'Visionary' BBC iPlayer wins top honour in Royal Television Society Innovation Awards

The BBC iPlayer has scooped the prestigious Judge's Award in the Royal Television Society’s annual Innovation awards. The Corporation got the gong 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.’
The Controller of BBC Online Seetha Kumar 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.’

Few 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 (that’s a staggering 44.5m programme requests.