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Zattoo brings UK TV to the web
All five terrestrial channels now available 29 April 2008 10:56 GMT
You can now watch all your favourite programmes from BBC 1 and 2, ITV 1, Channel 4 and Five via the Zattoo online media player.

The service already offered a host of satellite channels but now is claiming to be the first of its kind to offer all five of the...
Zattoo adds content to its internet TV service
Seven channels added for UK viewers 18 March 2008 12:10 GMT
Channel 5, AutoMoto TV, The Poker Channel, Information TV, Russia TV, Community Channel and France 24 (in French) are now all available via Zattoo's internet TV service.

The free live stream IPTV service already offered access to Channel 4, BBC Three and the...
iPlayer facing "intermittent" problems
Downloads unavailable earlier 14 March 2008 16:05 GMT
Yesterday they were battling hackers, and today there has been yet more grief for the BBC iPlayer technicians.

iPlayer downloads were out of action earlier today because of a failure in one of the system's back-end databases.

In fact, the whole...
Internet TV subscriptions booming
Report says take-up doubled last year 12 March 2008 11:21 GMT
Internet TV subscriptions worldwide doubled in 2007, according to new research by Informa.

The number of IPTV subscribers has now hit 12.3 million worldwide, driven by a boom in western Europe where some broadband suppliers offered the service for free.
The iPlayer comes to the iPhone and iPod touch
First version of service for third-party device 7 March 2008 15:24 GMT
BBC's iPlayer is now available to iPhone and iPod touch owners on the go.

The BBC has launched a new version of its iPlayer video on demand service specifically for the Apple devices, which allows immediate streaming on iPlayer content.

It is...
EU funds internet TV research
Plan to find standard way of sending TV via the Internet 25 February 2008 13:17 GMT
The European Union has launched a 4-year research project called P2P Next, which is hoped to create a standard way of sending television content via the Net.

The project has a 14m euro budget (£10.5m); and an additional 5m euros (£3.7m) is being contributed...
iPlayer continues to gain popularity
BBC reports 29% increase in visitors 20 February 2008 10:32 GMT
According to the latest stats from the Beeb, the number of programmes downloaded or streamed on demand via its iPlayer has now reached 17 million, which is up to 500,000 a day.

The Corporation says that daily volumes have been increasingly steadily since the...
BBC content available from today via MySpace
First ever worldwide deal of its kind 24 January 2008 17:30 GMT
You can currently watch BBC clips through YouTube and then there is, of course, BBC's own IPTV service, the iPlayer, but now The Mighty Boosh, Robin Hood, Top Gear and lots more are available through MySpace.

From today, BBC content can be watched around the...
BT Vision gets Disney and ABC content
Huge coup for IPTV service 17 January 2008 13:06 GMT
A week after hints at CES that Microsoft and BT may be in talks to turn the Xbox into a set top box, a big name studio has given the BT IPTV its support.

BT Vision has signed a content deal with Disney-ABC International Television.

The deal means...
CES 2008: Microsoft and BT to turn Xbox into set top box
IPTV for 360 7 January 2008 5:51 GMT
Robbie Bach, Microsoft's president of Entertainment & Devices Division delivered what could be descrived as the most exciting news as part of Bill Gates' final CES keynote speech.

Bach announced that BT, who has done deals with Sony for their PSP recently,...
Virgin Media customers suffer services outage
Have you tried turning it off and on again? 18 December 2007 14:26 GMT
Thousands of Virgin Media customers have had their broadband disconnected following problems with a routine maintenance procedure, the BBC reports.

Nation-wide on Monday night the maintenance saw a massive service outage. Some customers were reconnected within...
O2 plans IPTV services for UK
With on demand content from Warner, Disney, HBO and Paramount 17 December 2007 14:07 GMT
Mobile operator O2 is planning to launch an IPTV service in the UK, The Guardian reports.

Spain's Telefónica, O2's parent company, already offers TV services in the Czech Republic and has video on demand film partnerships set up with Warner Bros, Disney, HBO...
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...
Orange signs Disney deal for coming-soon IPTV service
First of many, apparently 26 July 2007 13:28 GMT
Orange has signed its first video-on-demand content for its coming-soon IPTV service that is due to launch later this year.

