A promising and potentially useful iPhone application that would have allowed users to browse, view and even download content from the BBC was blocked by the corporation.

Manchester-based iPhone developer Camiloo unveiled Rewat.ch last month. The application, £1.19 (US$1.79) at launch, would have allowed users to browse all BBC iPlayer RSS feeds from a simple user interface on their iPhone or iPod touch.

A YouTube demo showed the ability to browse by channel, day, programme genre, and by the first letter of the programme name or by a search term.

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