With a screen so delicious as that of the iPod Touch, the hunger for new and glossy content to display on it can easily become a ravenous need.  Sadly the lack of even a Mac client for the BBC’s TV download service “iPlayer” means that you’ll have to wait until Christmas before you can even view Auntie’s shows on your MacBook (and even then it’ll be streaming, not true downloading).  However, don’t be surprised if some of the UI is familiar: it turns out that the head of the BBC’s Future Media and Technology unit, Ashley Highfield, is particularly taken with the iPod Touch, and hopes to bring some of its intuitive interface to future iterations of the corporation’s software:

“I am a deep lover of Macs. I have had one in the past. I got the iPod Touch in New York before they were here … I think the iPod Touch is a beautiful piece of design. If everything could have that intuitiveness of use… and certainly in terms of the BBC iPlayer, I aspire to it being that easy to use”Ashley Highfield, BBC

So might we see a MultiTouch version of iPlayer?  Unlikely, considering the multiple platforms the software has to support and the lack of suitable touchscreen technology on all but Apple’s innovative PMP and cellphone.  Nonetheless, a more Mac-like interface would hopefully play nicely with potential future versions of the app that could be accessed via the iPod Touch, in which case large and finger-friendly buttons will certainly help make it super-usable.

[via MY iTablet]