YouView

  • TalkTalk to offer Sky channels to YouView customers

    TalkTalk to offer Sky channels to YouView customers

    TalkTalk says it will offer customers a range of premium channels and video on demand content via YouView. YouView combines broadcast channels with broadband delivered content from catch-up services such as the BBC’s iPlayer and premium content from Sky’s NOW TV service. The broadband provider today announced it had signed a deal to offer customers…

  • Here’s what data YouView is really collecting and why

    Here’s what data YouView is really collecting and why

    Scared that Lord Sugar will be monitoring what you watch? Allow us to inject to reality into the YouView privacy row.

  • YouView set top boxes now available to pre-order

    YouView set top boxes now available to pre-order

    Major high street and online retailers are now accepting pre-orders for YouView set top boxes, ahead of the service’s launch later this week. The Humax DTR-T1000 Youview Digital TV Recorder is available to pre-order from our preferred partner Amazon.co.uk via this link. YouView combines broadcast channels with broadband delivered content from catch-up services such as…

  • BT confirms customers can use retail YouView boxes

    BT confirms customers can use retail YouView boxes

    BT has confirmed that its broadband customers will be able to purchase their own YouView boxes from retailers and still access any BT exclusive content. Due to launch at the end of this month, YouView combines broadcast channels with broadband delivered content from catch-up services such as the BBC’s iPlayer and premium content from Sky’s…

  • YouView could herald a whole new world of choice

    YouView could herald a whole new world of choice

    I’ve already addressed some of the scepticism about YouView but there’s a couple of other points worth making. Here in the UK subscription TV services are normally watched on hardware owned or sold by the service provider. A side effect of this is if you’re a Sky, Virgin Media or BT Vision customer and cancel…

  • BT and TalkTalk launch YouView information pages

    BT and TalkTalk launch YouView information pages

    Broadband providers BT and TalkTalk have launched ‘coming soon’ pages for their YouView based offerings. Developed by the BBC, ITV TalkTalk and BT, YouView uses broadband to deliver on demand and catch-up content in addition to free broadcast channels. The service was launched on Wednesday by Chairman Lord Sugar and retail boxes are expected in…