This new Pan-European standard will kick off a new era of interactivity, including catch up TV, voting, gaming, and all kinds of other personalised services.
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Catch Up TV is also nearing with the update and should aggregate the last week's worth of shows from Sky in addition to BBC iPlayer, Demand 5 and ITV Player.
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Another element from the TechCrunch post indicates a plan to provide a Catch Up TV-style service that lets users view anything that has aired in the last month on the channels they're subscribed to, although there's no word on what will power this technology.
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Comcast, a global media and technology company, today announced plans to bring Xfinity TV customers an all-access, free pass to the biggest TV catch-up in TV history from March 25-31.
Handsets running Microsoft's mobile operating system cannot currently access the catch-up TV and radio service.
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So if you want to catch up on TV, your best best is to pony up and purchase the content.
Film rental complements the catch-up TV service YouTube operates in the UK with the help of Channel 4, Five and many independent production companies.
It may also deter users from cancelling subscriptions to make use of cheaper catch-up TV alternatives and media libraries such as Lovefilm and Netflix.
UKNova had pitched itself as a free catch-up TV and radio service and had asked its members not to add material available for sale elsewhere.
The Ascend G 330's combination of 1GHz dual-core processor, 4-inch screen and 1500mAh battery enables a powerful entertainment experience, ideal for catch-up TV, video and gaming.
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But without someone taking the lead and aiming for 100% coverage of the schedule through the internet, US catch-up TV and online access will never climb much higher than the current numbers.
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The advanced adaptive streaming format has gained the support of IC vendors including Broadcom, MediaTek, and MStar, and has been selected to power video delivery for UK-based Dixons Retail's KNOWHOW Movies, German retailer Media Markt's Videodownloadshop, and Mei-Ah and China Mobile powered services that provides 4G LTE and 3G service subscribers instant access on their Android mobile devices to on-demand, catch-up TV.
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Dual tuners and 80 hours of storage mean no more over-used VHS tapes, no more secondhand descriptions of his favorite TV shows, and a chance to catch up on all the TV he's been missing while he's been, you know, raising a family.
Xfinity On Demand offers the ultimate in TV series catch-up featuring over 270, 000 content choices on TV and online.
It takes the TV catch-up concept to an entirely new level with every episode of every season of TV's best shows, in addition to the tens of thousands of content options already available for free on Xfinity On Demand.
Virgin said that two-thirds of its customers already made use of the catch-up services it offered to TV sets.
He's just ... playing catch up (after playing a dad on TV for 10 years), and he'll never really get there because nobody every really gets there.
After Watchathon Week concludes, Xfinity TV will launch the "Catch-Up of the Week" on April 1.
Launching on December 2007 as a simple catch-up website, BBC iPlayer has helped pioneer TV on demand by offering audiences the opportunity to watch selected TV programmes for up to 7 days after broadcast.
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Among his suggestions: a 72-hour embargo on juicy details starting after a TV episode airs live, allowing viewers to catch up via digital video recorders and other technology.
The principle behind YouView is that it should make it easier for viewers to catch up with programmes from the BBC iPlayer, ITV.com and 4OD on their TV set, rather than on a laptop, desktop, or smartphone.
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