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This is a joint ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ and BT press release

Today the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ and BT announced plans to bring the popular video-on-demand service, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ iPlayer, to BT Vision.

BT Vision will introduce ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ iPlayer over the next five months, in a phased release starting in early December. All BT Vision customers will be able to access the service by April 2011. Once complete, the service can be accessed by selecting ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ iPlayer from BT Vision's programme menu.

This will be the full ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ iPlayer package, offering almost all of the TV and radio programmes available online through a simple and intuitive ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ iPlayer-branded application, eventually replacing the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ content on BT Vision's existing 50-hour "TV Replay" package, which offers a small selection of ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ TV programmes.

Daniel Danker, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ General Manager for Programmes and On Demand, said: "October was a record month for ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ iPlayer with a total of 139 million programme requests on computers, TVs and mobiles. Over 20 million of those requests were delivered to TVs. Licence fee payers love the option of enjoying ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ iPlayer's high-quality experience and vast choice of programmes on the living room TV, and we're delighted to be able to bring the service to BT Vision."

Marc Watson, chief executive of television and online services, BT Retail, said: "We are really excited to be partnering with the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ to bring the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ iPlayer service to BT Vision customers. The launch of ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ iPlayer on BT Vision adds to the vast range of quality entertainment already available to our customers."

Notes to Editors

Technical information about the service upgrade

³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ iPlayer on BT Vision will be delivered automatically as a service upgrade over customers' internet connections, replacing the existing ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ TV replay package currently available.

The software will be delivered as a phased upgrade, which will start in December 2010 and conclude by April 2011. As such, some customers will be able to access ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ iPlayer service before others.

From the point ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ iPlayer application starts to be rolled out in December and until it is available to all, all BT Vision customers will be able to enjoy the selected 50 hours of ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ programmes available within TV Replay for free.

The "³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Hits" package of classic ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ programmes, made available on commercial terms from ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Worldwide, remains unaffected by this partnership.

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