Pocket-Lint: The development of YouView has been a long and arduous affair, not just because of the technical hurdles, but because of other broadcasters and rights-holders. The service started as a brilliant notion that IP TV was quickly becoming a reality, and that there should be a Freeview-like service to capitalise on it.
Then called Project Canvas, the BBC was going to be a very strong lead - and why not, iPlayer is the best catch-up service in the UK, particularly in speed, UI design and picture quality. But, s
YouView, which pioneered an easy-to-use TV service that seamlessly combines live and catch up television, has added Netflix, the world’s largest internet TV network, to its line up of television services.
The ever growing selection of titles available on Netflix can be discovered via YouView’s seamlessly integrated search function, making it easy to find the TV and movies you love.
Available to watch today are complete TV box sets including Breaking Bad, The Originals, Homeland and Netflix original series such as Orange is the New Black, House of Cards and Bojack Horseman.
Pocket-Lint: YouView has pushed out an update to the YouView Humax set-top box that brings with it a number of tweaks and changes.
From a content point of view, the update, once installed, will include live TV programmes into search results. There will be a new "On Now & Next" tab, so you can go straight to the relevant channel, as well as the current selection of On Demand content.
Pocket-Lint: It's no secret that YouView - the on-demand TV service set-top box - has sparked mixed reactions, but the service looks to be expanding by tagging extra controls beyond its at-home experience. Announced just as 2012 comes to a close, YouView Remote Record is a free iOS application for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
