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| Doctor Who special gives iPlayer a Christmas boost | Doctor Who special gives iPlayer a Christmas boost |
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| Doctor Who was the most popular show on the BBC's iPlayer over the festive period with nearly 1.5m online views. | Doctor Who was the most popular show on the BBC's iPlayer over the festive period with nearly 1.5m online views. |
| The Christmas special, in which the Doctor did battle with nefarious snowmen, had 1.47m programme requests on the video-on-demand service, heading a top five which also included the return of sitcom Miranda and three episodes of EastEnders. | The Christmas special, in which the Doctor did battle with nefarious snowmen, had 1.47m programme requests on the video-on-demand service, heading a top five which also included the return of sitcom Miranda and three episodes of EastEnders. |
| Doctor Who was up more than 300% year on year, with 434,000 iPlayer views over the festive period for the 2011 Christmas special. | Doctor Who was up more than 300% year on year, with 434,000 iPlayer views over the festive period for the 2011 Christmas special. |
| The BBC said it had 77m iPlayer requests for TV and radio programmes from 22 December to 1 January, nearly a third (32%) up on a similar 11-day period last year, when it had 58.4m. | The BBC said it had 77m iPlayer requests for TV and radio programmes from 22 December to 1 January, nearly a third (32%) up on a similar 11-day period last year, when it had 58.4m. |
| iPlayer traffic peaked on New Year's Day with a record 6.7m requests for TV programmes, up from a 2011 festive high of 5.4m (on 2 January 2011). | iPlayer traffic peaked on New Year's Day with a record 6.7m requests for TV programmes, up from a 2011 festive high of 5.4m (on 2 January 2011). |
| The previous record was 6.4m requests for TV programmes on one day – 7 August – during the London 2012 games. | |
| The consolidated audience for BBC1's Christmas Day showing of the Doctor Who special was 9.87 million. The video-on-demand service boosted this by a further 15%. | The consolidated audience for BBC1's Christmas Day showing of the Doctor Who special was 9.87 million. The video-on-demand service boosted this by a further 15%. |
| The corporation's figures do not include viewings via Virgin Media, for which figures are not available yet. | The corporation's figures do not include viewings via Virgin Media, for which figures are not available yet. |
| Other BBC shows in the iPlayer's festive top 20 included Outnumbered, the last-ever episode of Merlin, Mrs Brown's Boys and The Royle Family and Call the Midwife Christmas specials, as well as the Strictly Come Dancing grand final results show. | Other BBC shows in the iPlayer's festive top 20 included Outnumbered, the last-ever episode of Merlin, Mrs Brown's Boys and The Royle Family and Call the Midwife Christmas specials, as well as the Strictly Come Dancing grand final results show. |
| Dave Price, the BBC's head of iPlayer, said Christmas Day saw a "significant spike" in users installing the iPlayer app on mobiles and tablets. | Dave Price, the BBC's head of iPlayer, said Christmas Day saw a "significant spike" in users installing the iPlayer app on mobiles and tablets. |
| Programme requests on Christmas Day grew by 40% on tablets and 66% on mobiles compared with Christmas Eve, he said. | Programme requests on Christmas Day grew by 40% on tablets and 66% on mobiles compared with Christmas Eve, he said. |
| During the whole festive period the iPlayer app was downloaded nearly a million times, with almost 300,000 on Christmas Day. By the end of 2012 it had been downloaded nearly 13m times. | During the whole festive period the iPlayer app was downloaded nearly a million times, with almost 300,000 on Christmas Day. By the end of 2012 it had been downloaded nearly 13m times. |
| Top 20 shows on the iPlayer – Christmas 2012 * | Top 20 shows on the iPlayer – Christmas 2012 * |
| 1 Doctor Who – the Snowmen (Christmas Day) 1.47m | 1 Doctor Who – the Snowmen (Christmas Day) 1.47m |
| 2 EastEnders (Christmas Day) 1.4m | 2 EastEnders (Christmas Day) 1.4m |
| 3 Miranda (Boxing Day) 1.32m | 3 Miranda (Boxing Day) 1.32m |
| 4 EastEnders (27 December) 1.25m | 4 EastEnders (27 December) 1.25m |
| 5 EastEnders (Boxing Day) 1.05m | 5 EastEnders (Boxing Day) 1.05m |
| 6 Outnumbered (Christmas Eve) 899,000 | 6 Outnumbered (Christmas Eve) 899,000 |
| 7 EastEnders (Christmas Eve) 867,000 | 7 EastEnders (Christmas Eve) 867,000 |
| 8 EastEnders (21 December) 818,000 | 8 EastEnders (21 December) 818,000 |
| 9 Call the Midwife (Boxing Day) 769,000 | 9 Call the Midwife (Boxing Day) 769,000 |
| 10 Merlin (Christmas Eve) 743,000 | 10 Merlin (Christmas Eve) 743,000 |
| 11 Mrs Brown's Boys (Christmas Eve) 719,000 | 11 Mrs Brown's Boys (Christmas Eve) 719,000 |
| 12 The Royle Family (Christmas Day) 674,000 | 12 The Royle Family (Christmas Day) 674,000 |
| 13 Shrek Forever After (Christmas Day) 669,000 | 13 Shrek Forever After (Christmas Day) 669,000 |
| 14 EastEnders (31 December) 666,000 | 14 EastEnders (31 December) 666,000 |
| 15 Strictly Come Dancing: the Results (22 December) 606,000 | 15 Strictly Come Dancing: the Results (22 December) 606,000 |
| 16 Flushed Away (27 December) 606,000 | 16 Flushed Away (27 December) 606,000 |
| 17 Kung Fu Panda (23 December) 605,000 | 17 Kung Fu Panda (23 December) 605,000 |
| 18 Merlin (22 December) 595,000 | 18 Merlin (22 December) 595,000 |
| 19 Restless (27 December) 548,000 | 19 Restless (27 December) 548,000 |
| 20 Mrs Brown's Boys (Boxing Day) 547,000 | 20 Mrs Brown's Boys (Boxing Day) 547,000 |
| * Online requests to view, 22 December to 1 January, excluding Virgin Media | * Online requests to view, 22 December to 1 January, excluding Virgin Media |
| • This article was amended on 3 January 2013. The original stated that the previous iPlayer record for requests on one day was during the London 2012 Olympics with 5.8m. This has been corrected to 6.4m requests. | |
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