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This is a joint ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ and BT press release

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

BT Vision will introduce ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ 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 ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ iPlayer from BT Vision's programme menu.

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

Daniel Danker, ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ General Manager for Programmes and On Demand, said: "October was a record month for ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ 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 ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ 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 ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ to bring the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ iPlayer service to BT Vision customers. The launch of ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ 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

³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ iPlayer on BT Vision will be delivered automatically as a service upgrade over customers' internet connections, replacing the existing ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ 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 ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ iPlayer service before others.

From the point ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ 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 ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ programmes available within TV Replay for free.

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

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