Telecoms

  • Scottish YouView viewers gain STV Player

    Scottish YouView viewers gain STV Player

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    YouView viewers in Scotland can now access catch-up content through a new STV Player app. Developed by BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, Arqiva, BT and Talk Talk, YouView combines broadcast channels with broadband delivered content from catch-up services such as the BBC’s iPlayer and 4oD. The partner ISPs are also making content available to…

  • YouView: 140 content providers interested in joining

    YouView: 140 content providers interested in joining

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    Independent production companies, major brands and charities have expressed an interest in joining YouView. YouView combines broadcast channels with broadband delivered content from catch-up services such as the BBC’s iPlayer and optional pay per view and subscription content. Marketing Week reports Tristia Clarke, commercial director at YouView shareholder TalkTalk, telling the Media Guardian Edinburgh International…

  • Ofcom introduces ‘fairer and more consistent’ telecoms complaints code

    Ofcom introduces ‘fairer and more consistent’ telecoms complaints code

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    Phone and broadband customers should get an “improved experience” when making complaints under new measures introduced by telecoms regulator Ofcom. Customers unable to resolve disputes with their landline, mobile phone and broadband providers can seek help from independent Alternative Dispute Resolution schemes. Using these ADR schemes is free to customers and Ofcom currently approves the…

  • Ofcom gives go-ahead to early UK 4G services

    Ofcom gives go-ahead to early UK 4G services

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    Telecoms regulator Ofcom says it will allow Everything Everywhere – owners of Orange and T-Mobile in the UK – to launch 4G mobile data services using its existing bandwidth. The decision means 4G services, which allow faster data speeds and downloads than existing 3G services, are expected to launch this year. Other networks must wait…

  • YouView – enhancements we’d like to see

    YouView – enhancements we’d like to see

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    We list the enhancements and improvements we’d like to see brought to YouVIew.

  • Sky’s NOW TV brings Hollywood’s biggest films to YouView

    Sky’s NOW TV brings Hollywood’s biggest films to YouView

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    Sky’s NOW TV service is now available on YouView, bringing premium movies to the nascent on-demand TV platform. YouView combines broadcast channels with broadband delivered content from catch-up services such as the BBC’s iPlayer and 4oD. ISPs TalkTalk and BT are also making content available to their broadband customers. Launching on YouView today, NOW TV…