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BBC iPlayer TV streaming up 22 per cent on iPad
Ben Griffin
More people are watching TV as streamed content, particularly on the iPad and the iPad 2
Never escape television with the iPlayer app
Published on Mar 17, 2011
More people are watching iPlayer catch-up television than ever, according to recently released BBC statistics.
The BBC says the increase is down to the ability to watch sport on the service - Six Nations rugby, Premiership and American football representing a big portion of streamed-live content.
Other statistics have shown the number of requests on the iPad hit 2.1 million in the short month of February, up 22 per cent on January. With the release of the iPad 2 looking successful, we assume this figure will only increase.
Although tablets saw an increase, the aforementioned 28-day February saw the total number of hits decrease from 162 million down to 148 million, with 23 million of that coming from Virgin Media iPlayer requests.
From an online-only perspective, 125 million requests were received, which breaks down to 94 million for TV and 32 million for radio.
It's worth noting stastics indicate iPlayer use is roughly the same as 'generic' television use. This indicates people are now more inclined to spend more free time in front of a computer and not an oggle-box, although, "there is proportionally more daytime and late-peak use."
Considering new data shows social networking has beaten entertainment to the number one spot as the UK's favourite online activity, we don't doubt the average user is choosing what they want to watch in front of their computer, whilst engaging in a bit of Facebook voyeurism.
