Programmes can be downloaded straight to a mobile gadget for free by people who watch BBC in the UK.
The British broadcaster is permitting People who watch BBC in the UK to download programmes directly on to their mobile gadgets without any charges by utilizing the BBC iPlayer application.
People who download programmes on to their mobile devices have up to thirty days to view it. This implies that viewers can download and collect programmes that they are keen on seeing and view them later without having to avail access of the Internet. They will also be entitled to view programmes that they had downloaded even when they are out of the country. From the first time that the player clicks on the “Play” button on a downloaded show, he/she will be given a whole seven days for viewing the show however many times they wish to see it for those seven days.
The launch of this facility of downloading shows on to mobile devices is a part of the broadcaster’s plans to ensure that more people can avail of more content to people who regularly utilise the internet via their mobile gadgets, having noted that there has been a 142 percent increase annually concerning requests for BBC’s iPlayer content using mobile gadgets.
This novel facility can be availed of on devices that are run on the iOS and will be provided to Android devices in the very near future.