BBC offers free Wi-Fi content
Rich Media
16 October 2007
The BBC will make its online services available for free in Wi-Fi hotspots around the country.
Users of PC laptops will be able to access content from the organisation's news websites, programme sites and download TV programmes through iPlayer.
Wi-Fi firm, The Cloud, will provide the service through its 7,500 hotspots and the corporation hopes eventually to offer access to users of other portable devices.
Ashley Highfield, the BBC's director of future media and technology, said: "This is a major step into the Web 2.0 world."
"For us the killer is - there is no subscription required. You will be able to consume any of the content on bbc.co.uk."
The iPlayer is currently only available to people with the Windows XP operating system but the BBC has confirmed that Mac and Linux users will soon be able to enjoy the company's TV catch-up service.
The BBC had planned to introduce HD quality television downloads. However, industry regulator Ofcom has raised concerns that the cost of the service could outweigh its value.
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