TVCatchup - Wikipedia. TVCatchup is an Internet television service for viewing free- to- air UK channels. It operates as a cable service and retransmits BBC, Channel 4, Channel 5, and ITV, amongst others, only in the UK. Users can access the service via desktop browsers as well as smartphone and tablet apps.

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The service is funded by advertising, with a pre- roll advertisement preceding the live channel stream. The service was originally launched in 2. As of October 2. 01. England versus Poland FIFA World Cup qualifier on 1. October 2. 01. 3.[2]On 4 June 2. TVCatchup Ltd went into administration by order of London's High Court of Justice.[3] The service remains online, despite winding up and liquidation orders made in May 2. In August 2. 01. 7, Bruce Pilley, a former director of the company, was banned from being a company director for nine years for failing to disclose that the company had a winding up order against it when drawing down a loan.[4]Features[edit]TVCatchup retransmits free- to- air channels appearing on Freeview and Freesat within the UK.

Users can view up to 1. Internet.[5]As of 1. September 2. 01. 3[update], the website also offers a catchup service, providing listings for recently aired programmes from the UK's four largest broadcasters, and redirects viewers to their on- demand services.[6][7]It was possible to record TV in 2.

The company said in 2. Channels[edit]The following channels are available to all United Kingdom television licence holders: Category. Channels[8]Entertainment. BBC One, BBC Two.

BBC Alba, BBC Four, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, S4. C, Quest. Music. VIVANews. BBC News, BBC Parliament, Al Jazeera English, RT, CCTV News. Kids. CBBC, CBeebies. Sport. Sail TVGeneral. BBC Red Button. Community Channel, Gala TV, Millenium TV, Subtv. Shopping. Craft Extra, Create And Craft, Ideal Extra, Ideal World, TV Warehouse, QVC, QVC Beauty, QVC Extra, QVC Style.

Infrastructure[edit]TVCatchup owns its entire infrastructure. In 2. 01. 0 it was reported that the network had a capacity for 5. GBps.[5]Platforms[edit]The service can be accessed through desktop browsers with Adobe Flash installed. It can also be viewed on the Windows Media Center functions of Windows Vista[9] (Home Premium and Ultimate) and Windows XP Media Center Edition 2. TVCatchup is accessible on mobile devices through a range of free apps. An i. OS app was released on the i.

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Tunes Store in 2. Phone and i. Pad. The app is compatible with Apple Airplay, meaning it can be viewed on a TV set. The app can be set to receive only via Wi. Fi, to avoid incurring potentially high streaming costs.[1. An Android app was released in September 2. Google Play store.[1.

In December 2. 01. Kindle HD Fire tablet.[citation needed] In February 2. Windows Phone 8.[1. All mobile devices can access the service through their browsers. There is a plug- in available for XBMC.[1. It used to be watchable on a PS3,[1. There was also an Adobe AIR desktop application released in Beta mode on 2.

April 2. 00. 9 for the Ubuntu 8. TV guide and PVR.[1.

TVCatchup released an Adobe AIR cross- platform desktop PVR into Beta mode on 8 May 2. Its features include a full TV guide, pop out player and PVR .[1. Dispute with G Zero[edit]In December 2. TV Catchup announced on their site that they had commenced legal action against G Zero Ltd, an app developer it had originally contracted to provide mobile apps for its service. It is claimed that G Zero used TV Catchup's IP to create and launch their own app, To. View Live TV which offers a similar service using both an advertising and subscription model.

To. View is, according to the complaint, a re- brand of the original TV Catchup app.[1. As of February 2.

G Zero app is still available in app stores.[2. TV Catchup relaunched their app in December 2. Legality[edit]TVCatchup retransmits free- to- air channels over the Internet on the basis of section 7. Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1. CDPA 1. 98. 8), which allows for the retransmission of 'qualifying services'.

Its status as a cable service was challenged by ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5, when they issued legal proceedings in June 2. In the hearings held in June 2. Lord Justice Floyd in the High Court of Justice ruled that TVCatchup's defence relying on s. CDPA 1. 98. 8 was valid.

The judgement expressly excludes retransmission of any other channels under these provisions as well as retransmission to 3. G mobile devices, home Wi. Fi Mobile reception remains unaffected.[2. In a court order dated 7 October 2. High Court ruled that TVCatchup should cease retransmitting the 'digital channels' of ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 but not the principal channels. TVCatchup was also required to deposit an amount of £2. Meanwhile, reception by Wi.

Fi remains permissible.[2. On 2. 6 March, the Court of Appeal dismissed TVCatchup's appeal, meaning the PSB channels may only be streamed by Wif. I. On the same day, the Department for Culture, Media & Sport published an open consultation on the balance of payments between television platforms and public service broadcasters within which the department stated the government's intention to repeal section 7. Although the Welsh public service broadcaster S4. C is covered under the provisions of the CDPA 1. TVCatchup in August 2. The site was initially conceived as an online PVR service, where users could select shows from one of 3.

However, following concerns from broadcasters about the functionality of the site, TVCatchup voluntarily suspended its services while their concerns were addressed.[3. See also[edit]References[edit]^"TVCatchup claim to be in a great position after ruling". BBC Newsbeat. 1. 4 October 2. Retrieved 2 December 2. Merriman, Chris (1. October 2. 01. 3). TV Catchup shows up ITV with two million football views".

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May 2. 01. 4. Retrieved 9 May 2. Bradshaw, Tim (1. June 2. 01. 0). "TVCatchup website faces legal challenge".

Financial Times. London. Retrieved 1. 0 June 2. ITV Broadcasting Ltd & Ors v TV Catchup Ltd, [2. EWHC 1. 87. 4 (Pat)] (1. July 2. 01. 1) (“The section 7. High Court Sealed Order"(PDF).

October 2. 01. 3. Retrieved 1. 6 October 2. Farber, Alex (1. 1 October 2. TVCatch. Up ordered to remove PSB digital channels".

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