BBC director general Mark Thompson defends the corporation’s decision the BBC iPlayer primarily as “a Windows-based solution”, arguing that 90% of its audience use Windows.

The assumption that linear television viewing of channels such as BBC1 and ITV1 is in inexorable decline is premature, according to a new report predicting that total TV viewing in the UK will rise by nearly 5% in the next five years.

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