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YouView on course for spring launch
So says TalkTalk CEO 7 February 2012 15:41 GMT TweetYouView - the much-delayed free TV service funded by a consortium that includes the BBC, Channel 4, Channel 5 and ITV, as well as ISPs Arqiva, TalkTalk and BT - is on course for a scheduled spring launch.
That's according to TalkTalk CEO,...
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Virgin Media TiVo boss decamps to breathe new life into BT Vision
YouView too 17 November 2011 15:40 GMT TweetAlex Green, formerly Virgin Media's executive director of commercial, TV and online, has left the company in order to take up a position at rival BT.
One of the influential figureheads behind the successful launch of Virgin Media TV powered...
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BBC outlines its vision of TV in the future
Get ready to get connected 16 June 2011 12:24 GMT TweetThe BBC’s director of distribution, Alix Pryde, has outlined what she and the BBC sees as the future of television in the coming years, suggesting that life in front of the sofa is about to get a lot more interactive.
Clarifying that...
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Technicolor pulls out of YouView partnership
Manufacturer withdraws from venture 13 May 2011 12:38 GMT TweetIt's only been in bed with YouView for a month and a half, but French manufacturer and broadcast technology giant Technicolor has pulled out of the venture with, currently, no public explanation as to why.
The split was first rumoured by sources...
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YouView hands final tech spec to manufacturers
And adds Huawei, Manhattan, Pace and Vestel as partners 15 April 2011 11:20 GMT TweetYouView has released its Core Technical Specification white paper for prospective set-top-box manufacturers, and has announced that Huawei, Manhatten, Pace and Vestel have joined Cisco, Humax and Technicolor in expressing interest in developing kit...
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YouView reveals its tech and content partners
"The rumours of my demise..." 24 March 2011 15:04 GMT TweetYouView has not been without its problems of late, with massive delays (as exclusively revealed on Pocket-lint), a change in its management team in the form of Sir Alan Sugar replacing Kip Meek as non-executive chairman, and constant scrutinisation...
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Your old TiVo is dying: Here’s what to replace it with
FEATURE We look at the alternatives 8 March 2011 12:58 GMT TweetIt’s got fans across the globe, but the programme guide feed that powers the older generation of TiVo boxes in the UK will officially cease on 1 June this year.
Originally sold to BSkyB customers at the turn of the century, the clever...
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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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YouView confirms delay until 2012
Hate to say we told you so 9 February 2011 12:08 GMT TweetAs revealed exclusively on Pocket-lint on Tuesday, YouView isn't going to be hitting UK homes until early 2012.
We revealed the delayed February 2012 date after an inside source spilled the beans to us, and now YouView has officially confirmed...
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YouView delayed until February 2012
EXCLUSIVE: Trusted source tells Pocket-lint 8 February 2011 12:14 GMT TweetNew video-on-demand platform YouView has been delayed until next year, according to one of Pocket-lint's trusted sources. It was previously reported that the service, formerly called Project Canvas, had been pushed back to summertime, but we now understand...
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Ofcom approval: YouView all systems go
No investigation as a result of Sky and Virgin Media complaints 19 October 2010 10:02 GMT TweetYouView has been given the green-light by communications watchdog Ofcom, who has confirmed that it will not be opening an investigation into the internet-based TV platform born out of Project Canvas.
The independent telecommunications regulator...
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BT Vision app for connected TVs on the way?
EXCLUSIVE: The end of the set-top-box is nigh... 14 October 2010 15:43 GMT TweetAs well as being a partner in the forthcoming YouView (née Project Canvas) TV platform, British Telecom is keen to stress that it will keep its BT Vision offering running. And, indeed, that it is improving the service all the time.
Recently,...
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YouView: The new name for Project Canvas
YouView TV Ltd formed by Project Canvas working group 16 September 2010 12:55 GMT TweetThe controversial IPTV and video-on-demand service, Project Canvas, has been rebranded as YouView, which will be its public name and face.
It comes from the formation of a new company, YouView TV Ltd, and the appointment of Richard Halton,...