Archive for June, 2009

Channel 4 Releasing 4,000 Hours Of Catch up TV Online

British Broadcaster, Channel 4 have released to the Online TV watching public a massive 4,000 plus hours of content. This is the first time a TV channel has released its back catalogue for on demand viewing

Online viewers can now watch every episode of classic TV shows such as Father Ted, Queer As Folk, Shameless, Vic [...]

Is Internet TV A Step Backwards?

Some people are saying that watching TV streams on a PC screen is a step backwards and why would anyone want to watch TV online?
Having to wait whilst a TV stream loads, watching it on a tiny screen, having to be connected to the net. Why do it? However, in contradiction to this argument, how [...]

Hulu Considering Charging For Internet TV

Just as everyone gets used to watching all that high quality premium Hulu TV streaming content, comes news that they may start charging for it!
Chief Digital Officer from News Corp, Jonathan Miller has been talking of the dreaded subscription charges for Hulu. The Online TV giant have not announced anything officially but considering News Corp [...]

Youtube release app for big screen video watching

Youtube have released a new interface called YouTube XL designed for simple easy viewing of internet TV and videos across a range of devices.
Just a few days after Hulu released their new downloadable desktop application (Hulu on desktop), Google have hit back with a browser based version of the top video site making viewing [...]

Youtube to take iPlayer worldwide?

In the continuing internet TV wars raging between Google Youtube and Hulu, it looks like Youtube are looking to take tv streaming international. How you ask? Well, by grabbing the top quality streaming service from the BBC’s iPlayer and rolling it out on the worldwide stage.
CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt is said to be conducting [...]

Sky trying to stifle Project Canvas Free TV

Sky TV the dominant pay per view satellite TV company are being accused of trying to block free digital TV in the UK.
The company have been told in no uncertain terms by British Telecom (BT) to stop trying to stifle its next gen free didgital TV ‘Project Canvas’.
Project Canvas is the brainchild of the BBC [...]