BBC iPlayer 'watched by more than 60 million people outside the UK for free'

Research finds more than 38 million people in China are using VPNs or proxy servers to watch BBC shows - and could be a useful source of revenue

More than 60 million people around the world are bypassing internet restrictions to watch the BBC's shows online.

New research has claimed that 65 million people from abroad watch the broadcaster's licence-fee funded iPlayer service using proxy servers or virtual private networks, which are able to mask the location of the user.