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EE enters the Freeview & catch-up TV market
Free to all broadband subscribers, £10pm to those who just have mobile service.
Launching with iPlayer, Demand 5, possibly more. No extra live channels apparently.
Strengths seem to be integration with mobile and that it's free to broadband customers. Weaknesses are lack of extra channels (if true), lack of all PSB catch-up services at launch (if true) and possible consumer confusion - if it's not YouView what is it?
Being launched today so look out for full details.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/telecoms/11147319/EE-to-launch-TV-set-top-box.html
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/oct/07/ee-to-launch-tv-set-top-box
Launching with iPlayer, Demand 5, possibly more. No extra live channels apparently.
Strengths seem to be integration with mobile and that it's free to broadband customers. Weaknesses are lack of extra channels (if true), lack of all PSB catch-up services at launch (if true) and possible consumer confusion - if it's not YouView what is it?
Being launched today so look out for full details.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/telecoms/11147319/EE-to-launch-TV-set-top-box.html
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/oct/07/ee-to-launch-tv-set-top-box
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- One terrabyte of storage and four HD tuners.
- ability to watch any recorded program on your tablet or smartphone but only via your home's Wi-Fi.
- standard remote or via app on Android and Apple devices.
http://www.techradar.com/news/television/ee-tv-set-top-box-takes-aim-at-sky-virgin-media-and-youview-1268223
Be interested to see how that would work if you have four tuners and your six favourite channels are all on different MUX.
So are you saying if someone is on a mobile phone contract with EE they can have the full EE TV service for £10 a month and do not have to have EE broadband and landline phone/rental?
Have read a few articles on this today, but not seeing that listed anywhere.
"EE TV will be free for all EE mobile customers who already have or sign up to an EE Broadband plan, while eligible plans start from just £9.95 per month."
So it looks like having EE Broadband gets you the service. I believe you need to get line rental from EE too; whether you need to have a mobile contract with EE is less clear.
"Customers on existing pay monthly mobile plans who sign up for EE TV and home broadband will also receive a boost to their 4G data allowance, increasing to 10GB or 20GB depending on their plan."
So mobile customers who take out EE broadband and TV get a larger 4G data allowance.
An entirely new product then. I look forward to reading the in depth reviews and the product comparisons with Youview. In order for the product to really succeed and do well, it'll have to compete on both features and price since the Freeview plus market is already pretty crowded these days.
I think it's a significant move as EE is the first mobile operator to offer a home TV service in the UK. O2 sold its broadband offering to Sky so can't see them re-entering the broadband market. However, I'm not sure about Vodafone - they could certainly adapt one of their TV devices from an overseas subsidiary for the UK.
It's free (for EE Broadband customers like myself) which is also a bonus and a good way of upgrading an old tv / Freeview only PVR - not to mention a good way of getting the COM 7 channels like Motor's TV. Already registered my interested, I just hope it has a SCART socket so I can use it at my parents when I visit. :cool:
poor is not the word for this. it is, in effect, a free PVR for anyone with ee broadband. certainly can't grumble about that. talktalk offer catchup tv on their box but you have to pay for its pvr boxes
be interesting to learn if you get to keep the box and its features when you eventually stop subscribing to EE
Not a scart socket but that could be a weird bespoke composite connection on the back.
That will do, assuming you get the cable - the telly's a bit naff anyway.
On the old FetchTV boxes (which were Netgems), the mini DIN socket was indeed the output for RGB and Composite video. With these boxes, an adapter lead was supplied.
https://ee.co.uk/ee-and-me/ee-tv
Would the Freeview site really be crippled so much (i.e. such that internet being down = no TV) - don't care that on demand wouldn't work when at the parents...
Even with those two added it's still poor imo. Wuaki it seems to the only movie service at the moment (which for a network that brags about EE cinema tickets is rubbish imo).