Today the BBC Trust has approved a BBC proposal to extend the catch-up window for TV programmes on iPlayer from 7 days to 30 days. So you will be able to download or stream shows up to up to 30 days after broadcast from the iPlayer website and the mobile apps. Currently there are some shows that can be watched outside of the 7 day window with a “series stacking” function and this will be scraped as part of the changes.

The changes are set to be implemented in the summer

Via BBC.co.uk

The BBC Executive today issued the following statement regarding the BBC Trust’s approval of the 30-day catch-up window for BBC iPlayer.

People keep telling us they want programmes to be available on BBC iPlayer for longer – so extending availability from seven to 30 days will make iPlayer even better.

New iPlayer already has downloads, better recommendations, HD, live restart, favourites and collections, and extending the catch-up window to 30 days gives people even longer to enjoy their favourite BBC programmes.

We will now set about making this happen with the aim to roll this out from the summer.

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