Nokia N96 to be preloaded with the BBC iPlayer
Tuesday 09 Sep 2008
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Nokia N96 will be the first mobile phone to be preloaded with the BBC iPlayer. The BBC agreed a deal with the Finish phone giants to provide their iPlayer service on the soon to be released Nokia N96.
The Nokia N96 follows on from the extremely popular
Nokia N95 and is scheduled for release on the 1st October 2008. The deal doesn’t just involve the N96 as they have agreed to provide the iPlayer to other Nokia handsets via a free application download at www.bbc.co.uk/mobile. As with the preloaded version, the downloaded version will allow customers to download and stream TV shows that have already been aired. Shows such as Eastenders, Dragon’s Den and other radio programmes will be available.
Managing director for Nokia, Simon Ainslie said: “The Nokia N96 is going to provide a gateway to quality viewing on the move and will raise the bar for mobile screen and audio entertainment.
"The enormous success of iPlayer has demonstrated the desire audiences have for accessing programmes at a time and a place that suits them.
"Nokia is proud to be working with the BBC to continue to lead this revolution."
BBC director of future media and technology Erik Huggers said: "This partnership is critical to ensuring we continue to reach out to audiences wherever they are and allow them to catch-up on their favourite BBC programmes.”