BBC iPlayer live links
Any plans to add BBC iPlayer live channel stream links to the directory?
Currently all of the BBC branded channels and S4C are streamed live through iPlayer.
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James Cridland3 years, 8 months ago
Bright idea, Martin, thank you.
All are added.
Martin Phillp3 years, 8 months ago
Thanks James.
Just wondering with regards to BBC One and BBC Two for Scotland, Wales and NI which are streamed live if they're worth adding?
In a recent blog post about adding live streams to connected tv, I asked if the English regions of BBC One would be added and they said later in the year. Food for thought.
James Cridland3 years, 8 months ago
Yep. We should list those.
However, I note that the URL remains http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/live/bbcone irrespective of what Nations version of BBC One you're watching. So, currently, we can't...
Martin Phillp3 years, 8 months ago
I see what you mean as they have at the end of the url "?area=scotland" instead of a different address.
James Cridland3 years, 8 months ago
Not as far as I could see. But if they can be accessed in that way, then that's good. Where are they listed on the BBC website?
Martin Phillp3 years, 8 months ago
Not as far as I could see. But if they can be accessed in that way, then that's good. Where are they listed on the BBC website?
Go to the iPlayer front page, then click on Categories. To the right you'll a column with the nations. Click on Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales and a page will show a list of regional programmes and the live stream link as shown here
James Cridland3 years, 7 months ago
Cheers for this, Martin.
https://media.info/television/channels/bbc-one/watch now has the regions in there. Technology, eh?
Martin Phillp3 years, 7 months ago
The same also works for BBC Two by adding ?Wales, ?Scotland and ?northern_ireland to the url.
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