Get Live BBC Radio And TV Channels In Ubuntu With BBC iPlayer

BBC iPlayer is an Adobe Air based Desktop software which allows downloading your favorite BBC programs without being connected to the Internet. Just head over to the BBC iPlayer website and click install to install this free software. You will have to install Adobe Air (if not already installed) to use this software, so make sure that it is installed on your computer. Click on Install from the iPlayer website to download the .air file. This file can be used to install BBC iPlayer on Windows, Mac and Linux based operating system.

Once installed, you can view BBC channels and listen to BBC Live radio. Programs can also be download from BBC streams to enjoy your favorite BBC channels offline.

Note: BBC iPlayer is restricted to UK and can only be used by users from outside UK via a VPN service like TunnelBear or a similar workaround. Since BBC iPlayer is a cross platform software, therefore, it works with

  • Windows (XP, Vista, 7)
  • Mac OS X
  • Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, Open Suse, Red Hat, Fedora, etc)

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