BBC iPlayer
E15957
BBC iPlayer is the BBC’s online streaming and catch-up service for television, radio, and live broadcasts in the UK.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| BBC iPlayer canonical | 55 |
| BBC Online Media Player | 1 |
| BBC Sounds | 1 |
| BBC iPlayer Beta | 1 |
| BBC iPlayer Radio | 1 |
| BBC iPlayer app | 1 |
| BBC iPlayer for Android | 1 |
| BBC iPlayer for iOS | 1 |
| BBC iPlayer regional services for Wales | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T135106 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: BBC iPlayer Context triple: [BBC Alba, availableOn, BBC iPlayer]
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A.
BBC One
BBC One is the BBC’s flagship television channel in the United Kingdom, known for broadcasting a wide range of popular news, drama, comedy, and entertainment programs.
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B.
BBC
The BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) is the United Kingdom’s publicly funded national broadcaster, known worldwide for producing and distributing television, radio, and online content.
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C.
BBC Alba
BBC Alba is a Scottish Gaelic-language television channel operated by the BBC that broadcasts a mix of news, sports, and cultural programming.
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D.
BBC Two
BBC Two is a British television channel operated by the BBC, known for its diverse and often more experimental programming, including comedy, drama, documentaries, and arts content.
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E.
YouTube TV
YouTube TV is a subscription-based live TV streaming service that offers access to major broadcast and cable channels over the internet.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: BBC iPlayer Target entity description: BBC iPlayer is the BBC’s online streaming and catch-up service for television, radio, and live broadcasts in the UK.
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A.
BBC One
BBC One is the BBC’s flagship television channel in the United Kingdom, known for broadcasting a wide range of popular news, drama, comedy, and entertainment programs.
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B.
BBC
The BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) is the United Kingdom’s publicly funded national broadcaster, known worldwide for producing and distributing television, radio, and online content.
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C.
BBC Alba
BBC Alba is a Scottish Gaelic-language television channel operated by the BBC that broadcasts a mix of news, sports, and cultural programming.
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D.
BBC Two
BBC Two is a British television channel operated by the BBC, known for its diverse and often more experimental programming, including comedy, drama, documentaries, and arts content.
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E.
YouTube TV
YouTube TV is a subscription-based live TV streaming service that offers access to major broadcast and cable channels over the internet.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (69)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
over-the-top media service
ⓘ
television streaming service ⓘ video on demand service ⓘ |
| availableIn |
Channel Islands (crown dependencies)
ⓘ
surface form:
Channel Islands
Isle of Man (crown dependency) ⓘ
surface form:
Isle of Man
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| contentProvider |
BBC Alba
ⓘ
BBC Four ⓘ BBC News Channel ⓘ
surface form:
BBC News
BBC One ⓘ BBC television services ⓘ
surface form:
BBC Parliament
BBC television services ⓘ
surface form:
BBC Scotland
BBC Three ⓘ BBC Two ⓘ CBBC ⓘ CBeebies ⓘ S4C (via some shared programming historically) ⓘ
surface form:
S4C
|
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| developer | BBC Future Media & Technology ⓘ |
| formerName |
BBC iPlayer
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
BBC iPlayer Beta
|
| fundingModel | television licence fee ⓘ |
| genre |
audio on demand
ⓘ
video on demand ⓘ |
| geoRestrictedTo | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
audio description
ⓘ
download for offline viewing ⓘ live restart ⓘ parental controls ⓘ subtitles ⓘ |
| hasMobileApp |
BBC iPlayer
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
BBC iPlayer for Android
BBC iPlayer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
BBC iPlayer for iOS
|
| headquartersLocation |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| language |
English
ⓘ
Irish ⓘ Scottish Gaelic ⓘ Welsh ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2007-12-25 ⓘ |
| logoImage | BBC iPlayer logo.svg ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the first major broadcaster catch-up TV services in the UK ⓘ |
| offers |
catch-up TV
ⓘ
live TV streams ⓘ on-demand audio ⓘ on-demand video ⓘ radio programmes ⓘ television programmes ⓘ |
| operator | BBC ⓘ |
| ownedBy | BBC ⓘ |
| registrationRequired | yes ⓘ |
| replaced |
BBC iPlayer
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
BBC Online Media Player
|
| requiresSubscription | no ⓘ |
| slogan | Making the unmissable, unmissable ⓘ |
| streamingProtocol | HTTP adaptive streaming ⓘ |
| subjectTo | UK television licence requirement ⓘ |
| supportsPlatform |
Fire TV
ⓘ
surface form:
Amazon Fire TV
Android ⓘ Apple TV ⓘ Freesat ⓘ Freeview ⓘ
surface form:
Freeview Play
Roku ⓘ Sky Q ⓘ Virgin Media (UK) ⓘ
surface form:
Virgin Media
YouView ⓘ game console ⓘ iOS ⓘ set-top box ⓘ smart TV ⓘ web browser ⓘ |
| usesDRM | yes ⓘ |
| website | https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: BBC iPlayer Description of subject: BBC iPlayer is the BBC’s online streaming and catch-up service for television, radio, and live broadcasts in the UK.
Referenced by (63)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Night of the Doctor
this entity surface form:
BBC iPlayer app
subject surface form:
Class