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Google strikes Freesat deal to launch YouTube on TV.
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Brian -- Brian Gaff....Note, this account does not accept Bcc: email. graphics are great, but the blind can't hear them Email: __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________ "UnsteadyKen" wrote in message m... Brian Gaff wrote... Why though. seems daft to me. It would appear to make use of the Freesat FreeTime EPG announced last year: http://www.freesat.co.uk/freetime/ which is a sort of YouView for Freesat and is currently available on the Humax HDR-1000S pvr, with Manhattan, Philips and Sagemcom due to introduce STBs later. |
Google strikes Freesat deal to launch YouTube on TV.
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"Martin" wrote in message ... On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 01:04:09 +0000, Ian wrote: In message , Rick writes http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...nologyandtelec oms/media/9860880/Google-strikes-Freesat-deal-to-launch-YouTube-on-TV.ht ml My TV already does that. and mine. Silly headline too. I also have Fox-T2, Samsung smart TV and a Technomate TM-5402HD satellite receiver, all of which are equipped with Youtube, however I checked out the infrequently used interactive settings on a Bush Freesat-HD box in the kitchen and found that whilst it does include BBC iplayer, itv-player (which for some undisclosed reason has always been 'unavailable on this receiver') doesn't apparently include a Youtube application, which I assume is the issue that the article is trying to address, a similar item in the Guardian appears to be a little more informative, although I'm still left slightly uncertain about whether it means that it's going to appear across the whole Freesat platform, on all receivers, or only on Youview, Freetime or whatever else they've decided to call it today? http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/feb/11/youtube-launch-tv-channel-freesat Isn't the point that you won't be using your broadband connection? -- Traveller ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://www.piaohong.tk/newsgroup |
Google strikes Freesat deal to launch YouTube on TV.
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writes "Rick" Wrote in message: "Martin" wrote in message ... On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 01:04:09 +0000, Ian wrote: In message , Rick writes http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...nologyandtelec oms/media/9860880/Google-strikes-Freesat-deal-to-launch-YouTube-on-TV.ht ml My TV already does that. and mine. Silly headline too. I also have Fox-T2, Samsung smart TV and a Technomate TM-5402HD satellite receiver, all of which are equipped with Youtube, however I checked out the infrequently used interactive settings on a Bush Freesat-HD box in the kitchen and found that whilst it does include BBC iplayer, itv-player (which for some undisclosed reason has always been 'unavailable on this receiver') doesn't apparently include a Youtube application, which I assume is the issue that the article is trying to address, a similar item in the Guardian appears to be a little more informative, although I'm still left slightly uncertain about whether it means that it's going to appear across the whole Freesat platform, on all receivers, or only on Youview, Freetime or whatever else they've decided to call it today? http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology...-launch-tv-cha nnel-freesat Isn't the point that you won't be using your broadband connection? No, the point is that you will. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology...aunch-tv-chann el-freesat -- Ian |
Google strikes Freesat deal to launch YouTube on TV.
On Sun, 17 Feb 2013 17:03:48 +0000 (GMT), UK Traveller
wrote: "Rick" Wrote in message: "Martin" wrote in message ... On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 01:04:09 +0000, Ian wrote: In message , Rick writes http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...nologyandtelec oms/media/9860880/Google-strikes-Freesat-deal-to-launch-YouTube-on-TV.ht ml My TV already does that. and mine. Silly headline too. I also have Fox-T2, Samsung smart TV and a Technomate TM-5402HD satellite receiver, all of which are equipped with Youtube, however I checked out the infrequently used interactive settings on a Bush Freesat-HD box in the kitchen and found that whilst it does include BBC iplayer, itv-player (which for some undisclosed reason has always been 'unavailable on this receiver') doesn't apparently include a Youtube application, which I assume is the issue that the article is trying to address, a similar item in the Guardian appears to be a little more informative, although I'm still left slightly uncertain about whether it means that it's going to appear across the whole Freesat platform, on all receivers, or only on Youview, Freetime or whatever else they've decided to call it today? http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/feb/11/youtube-launch-tv-channel-freesat Isn't the point that you won't be using your broadband connection? No. A broadband connection will be essential to use YouTube via a Freesat box. -- Peter Duncanson (in uk.tech.digital-tv) |
Google strikes Freesat deal to launch YouTube on TV.
