Local papers whinge about the BBC, and the BBC about the over-75 squeeze on licence fees. Clipping the corporation’s digital wings would be a neat solution
Making users sign in to watch catch-up shows will boost vital revenue for the BBC, but it may make the corporation seem more like pay-TV rivals such as Sky
Requests for shows on the platform fell in January despite success of Victorian special and The Rack Pack, the BBC’s most popular iPlayer-only drama to date