One in eight iPlayer views comes from a games console

"The availability of the BBC iPlayer on the Nintendo Wii and Sony PS3 games consoles have helped deliver a record 100 million requests to the catch-up TV service. A significant increase was recorded in the last two weeks of December, requests from the PlayStation 3 increased by two percentage points to make up 8% of all TV requests in December, and in the first full month since its November relaunch the Wii added another 3%.
Since November 2009 the two devices have seen a 74% increase in iPlayer usage leading to one in eight requests to come from a games console. The growth is logical given that the devices allow viewers to watch iPlayer content directly on their TV sets rather than a PC. Over 20 devices are now capable of delivering iPlayer content."
Source: BBC iStat, reported by Broadband TV News, 15th January 2010