The BBC has announced the release of a Windows Phone 8 version of the BBC iPlayer catch-up TV service.
The simple application – consisting of a shortcut to the mobile optimized website, live tile and media player – can be downloaded for free from the Window Phone Store.
In a blog post Dave Price, Head of BBC iPlayer, said that as of March this year 30% of overall requests came from mobiles or tablets, with 81 million requests in total.
“Unfortunately, platform limitations with Windows Phone 7.5 have meant we’ve been unable to provide the same quality playback experience as on Windows Phone 8. This led to the joint decision not to make BBC iPlayer available on Windows Phone 7.5.”
Price said that Windows Phone 8 currently make up the majority of all Windows Phones on the market and the number is expected to grow.
