BBC iPlayer

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Badrakumar Author

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BBC iPlayer

Can I get BBD iPlayer on Apple TV?

OR

I know Apple TV player contents only from iTunes. How do I add BBC Radio Channels to apple TV or iTunes

iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Mar 3, 2013 2:35 AM

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Answer 1

Rudegar

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Mar 3, 2013 3:54 AM in response to Badrakumar

this is whats is plays

http://www.apple.com/appletv/whats-on/

other than that it can be airplayd to from ios devices such as iphones and ipads to play what the ios device is playing unless the app of the ios device actively block airplay

about adding bbc radio

http://legobot.co.uk/2012/11/11/bbc-radio-on-apple-tv

more

https://www.google.com/search?sourceid=opera-portal&q=add+bbc+radio+to+itunes&cl ient=opera-portal&channel=portal#hl=en&client=opera-portal&hs=UXT&channel=portal &sclient=psy-ab&q=add+bbc+radio+to+appletv&oq=add+bbc+radio+to+appletv&gs_l=serp .3...4727.5778.0.5788.7.7.0.0.0.0.261.788.2j3j1.6.0.les%3B..0.0...1c.1.5.psy-ab. 0W8J9wsPse0&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.43148975,d.bGE&fp=3f47 c880d0b288e5&biw=1825&bih=748

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Badrakumar Author

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Mar 4, 2013 4:43 AM in response to Rudegar

I do not think apple had the time or interest to develop an app for BBC iPlayer and BBC has their own console and may want to sell it rather than apple TV. But certainly an iplayer app for apple TV like the one for YouTube would certainly improve the sale of apple TV.

In effect it is corporate politics leading to purchase of two different gadget like the mobile chargers. At the end of the day it is the poor customer going to get the stick.

I have worked around it for the BBC Radio by installing Airfoil http://www.rogueamoeba.com/airfoil/.

This is available for mac and windows.

For BBC TV I haven't found an option.

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Answer 3

Mar 4, 2013 4:44 AM in response to Badrakumar

This is a user to user community, Apple are unlikely to read your comments, if you have any suggestions that you think might enhance the Apple TV you can send Apple your feedback here

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Rudegar

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Mar 4, 2013 8:40 AM in response to Badrakumar

I use the adding of network stream in itunes so I don't have to pay for airfoil

it lowers the quality of the stream after some time if one use the free version

about iplayer then maybe it would improve the sale but likely mostly in UK

as the rest of us have to pay a monthly price to bbc if we wish to use the player

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Badrakumar Author

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Mar 4, 2013 3:54 PM in response to Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill wrote:

This is a user to user community, Apple are unlikely to read your comments, if you have any suggestions that you think might enhance the Apple TV you can send Apple your feedback here

I have sent them a feed back today. Will they respond. God knows.

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Answer 6

Mar 5, 2013 4:11 AM in response to Badrakumar

They won't respond, no.

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