BT Vision Content and Channels

What is BT Vision?

BT Vision is a digital TV service. You get a special BT Vision V+ Box which will let you watch and record live digital TV channels, as well as watch a huge selection of extra TV shows, movies and sporting events on your telly over the Internet.

More details at btvision.bt.com

The FREE BT Vision v-box

Getting BT Vision

BT Vision is available across the UK. If you want get BT Vision, you need to sign up or switch to BT Total Broadband if you haven't already. (How to Switch provider)

• Cost: The BT Vision service is available to BT Total Broadband customers, and comes with a free v-box hard disk recorder. You can sign up at btvision.bt.com.
  
  
• Installation: You can install the service yourself, or arrange for an engineer to call to install it for you.
  
  
• Requirements: BT Vision requires a BT Total Broadband connection and a BT Home Hub (available free with BT Total Broadband). For the video-on-demand content, you need a line speed of 2Mb or over. To check your line speed, go to www.bt.com/btbroadband

Not got BT Vision? Go to www.bt.com/btbroadband Already got BT Broadband? Go to get.btvision.bt.com

BT Vision: On Demand Content

The top question we're asked, is "what on demand content is available on BT Vision". On this page, we take a look at what content is on offer with BT Vision:

On Demand TV Programmes

Live TV is supplied using Freeview - see our Freeview channel list.

Extra 'on-demand' content is available for download. This isn't like a traditional TV channel... there's a huge store of TV shows from a range of TV content providers that you watch via BT Vision over the 'net.

TV content is available from a number of content providers, including: BBC Hits, 4 on Demand, HBO, National Geographic, The History Channel, Warner TV, MTV, Paramount Comedy, Discover on Demand and Adult Swim

You can access TV content by category, channel, 'TV Replay' and 'Premium TV' categories. Prices between £0.79 or £0.99 per episode, or for £6 a month for the TV Package. Here's a summary of the TV shows and series on offer:

• Comedy: Categories include Animated, Cult, Stand up, UK Comedy and US Comedy. Series include: Black Books, Spaced, Red Dwarf, Father Ted, Absolute Power, Little Britain , Lead Balloon, Trigger Happy TV, Peep Show , South Park as well as classics like Porridge and Open All Hours
  
  
• Drama: Nip Tuck, Shameless, Queer as Folk, Doc Martin, Doctor Who Series 1, Bleak House, Andromeda, Oliver Twist, ER, Spooks, Waking the dead, Ugly Betty, Elizabeth
  
  
• Documentaries: Battlefield Britain, History of Britain Series 1, Blue Planet, Planet Earth, Monarchy, Conspiracy
  
  
• Real Life: Including: Pimp My Ride, Charlotte Church Show, Victoria's Secrets, Top Gear
  
• Late Night: Real Sex, Taxicab Confessions, Cathouse 2
  
  
• TV Replay 4 on Demand: Programmes from Channel 4's on demand service 4oD, including Countdown, Hollyoaks, Dispatches, Deal or No Deal, Relocation, Relocation, Relocation, Skins, The Daily Show, The Hustlers, The Market. Shows are £0.99 each
  
  
• Demand Five: Shows from Five's on-demand service, such as The Gadget Show, Hollyoaks, Home and Away, Neighbours and Fifth Gear. Shows from 79p only, for the lot for £3 a month
  
  
• Premium TV: Desperate Housewives Series 3, ER Series 3, The O.C Series 4, Ugly Betty Series 1

On Demand Movies

Films priced either £1.99 or £2.99 for a 24 hour rental. In October 2008, we went through, category-by-category. Here's what we found:

• Action & Adventure: 81 films - Including: Jaws, The Matrix, Hunt for Red October, Hulk, Bourne Identity, Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean
• Classics: 18 films including The God, the Bad and the Ugly, Dirty Harry, Psycho and Pink Panther
• Comedy: 185 films - Including: East is East, Lost in Translation, Love Actually, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, The Break Up, Withnail & I
• Documentaries: 18 films - Including: The Corporation, Darfur Now, In Bed With Madonna
• Drama: 299 films - Including: 1984, A Clockwork Orange, Calendar Girls, Chicago, Dirty Dancing, Forrest Gump, United 93
• Family: 67 films - Including: Addams Family Values, Babe, Cats and Dogs, E.T, The Grinch
• Horror: 33 films - Including: An American Haunting Friday the 13th Parts 2 and 3, The Gift, Tremors
• Musicals: 9 films - Including: Blues Brothers, Cabaret, Purple Rain, Sweeny Todd
  
• Romance: 81 films - Including: Blue Crush, Wuthering Heights, Frankie and Johnny, The Wedding Planner
• Sci-Fi & Fantasy: 34 films - Including: Armageddon, Barb Wire, Dune, Explorers, Back to the Future, Fifth Element, Hulk, Mad Max
• Thriller: 109 films - Including: Air Force One, An American Haunting, Hannibal, Eyes Wide Shut, Miami Vice, Training Day, Patriot Games
  
• War: 6 films - Including: Pearl Harbour, Schindler's List
  
• Westerns: 6 films - Including: Blazing Saddles, Maverick, Wyatt Earp
  
• World Cinema: 47 films - Including: Amelie, District 13, Kama Sutra, L'Ennui, Water Lillies
  
  
  
  High Definition: From September 2008, a number of HD films became available for download over Broadband with BT Vision. As of the start of November 2008, the following films were available: 2 Fast 2 Furious, Babe, E.T, Gladiator, Hulk, Leatherheads, Love Actually, Nim'sIisland, The Other Boleyn Girl and Step Up 2: The Streets.
  New HD releases cost £4.95 per download, with older titles for £2.95.
  
