Television

  • Channel 4 adds free mobile downloads to 4oD app

    Channel 4 adds free mobile downloads to 4oD app

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    Channel 4 is adding free, add-supported downloads to mobile versions of its 4oD on demand service. The new feature allows viewers to download many of their favourite Channel 4 shows from the last 30 days to their smartphone or tablet and is is available on both iOS and Android versions of the app. Viewers will…

  • Dave on demand player goes live on YouView

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    A new on demand player offering content from UKTV’s popular free-to-air channel Dave has been added to YouView boxes. First announced last month, the player gives viewers access to hit shows such as Dara O Briain: School of Hard Sums, Ross Noble’s Freewheeling and Russell Howard’s Good News. The content will also be available via…

  • BBC to launch new HD channels after Ofcom opens up more capacity

    BBC to launch new HD channels after Ofcom opens up more capacity

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    The BBC says it will launch five new subscription-free HD channels after telecoms regulator Ofcom confirmed plans to boost the amount of spectrum available for Freeview channels. Ofcom has awarded transmission company Arqiva a temporary licence for spectrum freed up by the digital switchover which will allow up to ten additional high-definition channels to be…

  • YouView celebrates first birthday

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    Today marks exactly one year since YouView unveiled itself to the UK’s tech media at a launch event held in London’s former County Hall. Unlike many of my colleagues, I left the event impressed with what we’d seen and expecting great things from the new service. I took to my keyboard and predicted that YouView…

  • YouView: Catch-up services accounts for a fifth of UK TV viewing

    YouView: Catch-up services accounts for a fifth of UK TV viewing

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    Connected TV platform YouView has released an infographic illustrating the findings of its 2013 census into national television habits. The poll of viewers reveals that use of catch-up or on demand (VOD) television services such as BBC iPlayer and ITV Player now accounts for a fifth of the nation’s TV viewing. YouView provides easy access…

  • YouView announces new catch-up and on demand deal with UKTV

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    YouView users will soon gain access to catch-up and on demand content from UKTV’s popular free-to-air channels Dave, Yesterday and Really. In July a Dave-branded portal will be added to the YouView on demand menu with content also available via YouView’s scroll back programme guide. YouView customers will enjoy demand access to hit shows such…