I’m not sure if any of the free to air platforms permit features like streaming between boxes, if they were sole owner of one, that might change.
#BT YOUVIEW BOX TV#
What advantage would BT gain from switching from a terrestrial platform that they are part owner of and are, or were keen to buy the other parties out for well below their combined investment.īT already provide some IPTV channels via their versions of the Youview box for their BT TV customers, I think Youview also has more on demand apps than the other platforms, and I’ve read than the broadcast quality on terrestrial freeview/youview is higher than freesat. The one technical caveat here is that BT’s app is not compatible with older 1st generation STBs (e.g.
The BT TV app currently requires users to log-in with a BT TV account to use the remote record feature – from the end of March it will no longer be necessary to sign in to use this feature.īT’s move will no doubt be welcomed by some of those left frustrated by the loss of support for YouView’s old app and at the same time it could also be perceived as a cunning piece of marketing by the telecoms giant (we’ll be interested to see BT’s app and remote record works on TalkTalk’s STBs too). This means that users will be able to book recordings remotely to their YouView box using the BT TV app even if they do not have a BT TV subscription. The YouView mobile app will then be removed from the App Store and Google Play.įrom the end of March, BT will be opening up the remote record functionality within the BT TV app for all YouView users. YouView will be phasing out support for the YouView mobile app with final support ending on the 31st March 2020. However, in a surprise twist, the TV platform developer has today confirmed that BT will be “ opening up” the remote record functionality within their own app for all YouView users to use (no subscription required). Likewise this left owners of retail YouView STBs with no free alternative to use. The decision didn’t really impact BT TV too much because they already have their own dedicated app with similar capabilities, although sadly TalkTalk confirmed that their related TV Planner App would be “ phased out” at the same time.
#BT YOUVIEW BOX ANDROID#
The YouView platform, which develops hardware and software to support the broadband-based TV ( IPTV) services supplied via UK ISPs BT, TalkTalk and some independent retail set-top-boxes (STB), announced last month that it would be “ refocusing development away from ‘direct to consumer’ products.” As part of that they also scrapped support for their own mobile app on Android and iOS (Apple) devices ( here). Broadband ISP BT has kindly decided to open up the remote record functionality within their TV app so that all users with a UK YouView ( IPTV) set-top-box, even if they don’t have a Pay TV subscription with the operator, can access it once support for YouView’s own app is removed at the end of March 2020.
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