Also making a strong showing was detective series Strike, which adapts JK Rowling’s two novels about detective Cormoran Strike, The Cuckoo’s Calling and Silkworm, with three episodes in the top 20 most popular programmes in September.
iPlayer
BBC Player launches in Malaysia after BBC and HyppTV strike deal
The service, which is available exclusively to HyppTV subscribers, will let viewers watch selected shows from BBC Worldwide’s global brands BBC First, BBC Brit, BBC Earth, BBC Lifestyle, CBeebies, as well as BBC World News.
BBC 4K services ‘to use iPlayer’
The BBC’s 4K (Ultra HD) service is likely to launch on the broadcaster’s iPlayer service rather than any broadcast platform according to head of technology, Andy King.
BBC to introduce mandatory login for iPlayer in bid to deliver a “more personalised” service
As well as iPlayer, logging will become mandatory on BBC iPlayer Radio and many of the broadcaster’s mobile apps.
BBC brings iPlayer Live Restart to Android and iOS apps
Already available online and on connected TV platforms such as Now TV and YouView, Live Restart lets viewers watch shows that have already begun from the beginning of the episode.
All BBC iPlayer users now need a TV Licence
Users were previously allowed to watch content after its transmission without holding a licence, however legal changes introduced by the government as part of its recent funding deal with the BBC have seen this so-called “loophole” closed.
Trailer: BBC iPlayer’s The Rack Pack
The film has been written by Shaun Pye, Mark Chappell and Alan Connor, the team behind A Young Doctor’s Notebook, and stars Luke Treadaway, Will Merrick, Kevin Bishop, Nichola Burley and James Bailey.