Four years of fun and games with the Digital TV Switchover is coming to an end at last… we don’t want to worry you… but there might be another one on the way… Digital Switchover Mk II OK – Nothing to worry about just yet, but according to a report in the Guardian, the House [...]

Finally, YouView boxes are now available, but at £299, we’re not sure how many folk will be dashing out this weekend to buy one. The first box to be released is the Humax DTR-T1000, and here’s what it offers: Humax DTR-T1000 Humax DTR-T1000 is a combined Freeview receiver, HDD recorder and Internet TV box. As [...]

A new channel from Channel 4, launched this evening (4th July 2012) at 7pm 4seven essentially runs re-broadcasts of very recent shows, for those that missed a Channel 4 show. Given that many of us now have a PVR hard disk recorder (such as Sky+ or Freeview+), recording shows and series is now pretty easy [...]

Launch plans for the combined Freeview and Internet service YouView have been announced today, Wednesday the 4th of July 2012.   What will YouView offer? The new box will let you watch and record the existing Freeview channels, and let you access catch-up TV over Internet from BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5. Sound [...]

The online TV service, Fetch TV, has just gone into administration. The Fetch TV service started in 2008 and has been trying to make its place in the crowded Video-on-Demand space for some time. It looks like this week, it has lost its battle as the service owners IP Vision have called in UHY Hacker [...]

This month sees a few changes to the Top Up TV service, and we’re guessing a lot of customers aren’t going to be happy. If you have Top Up TV, you’ll need to rescan your box to make sure you can continue to watch the service, but you’ll notice some reductions in the content and [...]

We understand that plans may be afoot to extend coverage of the UK TV licence to cover Internet-based catch-up TV services, such as the BBC iPlayer. Currently, it’s law that those in the UK pay £145.50 a year to be able to watch (or record) broadcast TV shows. In addition to TV sets and recorders, [...]

The full version of the BBC iPlayer is now, finally, available on BT Vision. BT Vision customers can now access the library of recent  TV content from the BBC, plus loads of BBC radio shows from their BT Vision box. Vision customers have been able to access some BBC catch-up content before, but until this [...]

Sky is set to launch a new service, Sky Go, on the 6th of July 2011 The service will pull together Sky’s TV-over-Internet service Sky Player, with its mobile TV offering, allowing existing Sky customers to be able to watch live TV on their desktop and laptop computers, as well as on smartphones and tablet [...]

If you’re not aware of the name Seesaw, it’s an online TV service that lets you watch TV shows from the BBC, Channel 4 and Five, for free. And the future of SeeSaw is in the balance. The service, which offers 3,500 hours of free to view TV content, first launched in 2010. It was [...]

The BBC iPlayer’s just got even better. In an update rolled out on the 17th of February 2011, content from non-BBC providers has been added to search results. From the Search box or from the TV Channels section, you can now find programmes from other video-on-demand providers. This includes broadcasters ITV, Channel 4 and Channel [...]

The BBC has launched the long-awaited BBC iPlayer application for the Apple iPad and for the Google Android platform The application is available for free, although to watch video content from the last week’s BBC TV shows, you’ll need a wi-fi connection (3G video is not supported). There’s no option to download content for offline viewing, [...]

YouView, formerly known as Project Canvas, is reportedly set to be delayed until 2012. The service that combines Freeview (for live TV), with on-demand content over the Internet, was originally set to launch in 2010, but was pushed back to a predicted launch of “mid 2011″. According to various online sites, its been hit by [...]

SeeSaw, a new Internet-based TV service, has gone live today. SeeSaw offers TV content from the BBC, Channel 4, Five, and a small selection of ITV content. SeeSaw was created after Project Kangaroo was outlawed by the Competition Commission in 2009. SeeSaw is currently offering over 3,000 hours of TV content including Green Wing, The [...]

It’s been possible to get the BBC iPlayer on some Freesat boxes for a few days now, but you may need some help. We’ve had emails from a number of visitors asking for help on getting access to the BBC’s catch-up iPlayer service on the Freesat platform, so we’ve put together a step-by-step guide. Please [...]

Nintendo Wii users will find a nice little present today – The BBC iPlayer channel. Catch up with TV and radio from the last seven days streamed to your Wii console. TV channels available are BBC1, BBC2, BBC3, BBC4, CBBC, CBeebies, BBC News, BBC Parliament and BBC Alba. Initial tests by the team here show [...]

On Wednesday the 18th November, the Nintendo Wii will get a dedicated BBC iPlayer channel. It’s been possible for some time to access the BBC iPlayer from the Nintendo Wii web browser, but now, the iplayer will get its own channel – making BBC content easier to access, and will offer a “faster, high quality [...]

The Beeb’s confirmed that announced it’s offering high-definition content over their hugely popular BBC iPlayer service. This will offer an experience with twice the quality compared to the previous version of the iPlayer. Shows due for the iPlayer HD experience include Doctor Who, Kerwhizz and Dragons Den. The updated iPlayer makes use of adaptive bitrate [...]