BBC invests in a world of endless repeats

BBC invests in a world of endless repeats

Corporation begins trial of programme download technology that could revolutionise the way we watch TV

Owen Gibson, media correspondent
Tuesday May 17, 2005
The Guardian

Five thousand households are to become willing guinea pigs for a new experiment that the BBC expects to revolutionise the way we watch television.
Randomly drawn from applicants around the country, with the only stipulation being that they have high-speed internet access, they will be the first to experience the BBC's so-called interactive Media Player, or iMP.

The corporation will move a step closer to delivering what it calls "iTunes for the broadcast industry" later this year, launching a public trial of iMP, which allows viewers to download any show from the previous week that they may have missed.

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