BBC’s iPlayer is already available on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, and Wii U, so it was conspicuous by its absence when Microsoft announced the full list of entertainment apps coming to Xbox One on launch day in the UK; however, the omission means nothing, as both Microsoft and BBC insist that the app will be coming to the platform in the future.

So reports Digital Spy. “BBC iPlayer is already available to audiences on over 1,000 devices and platforms in the UK,” a spokesperson said. “While we are working to bring BBC iPlayer to Xbox One in the future, we have no further details to share at this time.”

The omission caused some panic because there were some issues with trying to get the iPlayer on the Xbox 360 in the first place, owing to Microsoft’s desire to put it behind the Xbox Live paywall, and BBC’s desire to make the app free and public access.

However, Microsoft, too, insisted that the app would be appearing on the Xbox One in the future.

“We will continue to announce more partners coming to the platform and just like we did for Xbox 360, we will launch new entertainment apps every month,” they said in a press release.

Xbox Live has just received a big content boost today with several new additions making its way to the app marketplace.

The BBC iPlayer is benefiting the most from this update as it’ll now feature a range of BBC radio stations such as BBC One and BBC Five as well as adding the ability to search for BBC-specific content. The full list can be found below:

· BBC 1xtra
· BBC Radio 2
· BBC Radio 3
· BBC Radio 4
· BBC Radio 5 Live
· BBC Radio 6
· BBC Asian Network
· BBC World Service

That’s not all though; the brand new Sky Now TV app is now available on Xbox Live which let’s users pay a small fee to rent a film of their choice or pay £15 for a month of free movies. The Sky Now TV service is soon to see the addition of Sky Sports and Sky One, great for us who don’t own a Sky package.

Let’s not forget that Netflix also recently introduced ‘Just for Kids’ making child-friendly content easier to find as well as Blinkbox, another way for Live users to rent movies digitally. It’s a good time to be a Live owner.

In an interview with the Official Xbox Magazine, Thompson is quoted to have said: “I think the way we look at the services we have with our TV services, we’re very happy with what we’re doing with Sky.

“What we really want to do is ensure that we can differentiate and bring new things and that’s about really looking at the services we have and saying “how can we improve those and make those even more interactive and more differentiated?

“Now that we have Kinect coming to the platform as well I think that’s all we’re going to focus our energy on and that’s where we’re going to put all of our focus on in the next year.

“iPlayer is available on a lot of platforms, people connect to that content in a lot of ways today and it’s like ‘where would we add value to that particular property at this point?’ and we think we can probably add value in other areas at the moment.”

In case you remember, The Telegraph reported last year that a BBC-Microsoft deal had been in the works, but had run into trouble, since the two had allegedly been unable to come to an agreement about the pricing model. So apparently, the conflict still hasn’t been resolved.

Therefore, we can conclusively… yes, the BBC iPlayer is not coming to the Xbox 360. So stop asking.