BBC YouView IPTV Service Could Launch In May

The IPTV project YouView, which has been beset by problems and numerous delays, could finally have a release date. Reports say that the streaming internet TV set-top box will be launched on May 14, but does it still have a market? The UK catch-up TV service which will run on Freeview HD boxes, and brings [...]

Adobe Kills Flash Development For Mobile Devices

It seems that Apple were right to snub flash on their iOS devices, the iPhone smartphone and iPad tablet, as now even Adobe themselves have given up on developing Flash for the mobile platform, TV hardware and set-top boxes. Adobe have agreed with the rest of the mobile community that HTML5 is a better solution [...]

Sony Say No To YouView

The YouView IPTV project has hit another hurdle after Sony revealed they will not have the service on their Bravia range of connected TV sets. The BBC backed internet TV platform has been beset with delays and and the loss of Thomson owned, Technicolor set-top box which  jumped the YouView ship back in May. It [...]

YouView Has Sugar In And Technicolor Out

The YouView video IPTV project that recently saw Apprentice Alan Sugar installed as chairman has now seen one of the project’s seven set-top box manufacturers pulling out of the joint venture. The French company Technicolor have unexpectedly and without reason pulled their products. Lord Sugar who is currently starring in the UK version of ‘The [...]

YouView Set-top Box Specs Include Twin Tuner, 320GB HDD and WiFi

The much anticipated YouView set-top boxe, which are set for launch in early 2012, will each have on board at least a 320GB hard disc drive for recording TV, together with 500MB of Ram to help stutter free streaming, according to the organisation. The basic technical specifications of YouView’s settop boxes have been revealed by [...]

Sky Backtracks And Considers Joining YouView

Among YouView‘s sixteen content providers, Sky who have opposed the project from day one are the new and surprising name which will help form an advisory board that shapes the connected TV service YouView. Sky, who previously tried to get the YouView project stopped, have now decided to jump on the bandwagon to help understand [...]