They did have the Global iPlayer going for a while, but it had a lot less current content, with some archive material. It also was only available on the iPad, and only available in certain markets (not the US, due to pressure from networks threatening to drop BBC America). It limped along as a public beta before being killed off half way through last year. Although apparently they&#x27;re going to launch something else soon:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.rethinkresearch.biz&#x2F;articles&#x2F;bbc-reawakens-plans-for-global-iplayer&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.rethinkresearch.biz&#x2F;articles&#x2F;bbc-reawakens-plans-...</a><p>They say a BBC streaming subscription service is going to launch in the US this year.<p>Unfortunately I&#x27;m not sure the BBC have the entrepreneurial spirit to throw in their current international contracts, and try to launch themselves as a global network. I suspect they&#x27;ll wait until the VoD market is much larger, which will mean that their competition will be very strong.