“BBC research has confirmed the broadcaster has now served up over 75 million TV shows, via streaming or the non-Mac compatible download,” Jonny Evans reports for Macworld UK.

“The figures were revealed by BBC director of Future Media & Technology Ashley Highfield at the Google Zeitgeist 2008 forum,” Evans reports.

“Highfield confirmed the total number of requests for downloads and streams of BBC programmes in April was 21 million, rising from 17.2 million in March… Average weekly users of BBC iPlayer reached 1.4 million in April, up from 1.1 million in March,” Evans reports.

“The BBC confirmed Apple’s growing market share among consumers, with 10 per cent of streams going to Macs and an additional 3 per cent going to iPhones or the iPod touch,” Evans reports. “This indicates 140,000 Mac users now use iPlayer, and also suggests an astonishing 42,000 users accessed iPlayer in April using an iPhone or an iPod touch.”

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