unique and special; EGMNOW, a community dedicated to all manner of gamers.

Gaming MO: Nick is a first person shooter type of gamer and enjoys heated bouts of Halo with friends and family (even while being schooled by his children).

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