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Inbetweeners boosts 4oD views as nation's appetite to catch up continues
Up 20 per cent 30 September 2011 11:12 GMT TweetChannel 4, like the BBC, has confirmed that there are a growing number of us using online catch up services to watch shows that we’ve missed on telly.
According to the UK broadcaster, viewing figures for its 4oD service are up over 20...
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Channel 4's 4oD comes to iPhone
Hollyoaks on your phone 2 September 2011 15:57 GMT TweetChannel 4 has announced that you can now get its 4oD service on the iPhone, thanks to the launch of a new app on Friday after months of waiting.
The new 4oD CatchUp app will now let iPhone owners as well as iPad users view Channel 4’s...
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iPhone not Stephen Fry's greatest gadget
It is... a lighter??? 30 August 2011 11:35 GMT TweetThe iPhone, and smartphones generally, only came a paltry 13th in Stephen Fry's 100 Greatest Gadgets - a TV show aired by Channel 4 in the UK yesterday. And the self-confessed Apple fanboy revealed that the iPad (10th) and iPod (3rd) were also beaten...
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Channel4.com 4oD launches all-new rebuilt user interface
With "My 4oD" feature 25 August 2011 17:24 GMT TweetChannel4.com has announced that its ever-popular 4oD video on demand service has had an overhaul; due to rise like a phoenix from the flames on 31 August, resplendent in a host of new features.
Keeping its 30-day catchup service and extensive...
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4oD Catch Up comes to iPad, we go hands-on
HANDS-ON Watch Channel 4 shows on your tablet 28 April 2011 16:45 GMT TweetChannel 4 has deemed the iPad good enough now to launch a dedicated Channel 4 On Demand iPad app allowing you to catch up on Channel 4 shows from your Apple tablet rather than the a laptop. But it is any good? We go hands on to find out.
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Kip Meek replaced by Alan Sugar at YouView
You're fired! 7 March 2011 15:13 GMT TweetYouView has swapped its non-executive chairman for Sugar. And before you say, "how many bags?", we're talking about the entrepreneur and host of The Apprentice.
Former incumbent Kip Meek, who joined YouView when it was still known as Project...
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Freesat increases its high-def armoury with C4HD
Four HD channels for nowt now 2 February 2011 12:32 GMT TweetFreesat has announced that it will be increasing its high-definition offerings to four channels by, ironically enough, adding Channel 4's HD platform - C4HD - to its line-up.
Freesat managing director Emma Scott said: "This is fantastic news...
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PS3 nabs ITV and Channel 4
Who needs YouView eh? 13 December 2010 9:31 GMT TweetPlayStation 3 video-on-demanders will soon be able to stream ITV and Channel 4 content on their consoles after deals were done with the broadcasters to bring their content to the PS3 platform.
The ITV Player and 4oD will join the BBC iPlayer...
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Film4oD to give Lovefilm a theatrical run for its money
Big titles included in the 500 for launch 1 November 2010 16:51 GMT TweetChannel 4 has jumped head first into the competitive movie on demand industry, with the launch of Film4oD.
The service, which has already gone live at film4od.film4.com, boasts more than 500 titles, including not only Film4 classics such as...
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Project Canvas given all-clear by OFT?
Office of Fair Trading not investigating venture on competition grounds 19 May 2010 17:21 GMT TweetProject Canvas, the video-on-demand service backed by seven partners including the BBC, ITV and BT, will not be investigated by the Office of Fair Trading over competition issues; potentially given it the green light to go ahead.
Speaking today, Sheldon...
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Online TV streaming service Seesaw goes live for all
3000 hours of programming available to view now 17 February 2010 11:51 GMT TweetThe Seesaw online TV service has now launched into open beta after a successful closed beta has seen testing with around 20,000 users.
Like an ad-funded version of the BBC's iPlayer service, Seesaw offers programming from the Beeb, Channel...
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First Look: SeeSaw review
FIRST LOOK Can this be a one-stop solution for internet TV? 27 January 2010 20:00 GMT TweetYou know iPlayer? It's good isn't it? The trouble is that you can only get BBC programmes on it, which is okay if you like BBC programmes, but what if you don't? What if you want to watch Channel 4 or Five shows? In steps SeeSaw.
SeeSaw has...
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BBC Trust approves Project Canvas...
...provisionally 22 December 2009 16:10 GMT TweetAlthough its final decision is not due until spring 2010, the BBC Trust has given its provisional approval to the BBC's involvement in Project Canvas, published in a lengthy document available for the public to view.
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E4 HD to launch on Sky's high def service
December debut for new HD content 9 December 2009 14:06 GMT TweetIt has been announced that E4 HD, Channel 4's second dedicated high definition channel, is to launch on 14 December on Sky's HD service, Sky+HD.
As a simulcast of E4, the channel will provide access to a wide range of series such as Glee,... -
VIDEO: The Ricky Gervais Show coming to Channel 4
Animated version of popular podcasts headed home 4 December 2009 15:25 GMT TweetRicky Gervais' popular podcasts helped put the audio format on the map with well over 180 million downloads through legal channels alone.
In the States, HBO has made the podcasts into an animated series which Channel 4 has just acquired...
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