YouView

  • YouView adds iPad support to remote record app

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    Smart TV platform YouView has announced a new iPad edition of its remote record app. As well as support for the iPad’s larger screen, the app introduces Channel logos which will now be seen on the TV Guide, Now & Next and the programme information screen.

  • UKTV’s Dave to premiere Suits online and via YouView

    UKTV’s Dave to premiere Suits online and via YouView

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    Fans of US legal comedy drama Suits will be able to see the first episode of the third series a week before the show starts on popular entertainment channel Dave. Channel owner UKTV is making the series available through Dave on Demand, the channel’s iOS app and through its video on demand player on YouView.…

  • How TalkTalk and BT could use YouView to take on iTunes

    How TalkTalk and BT could use YouView to take on iTunes

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    When TalkTalk and BT decided to join the YouView partnership both correctly identified it as a relatively low-cost route to a next generation set top box which would allow them to credibly compete with Sky and Virgin Media. In the year or so since both ISPs launched their revamped TV services they’ve both added new…

  • Argos outs BT’s new YouView box while Plusnet starts customer trials

    Argos outs BT’s new YouView box while Plusnet starts customer trials

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    Online retailer Argos appears to have outed BT’s top-secret new YouView box which has been designed to match the look of its Home Hub router. The ISP is understood to be trialling the box, known internally as the G4, ahead of next year’s rollout. Trial participants are forbidden from discussing the box or posting pictures…

  • Sky adds Pay Per View movies to NOW TV and YouView boxes

    Sky adds Pay Per View movies to NOW TV and YouView boxes

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    Movie fans with a NOW TV, YouView or Roku set top box can now rent the latest Hollywood movies from Sky’s Pay Per View service, Sky Store. The service offers major cinema films to rent at the same time as they become available on DVD, as well as hundreds of classic favourites. Current highlights include…

  • Retail YouView boxes gain accessibility features & internet channel recording

    Retail YouView boxes gain accessibility features & internet channel recording

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    A new software update for YouView boxes purchased from retailers has been released today, bringing previously announced accessibility features and the ability to pause, rewind and record internet delivered channels. The connected TV platform combines traditional aerial received channels with on-demand and catch-up content plus, for BT and TalkTalk customers, additional channels delivered via broadband.…