BBC admits iPlayer has lost streaming fight with Netflix

Five years ago iPlayer had a 40% share of the UK streaming video market. This has declined to 15%. Photograph: Philip Toscano/PAThe BBC has admitted iPlayer has lost the battle with Netflix for streaming audiences, warning it risks irrelevancy unless it is allowed to make changes that will let it show more programmes for up to a year. The corporation helped create modern catch-up streaming services when it launched iPlayer in 2007, with the Netflix chief executive, Reed Hastings, once saying the