  

More details at btvision.bt.com

Kids content on BT Vision

Content from BBC Hits, Disney, Disney Playhouse, Cartoon Network, Jetix, Baby TV, Nat Geo Junior, Five Milkshake! and Nickelodeon. Prices for most items are 49p. Here's a summary of what we found:

• Pre-school - Shows and series include: Balamory, Barney & Friends, Bob The Builder, Mr Men, Paddington Bear , Wombles, Thomas and Friendsand Postman Pat
• Action & Adventure - Shows and series include: Avatar, Ben 10, Dark Oracle, Fantastic Four, Monster Buster Club, Power Rangers, Storm Hawks, Transformers Cybertron
• Animals and Nature - Shows and series include: Animal Patrol, Brilliant Beats, Bug Attack, Last of the dragons
• Funnies - Shows and series include: Basil Brush, Cow and Chicken, Johnny Bravo, Rugrats, Spongebob SquarePants, Ren & Stimpy
• Movies: Including Bee Movie, E.T, Flubber and Muppet Treasure Island
• High School - Shows and series include: 6teen, Drake & Josh, Clarissa explains it all, Unfabulous

More details at btvision.bt.com

Sport on BT Vision

BT Vision Sport includes content provided by sports channel Setanta Sports. In the 2008/9 season, the service will show 46 live FA Premier League games, 242 same-day Barclays Premier League matches, 60 live Scottish Premier League games, live Nationwide Conference games and other European football Leagues, 125 Football League and Carling Cup matches, plus live boxing, darts, Magners League rugby, PGA golf, cricket and more.

The BT Vision Sport service also includes BT’s own on-demand sports content. BT already has rights to "near live" FA Premiership matches, meaning BT Vision Sport customers will be able to watch around 75% of the season's games. BT Vision customers have the unique choice between tuning into the live broadcasts, or watching matches over Broadband at times to suit them.

• Setanta Replay: World Cup Qualifiers, Barclays premier League, Scottish Premier League, US PGA Golf, Boxing, weekly shows\
• Classic and Must See Sport: FA Cup finals (selection from 1978 to 2001), classic Premier League matches, Rugby Challenge Cup Final, Golf documentaries, Boxing Fights of the Century, Botham's Ashes, Tennis Men's Singles Finals, Moto GP, plus Olympics, Snooker and Sailing documentaries and interviews
• Teach yourself: Golf, Hockey, Football, Fishing, Martial arts

Cost? BT Vision customers on BT Total Broadband can get the BT Vision Sport service either via monthly subscription (from £5 a month), or per-match pay-to-view. Here are the pricing details for the 2007/8 football season:

• BT Vision Standard Sports (£5 a month): Premier League games shown a few hours after kick off (from 10pm). Matches from the Coca-Cola Football League and Carling Cup. Plus access to a library of classic sport
• Setanta Sports (£10.99 a month): Setanta Sports including live Premier League games, IPL cricket and live US PGA Tour golf
• Pay Per View: Pay-to-view sporting events are available from 99p. You can watch individual Premier League games for £1.99 per game

Offer: Free Setanta Sport now offered - Sign up to one of BT Vision's viewing packages (from £14 a month), for free Barclays Premier League, Clydesdale Bank Premier League, FA Cup, US PGA Tour Golf and World Championship boxing from Setanta

To get BT Vision Sport, you must be a BT Total Broadband customer. Already got BT Broadband? Go to btvision.bt.com

Music content on BT Vision

• Music videos: Hundreds, mostly priced 29p.
• Concerts: around 20 concerts priced at £1.99, including ELO, Heart, Joe Jackson, Madness, Oasis, Prince, Simply Red and The Who
• The Karaoke Channel
  

Adult Content on BT Vision

There is a section for Adult video-on-demand content - Vision ADULT Exposed. You need to get an Adult PIN by calling 0800 0270 148

Brands include: Playboy, Spice Extreme, Adult Channel, Trade, Red Hot and Television X

BT Vision: Games

• 15 games including Pub Quiz, Hangman, Solitaire, Patience, Sudoku. Typically £0.50 for a 30 minute rental

We featured BT Vision in Show 12 of our radio show, FrequencyCast Listen to the show online, or download it to your MP3 player. Listen to Show 12 | Latest Show | What is FrequencyCast?

BT Vision Questions

• Please see our BT Vision FAQ for answers to frequently-asked questions.

Not got BT Vision? Go to www.bt.com/btbroadband Already got BT Broadband? Go to get.btvision.bt.com

More details...

• Discuss BT Vision in our BT Vision forum
• BT Vision Help and Advice
• BT Vision Set-top Box info
• Join our BT Vision mailing list, or our Yahoo Group chat list
• Online review of BT Vision in Show 12 of our Podcast
• More on the BT Home Hub
• More on the Digital TV options
• More on alternative IPTV solutions on our dedicated IPTV page.
• For more on Freeview and free-to-air set-top boxes, see our Freeview page.
• More on BT Total Broadband
• For details of hard-disk recording solutions, see our Personal Video Recorder PVR page
  

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