On Sun, 17 Feb 2013 18:03:47 +0000, Peter Duncanson
wrote: On Sun, 17 Feb 2013 17:03:48 +0000 (GMT), UK Traveller wrote: "Rick" Wrote in message: "Martin" wrote in message ... On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 01:04:09 +0000, Ian wrote: In message , Rick writes http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...nologyandtelec oms/media/9860880/Google-strikes-Freesat-deal-to-launch-YouTube-on-TV.ht ml My TV already does that. and mine. Silly headline too. I also have Fox-T2, Samsung smart TV and a Technomate TM-5402HD satellite receiver, all of which are equipped with Youtube, however I checked out the infrequently used interactive settings on a Bush Freesat-HD box in the kitchen and found that whilst it does include BBC iplayer, itv-player (which for some undisclosed reason has always been 'unavailable on this receiver') doesn't apparently include a Youtube application, which I assume is the issue that the article is trying to address, a similar item in the Guardian appears to be a little more informative, although I'm still left slightly uncertain about whether it means that it's going to appear across the whole Freesat platform, on all receivers, or only on Youview, Freetime or whatever else they've decided to call it today? http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/feb/11/youtube-launch-tv-channel-freesat Isn't the point that you won't be using your broadband connection? No. A broadband connection will be essential to use YouTube via a Freesat box. I'll explain a little more. When you use YouTube from a computer or handheld device you select what you what to view. The information saying what it is you want to view is transmitted from your device to the YouTube computers somewhere in the world. The material you have asked for is then sent to your computer/device. It is a two way process with data going from your device to the YouTube computers and then video and audio data coming back in the reverse direction. Satellite TV is a one-way only arrangement. TV programmes are transmitted from satellites. Your receiver can choose between what is being transmitted on different channels at any time but you can't ask for something to be transmitted just for your own use starting at your chosen time. -- Peter Duncanson (in uk.tech.digital-tv) |
Google strikes Freesat deal to launch YouTube on TV.
On 16/02/2013 14:20, Peter Duncanson wrote:
It appears from this blog item from Giles Cottle, Head of Strategy at Freesat, that YouTube will be part of the new "free time" specification of Freesat. That is the one that includes the "backward" entries in the EPG. So Youtube TV is going to have in the EPG the many millions of videos that the customer can chose from? -- mailto:news{at}admac(dot}myzen{dot}co{dot}uk |
Google strikes Freesat deal to launch YouTube on TV.
"Peter Duncanson" wrote in message
... No. A broadband connection will be essential to use YouTube via a Freesat box. I'll explain a little more. When you use YouTube from a computer or handheld device you select what you what to view. The information saying what it is you want to view is transmitted from your device to the YouTube computers somewhere in the world. The material you have asked for is then sent to your computer/device. It is a two way process with data going from your device to the YouTube computers and then video and audio data coming back in the reverse direction. Satellite TV is a one-way only arrangement. TV programmes are transmitted from satellites. Your receiver can choose between what is being transmitted on different channels at any time but you can't ask for something to be transmitted just for your own use starting at your chosen time. So how does the BBC's 'red button' *interactive* service work? (only kidding) -- Max Demian |
Google strikes Freesat deal to launch YouTube on TV.
On Sun, 17 Feb 2013 19:17:57 +0000, alan wrote:
On 16/02/2013 14:20, Peter Duncanson wrote: It appears from this blog item from Giles Cottle, Head of Strategy at Freesat, that YouTube will be part of the new "free time" specification of Freesat. That is the one that includes the "backward" entries in the EPG. So Youtube TV is going to have in the EPG the many millions of videos that the customer can chose from? I haven't seen a specification but I assume that it will be similar to the access to BBC iPlayer and ITV Player from the EPG: you select the channel, 901 for BBC, 903 for ITV or perhaps 910 for YouTube, and you then see a screen that is the interface via broadband to the the BBC, ITV or YouTube servers. You then work your way through the onscreen menus just as you would on a PC, tablet computer or other device. Like this for the BBC: http://www.radioandtelly.co.uk/image...rfreesat02.jpg -- Peter Duncanson (in uk.tech.digital-tv) |
Google strikes Freesat deal to launch YouTube on TV.
On Sun, 17 Feb 2013 22:47:04 -0000, "Max Demian"
wrote: Satellite TV is a one-way only arrangement. TV programmes are transmitted from satellites. Your receiver can choose between what is being transmitted on different channels at any time but you can't ask for something to be transmitted just for your own use starting at your chosen time. So how does the BBC's 'red button' *interactive* service work? (only kidding) I've often wondered how the broadcasters have the gall to continue to call it interactive while running those consumer justice programmes that expose and explain the same kind of technologically based dishonesty in others, such as "unlimited" internet services. Rod. |
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