The BBC today is announcing two separate deals to increase access to its online content in the UK: one with Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE) to stream content online using Flash; and another with The Cloud to offer access to BBC content at all of its 7,500 UK hotspots without users paying a connection fee. Ashley Highfield, the BBC’s director of future media and technology, said at a briefing that the BBC is continuing its 3G streaming trials but that content probably won’t be available on all phones—“just the most prevalent devices” for viewing video content, such as Sony‘s PSP and Nokia‘s N95. Mobile users with WiFi-enabled handsets will be able to stream video at The Cloud’s hotspots but won’t yet be able to download content—that requires a Windows-based laptop.

Highfield said, in total, £131 million ($268 million) has been earmarked to spend over the next five years to pay for the iPlayer service to cover all costs related to technology, distribution, rights, and building the service/user interface. More details at sister site PC:UK.