BBC Internet Radio Re-Launch

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This week, the BBC re-launches its internet Radio Player to make almost every BBC Radio programme available live and on-demand for seven days after broadcast.

Latest figures show more than 10 million hours of BBC radio is consumed online per month and, from tomorrow, the new Radio Player will offer 500 extra hours of programming and offer a range of new features.

The re-launch puts audiences in control of their listening, allowing them to listen at convenient times, control their schedules and fast-forward through programmes.

The new Player provides all the programmes and benefits of the current model - which makes many of the BBC's radio programmes available online - but includes over 80 more programmes, making virtually all of the BBC's national radio output available on-demand via the internet.

The new Radio Player also features live streaming of every one of the BBC's English local radio and national stations: Radio Scotland and Radio Nan Gaidheal; Radio Wales and Radio Cymru; Radio Ulster and Radio Foyle; all 40 of the BBC's local radio stations.

The improvements follow 30,000 emails received from listeners about the Radio Player since it first launched in June 2002 and record online listening figures.

For the first time it will also be possible for listeners to stop a programme at any point, switch off the computer and then resume listening from that point at any time during the seven days the programme is available.