TVCatchup launches iPhone site

Watch live(ish) TV on your mobile phone

TVCatchup launches iPhone site

15 October 2009 11:57 GMT / By Duncan Geere

TVCatchup, a company based in Britain which allows the watching of live television on its website, managed to get itself into trouble with broadcasters last year after offering a free program recording service, which it was then forced to suspend after its hosting was terminated by its ISP.

However, the site has now launched an iPhone (or iPod Touch) version of its website that allows anyone who visits iphone.tvcatchup.com on their handset to watch live UK television, albeit with a delay of about a minute.

It won't work outside of the UK, but within the country it claims that it's completely legitimate. A mobile version had originally been planned for early 2008 but was abandoned after browsers that supported Flash (like SkyFire) began to appear on mobile phones.

The iPhone, which still doesn't support Flash, was left out of the party, but this new solution offers playlist downloads to get around the problem. If you have an iPhone or iPod touch then give it a go and let us know what you think.

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Comments

  • It's great! I have been using it for the last few days and it really works. Now I can watch live TV anywhere! Posted by Cristiano, UK
  • It works amazingly well, and the image quality is perfect even over a 3G connection.

    How long before O2 start to complain about people using too much "unlimited" internet on it though?     Posted by Matt Johnson, UK
  • Looks fantastic lets hope they release for Windows Mobile 6.1 & 6.5 Posted by Paul, Wales
  • Wow - this is just one of the best things I've seen for the iPhone. Yes it works seemlessly over 3G.

    Can't stress enough to try it out. People in the office amazed by it today.     Posted by Peter Bowles, UK
  • @ Paul, Wales

    You can already shoehorn the desktop TVC (and all of the channels!) into your Windows Mobile or Nokia smartphone using Flash capable mobile browser Skyfire.

    Bookmark 'http://www.tvcatchup.com/channels.html' as your mobile portal within Skyfire and enjoy.

    Leaner mobile streams for the rest of us are being actively developed, but this should tide you over until they appear.     Posted by L.Rawlins, UK
  • @Matt Johnson, UK

    To answer your question, less than 24 hours.

    http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/o2-reserves-right-to-block-3g-tv-streaming-sites-642829     Posted by L.Rawlins, UK
  • Started using this yesterday. havnt used on 3G yet but cant fault it on wifi. Really good. Cant wait for more channels to be added. Sky news services for instance. Posted by Tyrant, UK
  • just tried to find it in app store......no sign of it ????? Posted by john.C, UK

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