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	Wii gets BBC iPlayer
	by Justice on 04.09.2008 6 comments

Some of you fellow Brit's or Europeans may already use the iPlayer on your Computer/Laptop (to catch up on The Apprentice!) but soon, as reported by Eurogamer and The Guardian you'll be able to get it on the Wii! For a small fee of Ł3.50 it seems, but the BBC are "looking at ways to make it free". They also have plans to bring it to other platforms and TV soon enough, but ISP's are already mad about the iPlayer.

Any EU folks even remotely interested in this, let alone still using the Wii internet browser?

There are 6 comments about this post:

kepler says:
(# 0) on 04/09/2008 09:53

I would be, I use the BBC website everyday, and being able to watch some of the stuff through the wii is a good idea. I'll probably invest. Shame at the moment its not entirely free, seeing as I thought thats what I pay a TV license for, but at Ł3.50 its nothing really.

njsykora says:
(# 1) on 04/09/2008 10:05

Ł3.50 is 500 Wii points so the possibility of it becoming a Wii Channel are enough to give me many boners. I pretty much use the iPlayer everyday so using it on a proper TV would be awesome.

And I do use the Internet Channel for some Youtube stuff. I paid the 500 for it as well.

Justice says:
(# 2) on 04/09/2008 10:11

Damn, I got the internet channel before they made it cost, that's probably partly why I use it as much since it doesn't hold as much value for me, but I will admit it really is a great feature. Especially when I've just turned off my laptop and don't want to turn it back on I can just use the Wii.

DanGale says:
(# 3) on 04/09/2008 10:39

DO WANT!

Anus Mcphanus says:
(# 4) on 04/09/2008 15:58

I didn't see this one coming on the wii!

I don't watch TV anymore these days even though everyone keeps going on about Skins and The Apprentice so I think I'm going to pass on this at least until they put it on other consoles in HD

Batthink says:
(# 5) on 04/10/2008 06:53

I use the I-Player a lot for playing the radio shows I miss, so this is awesome news. :OD

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