The future of TV is almost upon us, as broadband bandwidth continues to get greater and the demand for personal TV schedules increases, online TV platforms are becoming more popular day by day.
One such platform the BBC iPlayer has scooped the prestigious Judge's Award in the Royal Television Society’s annual Innovation awards. The Beeb got the award for having ‘the greatest vision in determining how the media might develop in the future and how the wider community will relate to all aspects of communication - in effect, mapping out the way which others will follow.
Seetha Kumar the controller of BBC Online collected the award, saying: ‘our team work incredibly hard to try and make iPlayer the very best of its kind. It's of course always exciting to receive awards recognising these high standards, but we're especially proud to be seen to be helping establish the future of TV.’
No one would argue that the iPlayer is probably the most influential new TV platform since the advent of satellite, and it continues to grow at a staggering pace. The Beeb reports that over the past 12 months, iPlayer viewing has increased by 95 per cent.
So does this mean that the days of the satellite dish are numbered? In our humble opinion very much so, as people get used to watching what they want, when they want, where they want this platform will only go from strength to strength.
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