Category Archive: Online Television

Jan
13



Netflix may have a real effect on UK TV viewing

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Film fans can now subscribe to the leading US online film provider, Netflix, after the company launched a new service in the UK costing less than £6 per month. Thanks to deals with all the major studios, as well as most British television stations, Netflix subscribers will be able to access recent and classic films …

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Jan
06



Computer TV viewing slowing down

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A recent study has found that the number of people who use a home computer or a portable device such as an iPad for watching television increased by less than 1% during 2011. Despite the continued popularity of these gadgets, fewer new subscribers are using their PCs to watch either live or on-demand TV programmes …

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Nov
29



Apple iTV will make you shout

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Many people regard Apple is a company that have revolutionised both the mobile music and mobile phone market with their products and the company hopes that the new television will do the same for TVs. The new device which has been designed by the company allows you to gesticulate and shout at it, and it …

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Nov
09



BBC iPlayer may need a TV licence

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Services which might include BBC iPlayer at are now being considered to be brought in under the television licence fee. This decision is being considered by the Department of culture. Currently television viewers in Britain must pay a licence fee of over £145 if they want to record or watch television programmes broadcast. This includes …

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Oct
01



Rosie Webster the web-TV show

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Rosie Webster moved to London in the hopes that she would be able to start a career as a model. It seems that things are not exactly going as she hoped as recent photographs show that that character, who is played by Helen Flanagan, is trying to make her move into modelling after getting a …

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Sep
22



Google TV on the way

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Google, the search giant, has had a less than successful start trying to break into the television market. The company has been providing television services in the US for nearly a year and the company has offered some free content as well as subscription content through set top boxes. The company has recently confirmed that …

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Jul
30



BBC Worldwide offers its classics to iPlayer app users

BBC Worldwide offers its classics to iPlayer app users

The commercial arm of the BBC, BBC Worldwide, is now offering audiences right across Europe their first ever opportunity to delve into an eclectic digital mix of both contemporary and classic BBC TV programmes. They are being given this chance, from today, courtesy of a new global iPlayer app, available exclusively for the iPad through …

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Apr
22



Young people moving away from TV towards other entertainment

According to research from Ofcom, the communications regulator, those people between the ages of 16 and 24 said they would miss internet and their mobile more that television. This is the first time a study has been done and the result was that television was not their most important media.   Television still remains the …

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Feb
24



BBC iPlayer is mushrooming

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It seems as if the BBC is catching up with the rest of its internet competitors for the iPlayer, such as You Tube and so on, by making TV programmes from the other terrestrial channels available to viewers. The BBC launched the update to its iPlayer service last Thursday, which now gives you access to …

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Aug
06



ITV wants micropayments for Project Canvas shows

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ITV is considering launching a micropayment system online and hopes that it will be able to charge a small amount for some of the content that will become available via Project Canvas.  Project Canvas is the BBC venture that will offer video on demand to those who use Freesat and Freeview services. ITV chief executive, …

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