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• Â鶹Éç 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 Â鶹Éç 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 Â鶹Éç 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 Â鶹Éç programmes using their TV, mobile phone or computer. The final two weeks of December 2009 saw a huge increase for people accessing Â鶹Éç 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 Â鶹Éç 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 Â鶹Éç 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 Â鶹Éç 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, Â鶹Éç iPlayer has grown to a service receiving over 100 million requests per month for Â鶹Éç TV and Radio programmes.

The on-demand service from the Â鶹Éç allows UK audiences to catch up with their favourite Â鶹Éç 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, Â鶹Éç 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 Â鶹Éç.

Programme availability differs across the different platforms.

Source: Â鶹Éç 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 Â鶹Éç internal data warehouse (Â鶹Éç iStats). The methodology adheres to industry standard guidelines as defined by JICWEBs and ABCe, with the exception that the Â鶹Éç data is based on a 25% sample of users and not 100%. The Â鶹Éç is working towards 100% sample over the coming months.

Total numbers for November and December 2009 include figures for Â鶹Éç iPlayer on Virgin Media.

Â鶹Éç iPlayer titles – TV programmes – 21 December 2009 to 3 January 2010

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

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Â鶹Éç 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 Â鶹Éç iPlayer requests across all platforms

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