Sentence examples for programmes on demand from inspiring English sources
They will want all programmes on demand at a time of their choosing.
In January, the BBC website's iPlayer service, which shows recently broadcast programmes on demand and has been operational for only two years, received more than 115m requests.
You will not need a TV licence to download or watch programmes on demand from other providers, such as YouTube, Netflix, ITV Hub, All 4 or Demand 5.
From 1 September 2016, you do indeed need to hold a TV licence to download or watch BBC programmes on demand – including catch-up – on BBC iPlayer.
A spokesperson for TV licensing said: "As of 1 September 2016, a change in the law means you need to be covered by a TV licence to download or watch BBC programmes on demand – including catchup TV – on BBC iPlayer.
Thus, this year, it is raising its website spending to £145m, surging on with iPlayer promotion, beginning to stream full-length programmes on demand to your laptop or mobile phone.
An estimated 500,000 UK homes do not have a television but watch BBC programmes on-demand on the iPlayer.
Tony Hall announced earlier this year that the BBC planned to introduce encryption technology to the iPlayer, so that the estimated 500,000 UK homes where viewers do not have a TV set but watch the corporation's programmes on-demand would have to start paying the licence fee.
Paul Clark, head of "audience-facing services" within programmes and on-demand at BBC FM&T, says: "More broadly, we think BBC Online should serve as a hub to support other UK sites and want to double the traffic we send externally.
ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and the BBC are concerned that a platform originally created to give viewers free access to British-made programmes through on-demand services like iPlayer has been hijacked by the telecoms companies as a pay-lite vehicle.
"Strategically, there is an obvious overlap and potential connection with music providers," Daniel Danker, GM, programmes and on-demand for the BBC, told TechCrunch in October 2012.
