Popular BBC Television programmes are to be made available through the Apple iTunes Store in the UK following an agreement with BBC Worldwide.
Programmes will be made available immediately after the initial seven-day window on the BBC iPlayer and can be purchased for £1.89 per episode. The programmes can then be viewered on a Mac or PC, iPod with video, iPhone or Apple TV.
“We want to give audiences a wide variety of options on how and where to view their favourite BBC shows,” said Simon Danker, Director of Digital Media at BBC Worldwide.
Featured programmes include Torchwood, Life on Mars, Little Britain, Spooks, Robin Hood and Ashes to Ashes.
Earlier this year, BBC Future Media director Ashley Highfield suggested that the Apple iTunes infrastructure could be used to allow Mac owners to download programmes for the same 28-day period granted to PC users rather than be restricted to streaming alone.
BBC Future Media & Technology is scheduled to give a briefing to journalists later today.
About Julian Clover
"In an industry that experiences rapid change and often a confusing subsequent
constant supply of news, it is often refreshing to read an insightful perspective. Broadband
TV News and its editorial team regularly provide a context and
helpful analysis to breaking news.”
Broadband TV News is the must-read publication for those working in the Business of the Multiscreen Television. We deliver news, insight and data direct to your desktop. As well as our constantly updated website you can sign-up to our Daily and Weekly email bulletins. 
Connected TV Forecasts NEW REPORT. The number of TV sets connected to the Internet will reach 551 million by 2016 for the 40 countries covered in this report from Digital TV Research, up from 124 million at end-2010. The report states that this translates to 20% of global TV sets by 2016, up from only 6% at end-2010. Published in November 2011, this 83-page PDF report is the most geographically comprehensive to ever be published.