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Microsoft launches Messenger TV
Chat whilst you share videos 12 May 2008 11:54 GMT
Microsoft has launched a new feature for Windows Live Messenger - Messenger TV.

Claiming to bring together two of the nation's most popular online activities - watching videos and chatting on instant messenger, Messenger TV is way for Windows Live Messenger...
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Catch up with the tech news web tv show 18 March 2008 19:20 GMT
Switch on Megawhat TV now for the biggest stories of the day from the world of gadgets and technology.

In the headlines today - Channel 4 content available on iTunes; Madonna's next album comes early for Vodafone customers; is Guitar Hero going to get a dedicated...
C4 content comes to iTunes
Watch Shameless, Skins and Spaced on the go 18 March 2008 11:46 GMT
Nearly a month to the day since the Beeb announced it is going to make some of its shows available through iTunes, Channel 4 has gone and done the same.

C4 shows including Shameless, Skins, Teachers, Peep Show, Spaced, and Monarchy are all available now through...
4oD follows iPlayer with new year uplift
110% increase in traffic since 1 Jan 28 February 2008 16:25 GMT
It seems that that BBC iPlayer isn't the only UK TV station getting a boost from online views and downloads this year.

Channel 4 is claiming the number of people using PCs to access its 4oD service has grown by 110% so far this year.

The service...
Code of conduct to keep kids safe while web-surfing
BBC and Google amongst those to sign up 19 February 2008 12:34 GMT
Online content providers - amongst them the BBC, Channel 4, Bebo, Yahoo and Google - have all signed up to new guidelines, which are hoped will protect kids online.

The guidelines will see material flagged online, which the providers think may be unsuitable...
Channel 4 goes HD
Ugly Betty, Hollyoaks and other content all going high-def 9 December 2007 10:03 GMT
Channel 4 has announced that is it launching a HD service on Sky from Monday 10 December.

Programmes will be the same as on Channel 4 but with a proportion produced and broadcast in HD.

At launch, Channel 4 has said that the new HD channel will...
BBC, ITV and C4 confirm Project Kangaroo
"What's that Skippy? There's a new IPTV offering launching?" 28 November 2007 10:05 GMT
We brought you news of this venture way back in June when it remained in the realms of rumour and speculation, but "Project Kangaroo" has now been officially announced.

The team up, encompassing BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4, is a commercial three-way joint...
Channel 4 to go high def via Sky
December launch will see free C4 HD for subscribers 19 September 2007 10:47 GMT
Channel 4 is set to become the first terrestrial channel to offer a high definition simulcast of its main channel on the Sky platform.

Anticipated to be available from December 2007, Channel 4 HD will allow Sky HD customers to watch HD versions of hit Channel...
Comment: Do we really want Channel 4 plus one?
Of course we don't ... we want plus 24 instead 22 August 2007 9:00 GMT
With the launch of Channel 4 +1, pseudo time-shifting TV has come to the mainstream.

But in a world of Personal Video Recorders, electronic programming guides and Sky+ do we really yet another TV channel that offers us the same programs but simply an hour later?...
Sony Ericsson, Orange and Channel 4 launch mobileAct
Search for the UK's hottest unsigned band 10 July 2007 8:42 GMT
mobileAct unsigned, the first show to appear on both T4 and 4music, promises gigs, a tour, TV exposure and a major record deal to the cream of Britain’s untapped music talent in its search to find the freshest unsigned act in the country.

The search will be...
BBC, ITV and C4 join forces for Project Kangeroo?
"One-stop shop" multi-channel downloads 15 June 2007 11:29 GMT
The BBC, Channel 4 and ITV are in talks about a groundbreaking joint venture to develop a video downloads service that will "do for broadband what Freeview did for digital TV" reports The Guardian.

Dubbed "Project Kangaroo", the new broadband service would...
Second Lifers to get Channel 4 Radio
Pick up free virtual watch, teleport to the island… 22 May 2007 9:53 GMT
Channel 4 Radio has made a move into the virtual world as it has become the first UK radio station to launch a permanent presence in Second Life.

Channel 4 Radio’s launch into the 6.2 million-strong virtual population of Second Life will give visitors the chance...
Radio is tuning to the web
Radio makes a comeback through the Internet 2 May 2007 12:36 GMT
The Internet is changing our habits, especially that of listening to radio, according to new research from Sony.