The deal, which will see online downloaded film rentals, is with Disney-ABC International Television.

Subscribers to Orange's...
iPhone to get BBC iPlayer application?
But it doesn't even work on Macs... 6 July 2007 15:53 GMT
Well, slap our thighs, blow us down and call us Tabitha.

We're a bit conbobulated with this latest iPhone-in-the-UK morsel of gossip.

Engadget is reporting that a video showing the BBC's forthcoming iPlayer service running on an iPhone has been...
Tiscali TV customers to get basic Sky channels
New deal will see Sky programming on Tiscali TV 27 June 2007 13:39 GMT
Tiscali has announced a deal with BSkyB that will add the full set of Sky basic channels - including Sky One, Sky Two, Sky Three, Sky Arts, Sky Travel, Sky News and Sky Sports News - to its channel line up.

The deal, signed today, will see the channels become
BBC's iPlayer will launch as public beta on 27 July
Get set for some online, on-demand BBC telly 27 June 2007 11:20 GMT
The BBC's on-demand TV service, the long-awaited BBC iPlayer, is to launch on 27 July.

"BBC iPlayer is a free catch-up service for UK licence fee payers", said Ashley Highfield, director of future media & technology.

"Your favourite programmes...
YouTube is the twelfth iPhone application
Apple announces YouTube for iPhone 20 June 2007 17:18 GMT
Apple today announced that iPhone users will be able to enjoy YouTube clips on their iPhones.

This announcement ends immense speculation about what the mystery twelfth application on the iPhone's home screen could have been, but if you look to the iPhone picture...
MySpace and Sony TV confirm Minisodes deal
Reduced TV-of-yesteryear company 20 June 2007 13:01 GMT
MySpace and Sony Pictures Television on have officially announced the new Minisode Network that will offer bite size classic telly episodes on MySpace.

The online network will feature episodes from Sony Pictures Television hit shows edited down to between...
Microsoft introduces Mediaroom - new name for IPTV platform
With new multimedia capabilites 18 June 2007 11:54 GMT
Microsoft has updated and revamped its IPTV software platform offering with the newly launched Microsoft Mediaroom.

Mediaroom Offers new multimedia capabilities, including in-home personal music and photo sharing, dynamic MultiView (multiple picture-in-picture)...
Breaking news: the Apple store is down!
What's coming our way? 5 June 2007 12:25 GMT
It's Tuesday, the Apple store is down - what's heading our way?

Is it going to be the new MacBook Pros? Metal finished iMacs?

A surprise launch of the iPhone into the UK? (Joking!)

We'll keep you posted as soon as we know more...
New HTC touch phone revealed – it is the Elf!
We've got a sneak preview pic and specs 1 June 2007 11:24 GMT
We've got a great pic and some juicy gossip after Coolsmartphone got their hot little hands on the new HTC phone we told you about last week.

According the site the new device is called the Elf (how very LOTR) but will also be known as the HTC Touch P3450 –...
AT&T and Apple to partner on Apple TV too?
Rumours of IPTV capabilities in 2008 1 June 2007 10:57 GMT
Engadget is today reporting the possibility that Apple and AT&T may add IPTV capabilities to Apple TV from next year.

Quoting a "well-connected source" they speculate that Apple and AT&T's partnership over the iPhone may not be the only joint venture that the...
Rumours: Mac mini to be scrapped
Mac mini to go to Apple Store in the sky? 25 May 2007 12:54 GMT
One for the Apple rumour-hounds this Friday is an article from AppleInsider claiming that the Mac mini will soon become obsolete.

Poor sales and, for want of a better way of phrasing it, lack of interest from Apple themselves are deemed to be the reasons that...
iPhone might be available on pay as you go
Leaked AT&T plans surface in the States 23 May 2007 11:46 GMT
Although details are very much yet to be confirmed both in the States and even more so here in Blighty, reports on the interweb are suggesting that Apple's iPhone may be available from launch on a pay as you go basis.

Techie news site the Boy Genius Report...