YouView Basics
YouView offers 70 channels of live TV from Freeview (including 4 HD channels), plus loads of TV shows, series and films on-demand over Broadband.
YouView is a joint venture between the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, BT, TalkTalk and Arqiva
What does YouView offer?
On-Demand: Access to over 5,000 TV shows and movies, whenever you want them
ScrollBack: Look back through seven days of TV shows, and get access to catch-up content from the BBC iPlayer, ITV Player, Channel 4’s 4oD and Demand 5.
Search: With so many live, recorded, catch-up and on-demand shows available, a good search is needed, and it’s part of YouView. Search by show name, film, actor or keyword.
HD Channels: Subscription free high-definition channels on offer are BBC One HD, BBC HD, ITV1 HD and Channel 4 HD (STV HD in Scotland, and Clirlun in Wales)
Record, Pause & Rewind TV: Take control of watching the 70 Freeview channels. You can record two different Freeview channels, whilst watching on-demand content. The first box on the market, the Humax DTR-T1000 can record up to 300 hours of TV.
On-demand services offered by YouView
What can I watch?
- 70 channels of TV (Freeview), including 4 HD channels
- Catch-up TV from the last 7 days (BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5)
- Over 5,000 TV shows and Movies from the YouView library
- Over 1,000 pay-to-view movies from NOW TV (Powered by Sky)
Are there any plans to put Channel 5 HD and Sky Sports HD on youview
Can a SKY Wireless Connector be used with an EE Router to supply a BT You View box/ I have tried but will not connect. Works well with a long wire. Can you help please?
okypv4
youview needs to explain in a simple easy to understand manner how it works – at the moment anything out there just leaves one totally confused – another example of a possibly useful feature that is going to waste because no-one, apart from those who work for youview, understand how it works