YouView

  • UKTV to launch new Drama channel on Freeview and YouView

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    UKTV, the owners of Gold, Really and Dave, are to launch a new drama themed channel on Freeview and YouView. Named Drama, the channel will go live on 8 July 2013 and offer modern and classic British drama including Tipping the Velvet, Auf Wiedersehen Pet, Cranford and Lark Rise to Candleford. The channel is expected…

  • TalkTalk adds on demand concerts to YouView-based TV service

    TalkTalk adds on demand concerts to YouView-based TV service

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    TalkTalk TV customers with one of the ISP’s YouView set top boxes can now rent major concerts via the firm’s Video on Demand store. A new Concert TV collection allows customers to rent full length concerts for a one off rental cost of £4.00 for a 48 hour period, with performances from Kylie Minogue, Robbie…

  • YouView updates iPhone app with series record

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    Broadcast and IPTV TV service YouView has given its iPhone and iPad remote record app a major update, adding series ink and enhanced programme listings. The app offers 7-day listings for over 70 digital TV and radio channels for the next seven days, with full programme information details and a ‘Now & Next’ schedule. Previously…

  • Lord Sugar to step down from YouView

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    Lord Sugar is to step down as Chairman of YouView, the broadcast and streaming TV service backed by the UK’s biggest broadcasters and ISPs, in the next few weeks. The Apprentice star was called in to oversee YouView’s route to market after it missed a number of expected launch dates. His involvement helped the platform,…

  • YouView revisited

    YouView revisited

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    We take a second look at YouView, the broadcast and IPTV hybrid platform backed by the UK’s major broadcasters and ISPs.

  • YouView and Humax announce all-new set top box

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    Humax has released a second set-top box for YouView, the broadcast and streaming TV service backed by the UK’s biggest broadcasters and ISPs. Last year the company released the first-ever YouView box alongside the platform’s official launch. While the original DTR-T1000 device retained the look of Humax’s HDR-Fox T2 Freeview+ HD recorder, the new box…