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  • YouView on course for spring launch. Home Cinema, YouView, TalkTalk, Video on demand 0

    YouView on course for spring launch

    So says TalkTalk CEO 7 February 2012 15:41 GMT

    YouView - 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,...

  • Virgin Media TiVo boss decamps to breathe new life into BT Vision

    Virgin Media TiVo boss decamps to breathe new life into BT Vision

    YouView too 17 November 2011 15:40 GMT

    Alex 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...

  • BBC outlines it's vision of TV for the future

    BBC outlines its vision of TV in the future

    Get ready to get connected 16 June 2011 12:24 GMT

    The 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...

  • Technicolor pulls out of YouView partnership. YouView, Home Cinema, Technicolor, Set top boxes, Video on demand,  0

    Technicolor pulls out of YouView partnership

    Manufacturer withdraws from venture 13 May 2011 12:38 GMT

    It'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...

  • YouView tech specs

    YouView hands final tech spec to manufacturers

    And adds Huawei, Manhattan, Pace and Vestel as partners 15 April 2011 11:20 GMT

    YouView 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...

  • YouView reveals its tech and content partners

    YouView reveals its tech and content partners

    "The rumours of my demise..." 24 March 2011 15:04 GMT

    YouView 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...

  • Your old TiVo is dying: Here’s what to replace it with

    Your old TiVo is dying: Here’s what to replace it with

    FEATURE We look at the alternatives 8 March 2011 12:58 GMT

    It’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...

  • Kip Meek replaced by Alan Sugar at YouView. Home Cinema, YouView, Kip Meek, Alan Sugar,  BBC, ITV, BT, Channel 4, TalkTalk, Arqiva, Channel 5 0

    Kip Meek replaced by Alan Sugar at YouView

    You're fired! 7 March 2011 15:13 GMT

    YouView 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...

  • YouView confirms delay until 2012

    YouView confirms delay until 2012

    Hate to say we told you so 9 February 2011 12:08 GMT

    As 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...

  • YouView delayed until February 2012

    YouView delayed until February 2012

    EXCLUSIVE: Trusted source tells Pocket-lint 8 February 2011 12:14 GMT

    New 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...

  • Ofcom approval: YouView all systems go

    Ofcom approval: YouView all systems go

    No investigation as a result of Sky and Virgin Media complaints 19 October 2010 10:02 GMT

    YouView 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...

  • BT Vision app for connected TVs on the way?

    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

    As 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,...

  • YouView: The new name for Project Canvas

    YouView: The new name for Project Canvas

    YouView TV Ltd formed by Project Canvas working group 16 September 2010 12:55 GMT

    The 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,...

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