Launched in 2012, YouView provides access to free-to-air channels over a standard aerial alongside access to the UK’s most popular catch-up and video on demand services, such as iPlayer and ITV Hub.
YouView
YouView combines traditional aerial received channels such as BBC One and ITV, with broadband delivered on-demand and catch-up content, plus additional pay channels from BT and TalkTalk.
BT starts upgrading YouView+ and YouView+ UHD set top boxes to ‘next generation’ UI
Unveiled last year, the software has already been downloaded to many TalkTalk supplied boxes and those purchased from retailers, as well as BT’s non-recording zapper boxes.
YouView gains new UKTV Play on-demand player
The player also brings together collections of specially curated themes as well as viewer chosen favourites, as well as an all-new predictive search facility.
BBC brings iPlayer personalisation & bookmarks to YouView
To make logging in easy to use, the BBC has adopted a ‘Pin and Pair’ system where the user logs in on their computer or tablet and then enters a PIN displayed on their set top box to authorise its access to their BBC account.
