BBC iPlayer bags 1m viewers

Over 3.5 million programmes were viewed on the BBC’s newly-upgraded iPlayer catch-up service over the Christmas period, the corporation reports, with the Doctor Who Christmas special proving the most popular programme. The iPlayer recorded some 1 million unique viewers between 25th December and 7th January, easily surpassing the BBC's target of 500,000 viewers in the first six months of operation.
The updated version of the software enables viewers to stream programmes, as well as providing compatibility with Macs and Windows Vista.
Significant numbers of users sought out niche-interest viewing, with more than half of the programmes viewed falling outside the Top 50 most-watched shows; the top 100 most streamed shows featured a number of programmes from digital-only channels BBC Three and BBC Four.
According to the BBC, the most-viewed programmes on the iPlayer over the period 25th December to 7th January were:

1. Doctor Who - Voyage Of The Damned (original tx. 25 December)
2. Extras Christmas Special (27 December)
3. Top Gear (23 December)
4. The Catherine Tate Christmas Show (25 December)
5. EastEnders (25 December)
6. EastEnders (1 January)
7. Sense And Sensibility (1 January)
8. Robin Hood (29 December)
9. EastEnders (31 December)
10. The Best of Top Gear (1 January)