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About time. While BBC iPlayer has been available on the iPhone since forever, terrestrial rival Channel 4 has been taking its sweet time about things. A 4oD Catch Up app arrived for the iPad in May, and now at long last, a version has hit the App Store for iPhone and iPod touch (iOS 4 and up). It’s free, and does exactly what it says on the tin, with a search function and smooth video playback, though it’s Wi-Fi only.

4oD does not yet offer an Android app, but the desktop service runs on Google phones with Adobe Flash 10.3 support. Let us know how you get on in the comments – are all your favourite shows there?

Out Now | £free | 4oD (Available on the iTunes App Store)

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A big shake up in the sharing of metadata is hitting UK TV streaming services: BBC iPlayer is now hosting search results from non-BBC TV channels. It means that if you search for Coronation Street on iPlayer, it will show up in the results, and drop you on the ITVplayer page to watch the episode.

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Halo 5 logo lurks at Microsoft HQ

February 10, 2011 11:01 am by
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We knew Halo 5 was on the cards but the first concrete evidence that the game is on the way has popped up in a Channel 4 News report. Benjamin Cohen got to go on a wander around Microsoft’s Redmond HQ and was given a demo of a voice-and-motion-controlled living space (think Kinect injected with growth hormones).

While Cohen was looking at the new technology, a Halo 5 logo popped up sitting beside Project Gotham Racing and something called “Grandma’s Room” on a display. Halo 5 hasn’t been officially announced yet so we’ll have to live with this tidbit for the meantime.

Out TBC | £TBC | Microsoft (via Destructoid/Channel 4 News)

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We’re bang on halfway through the working week, so stop, take a breather, and tuck into our plate of all the latest tech news, right here in the lunchtime lowdown.

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Good news. Channel 4 HD is headed for Freesat HD in April. Channel 4 HD will be the fourth HD channel on Freesat, sitting beside BBC One HD, the BBC HD Channel and ITV1 HD.

Freesat head honcho Emma Scott says: “Channel 4 HD is a high quality channel and we’re sure it will prove popular with our discerning viewers.” Are you a Freesat viewer? Do you agree with Ms Scott and what more do you want from Freesat HD?

Out April | £free | Freesat

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4oD arrived on the PS3 this week, but in a bit of a blow to a very welcome addition to the PS3 media player, it turns out that only two week’s worth of 4oD catch up content will be available through the PS3 initially, although Channel 4 says that 4oD archive content is on the way.

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ITV Player and 4oD on PS3 review: First look

UPDATE: Turns out that 4oD actually only offers the last fortnight’s shows on catch up through the PS3, but all teh archive goodies will be available by the start of 2011.

We heard on Monday that ITV Player and 4oD would be coming to the Sony PS3 this week, and would you look at what just turned up in our XMB. We took both services for a spin: find out how they stack up against all the console’s other video streaming services here in our review: first look.

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Come Dine With Me, Channel 4’s gladiatorial-combat-disguised-as-a-dinner reality hit, is now on your iPhone. The Come Dine With Me iPhone app will set you back £1.79 and comes packing Hardys wine recommendations along with recipes for three course menus. You’ll also get quotes from the show’s snarky narrator Dave Lamb and there’s a party planner to lure in friends for a culinary fight. What more could you want at a pleasant dinner but mild insults?

Want more cool apps? Try out best iPhone apps.

Out now | £1.79 | iTunes

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