BBC iPlayer now offers personalised suggestions after each programme
Across its TV, radio and online operations, the BBC produces a ton of new content every day. Making sense of it all on iPlayer and ultimately finding something to watch can, therefore, be a little daunting if you have specific tastes and interests. Thankfully, the BBC seems to have noticed and is now rolling out recommendations on iPlayer. So if you're signed in with a BBC ID, you'll see a carousel at the end of each programme filled with suggestions based on your iPlayer history. It's a small change, but one that should increase the amount of time people spend on iPlayer -- always handy for the BBC as it defends the licence fee -- and also help some of its niche content to find a larger audience.
The broadcaster is also announcing a revamped BBC Sport app today, which is rolling out "over the coming days" and lets you personalise the navigation menu and a new My Sport home page. So if you love Formula 1, tennis and Arsenal football club, but couldn't care less about golf or athletics, you can now update the app to reflect those preferences. The feature requires a BBC ID, but in return the BBC promises to sync your changes automatically across all of your devices. Similarly, if you use the BBC News app, the broadcaster will soon sync any adjustments you make to the My News section. On their own, these changes might seem a little minor, but together they make a pretty compelling case for BBC ID -- if you haven't set one up yet, now might be the time to do so.
