• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

SEENIT

TV, Film, Broadband, Pay-TV, Games, Computing and Tech | News, Comment & Reviews

  • NEWS
  • FEATURES
  • ADVERTISE
  • Twitter

Reports: ‘Virgin Tivo’s iPad app delayed until September’

March 8, 2012 - Martin Hoscik@seenituk

Virgin Media's TiVo.
According to reports, Virgin Media TiVo users will have to wait until September 2012 for the company’s long-promised iPad app.

In September 2011 Virgin Media claimed the app would allow users to “interact with the elegant, intuitive TiVo user interface directly on their iPads to search across Virgin Media’s content, including the TV Guide and thousands of hours of content available through its video on demand library, without interrupting what they are already watching on TV.

“With just a couple of swipes on the iPad user can immediately and seamlessly begin viewing the content they have discovered via their TiVo app right on their TV.”

The company promised the app would be made released alongside a pending software update which has since been rolled-out.

At the time Cindy Rose, executive director of digital entertainment at Virgin Media, said the iPad companion app was “art of our long term strategy to deliver the most dynamic and user friendly multi-screen entertainment experience in the U.K.”

However Broadband TV News today quotes Neil Berkett, the company’s CEO, as saying the app will not now be available until September.

On Virgin Media’s own forums customer, who have already suffered delays in adding Red Button services and spent time filing online reports for EPG errors, have complained about the delay.

The Advertising Standards Authority recently banned an advert for the TiVo and warned Virgin Media “to ensure claims that were likely to be interpreted as factual and appeared in testimonials were not misleading or likely to mislead.”

The ASA has previously carried out informal interventions and asked Virgin to alter three other adverts and online claims.

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)

Tagged With: Telecoms, Virgin Media

Blu-ray and Gaming Top Buys

Lionsgate to release Anthony Hopkins and Anson Mount’s The Virtuoso next month

The complete Indiana Jones movie series is getting a 4K Blu-ray release

Eureka to release Sammo Hung’s Encounter Of The Spooky Kind on Blu-ray

RECENT

Prime Video commissions Paul Pogba docuseries

Wonder Woman 1984 retains top spot in Official Film Chart

Serena Williams signs TV deal with Amazon

Hat Trick International sells Lucy The Human Chimp to HBO Max

Popular

MPs urge ministers to guarantee PSB prominence on streaming devices

Apple TV+ is coming to Google TV

New Django series is coming to Sky and CANAL+

BBC, ITV and Channel 4 announce plans to merge Digital UK and Freesat

Featured

Ofcom calls for greater social and geographic diversity in TV and radio

BT Sport app now available on Now TV devices

StarzPlay is now available from Rakuten TV

Britbox – What does the new UK-centric streaming service offer?

ADVERTISE ON SEENIT

We’re pleased to offer a number of advertising opportunities to high quality brands including sponsored content, competitions and advertising placements.

Please contact us for details.

MORE FROM US

Copyright © 2021 · All Rights Reserved · Contact Us · Copyright · Terms of Use · Privacy Policy