 On April 9 , 2008 , the BBC announced that its online BBC iPlayer would be available on the Wii via the Internet Channel browser ; however , some users experienced difficulty with the service . On November 18 , 2009 , BBC iPlayer on the Wii was relaunched as the BBC iPlayer Channel , a free download from the Wii Shop Channel ; however , the service is only available to people in the United Kingdom . On December 26 , 2008 , Nintendo announced a new video channel for the Wii . As of October 18 , 2010 , American and Canadian Wii owners can watch Netflix instantly on a channel ( without requiring a disc ) . 
