Television viewers can now watch all of the UK’s free-to-air television channels online from a single site for the very first time and at no cost.
The service TVCatchup.com carries the 18 main channels and over 50 channels by the end of the year. For those unable to purchase a satellite or cable subscription, TVCatchup offers them access to the full range of UK television for the very first time. The service is especially of interest to the estimated 2.5 million homes which will not be able to receive full digital TV once analogue services are switched off in 2012 .
During the next twelve months legislation allowing the broadcast of “television without frontiers” is expected to be introduced within the European Community . Similar legislation is likely to be adopted outside of Europe in due course. Eventually TVCatchup will have a particular appeal to viewers overseas, especially holiday makers, ex-patriots and British forces staff who would not otherwise be able to view their favourite programmes when away from home. However, pending such changes in legislation, access to the TVCatchup service is currently restricted to only those situated within the UK.
The current live streams are compatible with mobile devices and have been successfully trialled on trains, coaches and even planes. The developers of TVCatchup are additionally working with third parties to provide home PC users with functionality similar to those offered by the Sky+ recording system.
TVCatchup is free, funded by advertising.
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