BBC iPlayer is now on Xbox Live.

[colonel c]

At last iPlayer is now on Xbox Live. It's been a while coming.

[HalfMoon]

Yeah, showed up on mine last night, along with 4OD and the Channel 5 one.

Beats trying to watch an hour long programme on my phone!

[slinky]

The only problem is, the interface... Or at least it was when I tried it yesterday. It seemed to be really slow to respond. I'm hoping that this was an issue with my side of things, and perhaps a restart was needed, but it was rather bad..

[ThunderSpook]

Are these still only available with a Live Gold account?

[colonel c]

ThunderSpook said:

Are these still only available with a Live Gold account?

No it's free.

The BBC said:

Daniel Danker, BBC General Manager, Programmes & On-Demand, said: “Xbox is hugely successful in the UK. Given the BBC’s goal to reach its entire audience, I’m particularly excited that the BBC will be bringing iPlayer to all Xbox users at no extra cost as part of Xbox LIVE’s free membership.”

[ThunderSpook]

Oooh that's good! Well, except that I can already get it through the TV, the PC and the satellite box.

I was a bit disappointed to find you needed a Gold account for LoveFilm, especially when I'm already paying for LoveFilm so didn't see why I needed to give Microsoft money as well.

[Changedmyname]

Then you will have to get a BBC licence for that as well.
I was told because I use this laptop at work I must have a telly licence for it apearently.
Perhaps this also applies? Don't know.

[ThunderSpook]

You only need a TV license for watching live transmissions, not iPlayer.

[Eighteeteewhy]

Thanks OP I've bern waiting for this.

[Changedmyname]

ThunderSpook said:

You only need a TV license for watching live transmissions, not iPlayer.

Try telling them that,the guy insisted,
"If you have a computer and or mobile phone,including employees a tv licence is needed".

He was a dick.