Posted 8th April 2008 by Paul
BBC iPlayer will now be launching in May according to an official page on the Virgin Media website. It says “from May you can tune to any BBC TV channel and press the red button on your Virgin Media remote to watch the best BBC programmes from the last 7 days” and we’ll be able to “choose from over 250 hours of BBC TV, selected and saved from the last 7 days”. To begin with, it says the service will be available via the red button from any BBC channel, and it will be added to Catch Up TV On Demand “soon after it launches through the red button”. There will be a lot more content available – Virgin Media say “there’s about 50 hours of BBC shows in Catch Up TV on demand right now. When iPlayer launches in Catch Up TV on demand the BBC folder will be renamed BBC iPlayer and instead of having 50 hours of BBC shows to watch there will be over 250 hours”. Read more on the official Virgin Media website.
Tags: bbc iplayer, Cable (Virgin Media), on demand
Posted 8th April 2008 by Paul
It has previously been reported that BBC iPlayer – the On Demand service from the BBC – will be launching on Virgin Media TV very soon. The latest rumoured launch date for BBC iPlayer on Virgin Media is the 10th April (this Thursday). Watch this space.
Tags: bbc iplayer, Cable (Virgin Media), on demand
Posted 8th April 2008 by Paul
Details of Freeview’s high definition plans were released last week. Ofcom have announced there will be four slots available – one of which will go to the BBC and the others will be bidded on between ITV, Channel 4, S4C and Five. Because the high definition channels will be broadcast in MPEG-4 instead of MPEG-2, this will mean special high definition Freeview boxes will be needed in order to watch these channels. It is hoped high definition on Freeview will get underway as early as 2009. BBC HD trials were previously run in special test areas – namely the London area – on Freeview. If you want to read some more details on the Freeview HD plans revealed last week, please click here for a Digital Spy article.
Tags: hd, Terrestrial (Freeview and Top Up TV)
Posted 5th April 2008 by Paul
Interactive service NHS Direct has moved from Sky Text to Teletext. Please tune to Teletext from now on to access the service.
Tags: interactive, nhs direct, sky text, teletext, Terrestrial (Freeview and Top Up TV)
