Mar 4 2011
YouView chief executive Richard Halton has today defended the delay to the BBC-led joint venture, claiming that the new IPTV platform will be “worth the wait”. Speaking at the Digital TV Group (DTG) Summit in London, Halton reiterated that the project, which aims to upgrade the Freeview and Freesat platforms to support video on-demand and […]
Oct 20 2010
Ofcom has today announced that it will not launch an investigation into YouView, despite receiving numerous complaints about the IPTV joint venture. In a statement, the media regulator said that fears about YouView’s potential harm to market competition would be offset by its “benefits to viewers and consumers”. However, Ofcom also noted that the IPTV […]
Oct 1 2010
A group of local TV operators have written to culture secretary Jeremy Hunt expressing their concern that YouView will “hijack the fledgling local TV market”. In a letter to the minister, published in The Times, the 14 organisations called for a “thorough competition investigation” into the IPTV platform. YouView, which counts the BBC, ITV, Channel […]
Jun 2 2010
Project Canvas, the long-planned web-TV joint venture, will reportedly take the consumer branding YouView should it reach launch phase. According to the Financial Times, the project has registered the title, which is believed to be a hybrid of YouTube and Freeview, at the Intellectual Property Office. The YouView branding has also previously been mooted as […]
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ITV announces closure of CITV
BBC switch from SD to HD on satellite
Joint UK/international BBC News service from March
Loss of channels on Freesat 4K TV Boxes after a reset
Digital UK becomes “Everyone TV”
Rollout of BBC One HD for the English regions
ITVX launch month delivers 55% increase in ITV’s streaming viewing and 65% increase in online users
New Broadcast 2040+ researchBBC to switch off all SD satellite channels
Mar 14 2011
YouView releases final tech spec; confirms device partners
YouView has published its final core technical specification for launch and announced further device partners. The YouView Core Technical Specification references the Digital TV Group’s D-Book 7 and provides a set of technologies to enable the delivery of broadcast and IP enabled content onto a television set via a broadband connected device. According to YouView […]
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By Expat • UK Media News • Tags: D-Book 7, Digital TV Group, YouView