Sky has announced that the BBC iPlayer and ITV Player on demand services will roll out to Sky customers later this year, as part of an ongoing expansion of the Anytime+ on demand feature. The services will be available to up to 5 million Sky+HD customers direct through their living room TV.
According to the Telegraph and Mail, Google is planning the unthinkable. After a soft launch in the US over nine months ago, the search giant is finally releasing its set top box in the UK. That’s right, Google TV hits the UK within the next six months. A formal announcement by head honcho, Mr. Eric Schmidt, is expected at the Edinburgh Television Festival later today.
There’s a new catch-up TV service in town for Android users. ITV player for Android is now live in the Android Market, offering unlimited access to seven days worth of past programming from the network’s four channels.
Unfortunately, just like the BBC iPlayer app, ITV player does not offer live streaming. In order to use the app you’ll need to be running Android 2.2 Froyo or higher, Adobe Air 2.6 or higher and be connected to a Wi-Fi network.
This week we reviewed the Samsung Nexus S, Nokia C6 and the Mophie Juice Pack Air iPhone 4 case. Want to see them in close-up hands-on detail? Read on to see them and all the other photos from Electricpig you’ve missed in our weekly photo roundup. Hit up the gallery to see what you’ve missed.
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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.
YouView is the final name for the much-talked about Project Canvas, the Internet-enabled set-top box that’ll combine digital TV with free on demand services and interactive smarts. Read on to find out why YouView is set to irritate Sky and give Google TV a run for its money…
ITV Player is coming to the Sony PS3, joining Auntie’s iPlayer in the ranks of on demand video services available on the console in the UK. Great news, or are you a gamer who’ll leave the option to gather virtual dust?
