Wii Grabs Hold Of BBC iPlayer
Nintendo Wii has been granted the use of BBC’s Video on Demand service – iPlayer – which they can use through the Opera Internet Browser. It is not yet completed updated with all of the extra features – but they have promised that the new version will be coming shortly. The Wii has given gamers another way to watch their favorite programs through the ever so popular iPlayer.
It is not surprising that the BBC has chosen the Nintendo Wii (rather than the Xbox 360 or the Playstation 3) to deploy the iPlayer given Microsoft and Sony’s reluctance to reduce their stranglehold on whatever content goes into their gaming console.
Nintendo has gained yet a stronger foothold on the competition and is quickly becoming the most popular next generation gaming console over in the UK. The iPlayer is constantly being updated with streamed or downloaded material every month. Last month alone over 17.2 million BBC programs were added.
