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• ´óÏó´«Ã½ iPlayer breaks 100 million requests, with record numbers at the end of 2009
• New Year's Day was most popular day for people "iPlayer-ing" over Christmas
• Terry Wogan's departure and battle for Christmas No. 1 helps ´óÏó´«Ã½ iPlayer to achieve record numbers of Radio requests
• 1.3 million requests for David Tennant's final appearance as Doctor Who
• One-in-eight requests for TV programmes now coming from a games console

New figures released today show that ´óÏó´«Ã½ iPlayer reached a new landmark, as the on-demand service broke 100 million requests for programmes in a month for the first time.

The service, which is now available on more than 20 devices, allows people to catch up with their favourite ´óÏó´«Ã½ programmes using their TV, mobile phone or computer. The final two weeks of December 2009 saw a huge increase for people accessing ´óÏó´«Ã½ programmes through their games console. One in eight of all TV requests are now coming from either a Nintendo Wii or Sony PS3 console, which is an increase of 74% since November 2009.

The final Wake Up To Wogan and the race for 2009's Christmas number one saw the week commencing 14 December become the record week for radio requests in ´óÏó´«Ã½ iPlayer history, while the week of 28 December saw 17.3 million requests come in for TV alone, setting a new record for TV programme requests in a week.

The figures also reveal the Top 20 programmes on the service over Christmas, with Top Gear's Bolivia Special being the most popular TV programme, and day two of the England v South Africa Test Match being the most popular radio programme.

EastEnders, Gavin & Stacey and Doctor Who all performed strongly, while two of the family blockbuster films shown on the ´óÏó´«Ã½ also featured in the Top 20, proving that people are really happy to watch both short and feature length programmes on-demand.

Erik Huggers, Director of Future Media and Technology, said: "Breaking the 100 million barrier is a great way to kick off 2010 and these figures show that by offering simple and varied access to ´óÏó´«Ã½ iPlayer people are really finding it easy to catch up with their favourite programmes at a time that suits them.

"I expect more people to start using the service as we continue to make it more widely available and I'm looking forward to some of the new innovations we have coming to the service later on in the year."

Notes to Editors

Since its launch on Christmas Day 2007, ´óÏó´«Ã½ iPlayer has grown to a service receiving over 100 million requests per month for ´óÏó´«Ã½ TV and Radio programmes.

The on-demand service from the ´óÏó´«Ã½ allows UK audiences to catch up with their favourite ´óÏó´«Ã½ content, broadcast over the last seven days, at a time that is suitable for them.

Audiences have a choice of streaming or downloading their chosen programme and, with series catch-up, selected programmes are made available for the entire season.

First launched on the computer, ´óÏó´«Ã½ iPlayer is now available on more than 20 devices, including TV services, games consoles and mobile phones, providing UK audiences with greater access to the wealth of content available from the ´óÏó´«Ã½.

Programme availability differs across the different platforms.

Source: ´óÏó´«Ã½ iStats – Requests are combined for both simulcast and on-demand requests per title. Numbers rounded to the nearest 100 due to sampling methodology. Note, this data is collected via a ´óÏó´«Ã½ internal data warehouse (´óÏó´«Ã½ iStats). The methodology adheres to industry standard guidelines as defined by JICWEBs and ABCe, with the exception that the ´óÏó´«Ã½ data is based on a 25% sample of users and not 100%. The ´óÏó´«Ã½ is working towards 100% sample over the coming months.

Total numbers for November and December 2009 include figures for ´óÏó´«Ã½ iPlayer on Virgin Media.

´óÏó´«Ã½ iPlayer titles – TV programmes – 21 December 2009 to 3 January 2010

Ìý	Programme	Episode	Channel	Total streams
1	Top Gear: series 14	Ep. 6	´óÏó´«Ã½ Two	1,088,700
2	Doctor Who: The End Of Time	Ep. 1 & 2	´óÏó´«Ã½ One	1,359,500
3	Top Gear: series 14	Ep. 5	´óÏó´«Ã½ Two	688,300
4	Gavin & Stacey: series 3	Ep. 5	´óÏó´«Ã½ One	538,200
5	EastEnders	25.12.09	´óÏó´«Ã½ One	455,100
6	EastEnders	26.12.09	´óÏó´«Ã½ One	441,000
7	EastEnders	29.12.09	´óÏó´«Ã½ One	436,400
8	Pirates Of The Caribbean	26.12.09	´óÏó´«Ã½ One	422,600
9	Gavin & Stacey: series 3	Ep. 6	´óÏó´«Ã½ One	410,000
10	Mock The Week: series 7	Ep. 13	´óÏó´«Ã½ Two	407,800
11	EastEnders	31.12.09	´óÏó´«Ã½ One	407,200
12	EastEnders	28.12.09	´óÏó´«Ã½ One	390,200
13	EastEnders	1.1.10	´óÏó´«Ã½ One	372,400
14	Outnumbered	27.12.09	´óÏó´«Ã½ One	366,500
15	Waterloo Road: series 5	Ep. 9	´óÏó´«Ã½ One	330,000
16	The Incredibles	25.12.09	´óÏó´«Ã½ One	323,400
17	EastEnders	1.1.10	´óÏó´«Ã½ One	318,100
18	EastEnders	22.12.09	´óÏó´«Ã½ One	312,000
19	EastEnders	24.12.09	´óÏó´«Ã½ One	305,700
20	Waterloo Road: series 5	Ep. 10	´óÏó´«Ã½ One	303,700

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´óÏó´«Ã½ iPlayer titles – radio programmes – 21 December 2009 to 3 January 2010

Ìý	Programme	Episode	Channel	Total streams
1	Test Match Special	29.12.09	5 Live Sports Extra	224,800
2	Desert Island Discs (David Tennant)	27.12.09	Radio 4	77,100
3	The Unbelievable Truth	28.12.09	Radio 4	65,800
4	Test Match Special	28.12.09	5 Live Sports Extra	64,500
5	I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue	Ep. 6	Radio 4	63,600
6	Test Match Special	3.1.10	5 Live Sports Extra	62,400
7	Fearne Cotton	21.12.09	Radio 1	51,900
8	5 Live Premier League	30.12.09	5 Live	48,600
9	5 Live Premier League	28.12.09	5 Live	44,300
10	Fearne Cotton	23.12.09	Radio 1	43,900
11	Test Match Special	27.12.09	5 Live Sports Extra	42,700
12	Ken Bruce	21.12.09	Radio 2	42,100
13	5 Live Premier League	29.12.09	5 Live	42,100
14	Greg James	21.12.09	Radio 1	41,800
15	Fearne Cotton	22.12.09	Radio 1	41,500
16	Greg James	22.12.09	Radio 1	40,000
17	5 Live Premier League	27.12.09	5 Live	39,300
18	Greg James	23.12.09	Radio 1	37,200
19	Ken Bruce	22.12.09	Radio 2	37,000
20	Fearne Cotton	24.12.09	Radio 1	35,600

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Total monthly ´óÏó´«Ã½ iPlayer requests across all platforms

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