The BBC’s streaming service iPlayer enjoyed its best-ever Christmas period after it was boosted by shows including Dracula, GavinAndStacey and AChristmasCarol
The online video player, where BBC shows are available to view for 12 months after they have been broadcast on television, racked up a total of 203M requests between December 20, 2019, and January 2, 2020.
This was up by more than a third on the same period in 2018/19 and included iPlayer’s best day on record, when it registered 17.9M views on New Year’s Day, according to the BBC.was the most-streamed show of the period with nearly 4.6M requests, whileElsewhere, BBC One’s long-running soap operaperformed well with 1.8M streams.and keep your inbox happy.
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