Google strikes Freesat deal to launch YouTube on TV.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/media/9860880/Google-strikes-Freesat-deal-to-launch-YouTube-on-TV.html

In message , Rick writes
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My TV already does that.
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On Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:36:24 -0000, "Rick" wrote:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/media/9860880/Google-strikes-Freesat-deal-to-launch-YouTube-on-TV.html

YouTube is already accessible via Humax Fox T2 Freeview boxes and
possibly other recent makes and models of Freeview box (I have no
experience with others). Some TV with an internet connection include a
YouTube app.



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Does it need a new box?
If so I see no advantage over having my laptop plugged into the TV set.
Regards
David



"Rick" wrote in message ...

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Why though. seems daft to me.

Brian

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"Rick" wrote in message
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/media/9860880/Google-strikes-Freesat-deal-to-launch-YouTube-on-TV.html

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.

On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 10:33:28 -0000, UnsteadyKen
wrote:


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.

Or YouTube might just be assigned a channel number in the EPG in the
same way as BBC iPlayer, ITV Player, BoxOffice365 and The Space (Ch 901,
903, 907 and 908 respectively). Those are all services using the
internet rather than satellite TV.



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"Martin" wrote in message
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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

"Peter Duncanson" wrote in message
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On Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:36:24 -0000, "Rick" wrote:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/media/9860880/Google-strikes-Freesat-deal-to-launch-YouTube-on-TV.html

YouTube is already accessible via Humax Fox T2 Freeview boxes and
possibly other recent makes and models of Freeview box (I have no
experience with others). Some TV with an internet connection include a
YouTube app.

My Sony has a YouTube app, but how do I get "YouTube TV" on it? Is it the
same as "Google TV"?

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On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 11:29:25 +0000, Peter Duncanson
wrote:

On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 10:33:28 -0000, UnsteadyKen
wrote:


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.

Or YouTube might just be assigned a channel number in the EPG in the
same way as BBC iPlayer, ITV Player, BoxOffice365 and The Space (Ch 901,
903, 907 and 908 respectively). Those are all services using the
internet rather than satellite TV.

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.
http://www.joinfreesat.co.uk/why-fre...ouse-on-html5/

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