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Virgin Offer Catch Up TV in 3D

UK cable network Virgin Media are letting its catch up tv customers watch some eye popping 3D TV from Channel 4 television.
Virgin who are the UK’s biggest cable TV operator, has a wide range of 3D content available for subscribers to its watch on demand catch up TV services. You can start watching in 3D [...]

The BBC Releases Improved iPlayer For Wii Gamers

Much applauded Catch up tv website from the BBC has been revamped for use on Nintendo Wii console. A previous version on the popular console was plagued with problems, hence the new release.
Although Wii users have been able to receive the iPlayer Wii channel for several months (since April 2008) using a broadband connection, there [...]

Comcast TV Everywhere LAunching On Every Device Known To Man

After a trial phase in 5000 homes, Comcast are launching TV Everywhere next month. Viewers who must also be subscribers, can watch Comcast shows on up to 3 internet enabled devices using the On Demand Online service. The Comcast TV Everywhere and On Demand Online are a response to the overwhelming success of internet tv.
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Youtube Test Streaming Ultra High Definition 1080p HD Videos

Youtube has already dabbled with offering a selection of videos in high definition. But previously the HD content was shown in 720p resolution, now YouTube have announced that users can upload and watch content in full 1080p HD resolution at 50 fps (frames per second). A selection of 1080p test videos are on the site [...]

Project Canvas Shows The Future Of Internet TV

The BBC have given a sneak view of the Project Canvas Internet tv standard, and its looking good. Erik Huggers, the BBC Future Media & Technology director showed a demo to the C21Media conference in London today.
The demo showed a the new IPTV standard in all its interactive, cross-platform glory and showed how [...]

Internet TV Has Finally Arrived To The Masses

Although we and other websites of repute have been telling everyone that the great public will soon be watching and surfing the Internet in their living room/ Many have been skeptical.
Despite the efforts of many including AOL TV and WebTV Networks for many years, there has never been a big take up of the new [...]

Google Letting Viewers Skip Ads

Your not dreaming. Google are testing out an option that lets you (the viewer) click a link to skip the preroll ads and jump straight to the video stream! Amazing to think that the one thing everyone hates, but is used to can be avoided.
Google who own Youtube have launched testing on these skippable advertisments [...]

TV Viewing Figures Reach All Time High

We all love watching a little TV, a bit in the morning whilst eating breakfast. Maybe a little at work. Some at lunch time. Hang on, thats quite a lot when i think about it. And funnily enough, a new set of stats from Nielsen shows that US residents are watching more TV than ever [...]