Victoria Jaye

iPlayer content chief Victoria Jaye to leave BBC

Victoria Jaye, head of TV content for BBC iPlayer, is to leave the BBC. Jaye, who has played a leading role in leading the BBC’s digital commissioning strategy for a decade and led the creative relaunch of iPlayer in 2014, will remain with the broadcaster until March next year, according to the BBC. She is […]

BBC to debut full season of BBC Three show on iPlayer

For the first time, BBC Three is set to make all episodes from new series available on iPlayer before its linear transmission, as part of a simulcast agreement with ABC Australia’s internet TV service iview. New Australian Comedy series Jonah From Tonga will be available in its entirety on the BBC’s iPlayer from Friday 2 […]

BBC iPlayer requests up by a third, tablet use expands rapidly

Requests on the BBC iPlayer catch-up service grew by a third in 2013, with 2.2 billion requests for TV shows and 800 million radio requests across all platforms, according to the latest statistics released by the UK public broadcaster. Requests from tablet devices grew by 104% in the course of the year, with a total […]