Sony found that one in three people are now tuning into radio online, with more 35-44-year-olds using the web than 24-34-year-olds.

According...
Fully-functioning radio phone
Phone focuses on the radio 2 May 2007 11:22 GMT
This is simple, a mobile phone with a radio. One side it is a mobile handset, the other side is a portable radio tuner.

We have no further details on the phone just yet, but we do have pictures.
ITV's broadband portal to go live in March
Most programming available online for free 4 January 2007 18:06 GMT
ITV today released details about its planned broadband portal, which will offer free content streamed via PC.

The portal will go live in March, and will feature most of ITV's programming from its four channels for free.

This separates it from Channel...
The Cloud Wi-Fi offers Channel 4 Radio to Sony PSP users
Free two month trial for PSPers 3 January 2007 16:56 GMT
Channel 4 Radio and The Cloud have announced a deal that offers Sony PSP users radio programming from 4Radio via Wi-Fi.

Launched to coincide with the beginning of Celebrity Big Brother on 3 January, 4Radio will provide radio programming designed especially for...
Channel 4 goes live on Virgin Mobile TV
No more Short Cuts 12 December 2006 14:37 GMT
Channel 4 has finally gone the whole hog and is broadcasting its shows live on Virgin Mobile TV.

When Virgin Mobile TV went live in October, Channel 4 only broadcast Short Cuts, a “made for mobile” channel of programme highlights. Now, however, Virgin Mobile...
Channel 4's on demand service is live today
Catch up with your favourite shows, but only if you're a PC user 6 December 2006 15:42 GMT
Channel 4's catch-up service has gone live today, and is featured as Pocket-lint's website of the day.

It's offering all of its home-grown content for download for the reasonable price of 99p for up to 30 days after transmission, to allow you to catch up if...
WEBSITE OF THE DAY – channel4.com/4od
A website that in some respects goes head to head with Monday’s recommendation. 6 December 2006 0:00 GMT
Today’s website of the day is channel4.com/4od the launch of the on-demand TV service from Channel 4

Telewest and NTL subscribers will be able to find the content directly via their remotes, but the rest of us will have to use our desktops and that’s where this...
A new week means new features on Pocket-lint
Polls and a star rating system for members 5 December 2006 14:24 GMT
This week we've launched our star rating system for members and Polls so we can take a quick straw poll on your opinions when you come to the site and vote.

The members rating system is simple. Every Pocket-lint.co.uk member now has a star rating assigned to...
Pocket-lint gets personal with Personalised Homepage feature
Only get the news you want to see 25 November 2006 1:36 GMT
Just want games news and reviews? Don't like Photography or Business? Well now you can create your own homepage on Pocket-lint with our new Personalised Homepage feature.

The new feature, which is free and available from today, allows you to choose what news...
Too lazy to click? Try our new image slideshow feature
Scrolls through images so you don't have to 23 November 2006 15:16 GMT
Too lazy to click? We've launched a slideshow feature on Pocket-lint that will automatically scroll through images for you so you don’t have to.

To activate the slideshow all you have to do is click on the "See larger / more images / slideshow" icon underneath...
Broadcasters claim UK HDTV trial a success
Most viewers want it, but only on Freeview 21 November 2006 12:35 GMT
The BBC, Channel 4, ITV and Five are reporting the successful first trial of high definition services on digital terrestrial platform has revealed that HD ready households expect HD on Freeview in the future.

The trial, which has been running since June and...
Channel 4 to offer programming available for download
It'll cost you 16 November 2006 13:14 GMT
Channel 4 is one of the first broadcasters to wake up to the small broadband revolution that is transforming the way we watch the telly, and is making all of its programmes available for download on the Internet.

It will cost you to download shows that you’ve...
BT signs up Channel 4 for on-demand service
Catch up on last week's programming with BT Vision 16 November 2006 10:47 GMT
BT has signed up another TV network to its on-demand BT Vision service that was originally scheduled to launch this Autumn.

In the new deal, Channel 4 will make its programming available via 4oD, Channel 4’s on-demand service. BT Vision customers will be able...