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“TalkTalk is to start streaming HD channels via YouView later this year, with LoveFilm and Sky expected to be among the first to roll out content.
The ISP, a YouView shareholder along with rival triple-play provider BT and the terrestrial broadcasters, is keen to bring the IPTV viewing experience into line with the HD channels broadcast on YouView via DTT.
It is likely Talk Talk’s initial HD content will be VoD-only, making use of progressive download technology to reduce the threat of buffering, before offering linear channels from its YouView channel partners, which include Sky, UKTV, Disney and Sony. TalkTalk director of TV Max Alexander said he expected HD content to be live before Christmas.
“HD content will be a big driver of our fibre broadband service, although customers who are on slower DSL connections will also be able to consume it,” he said. “There’s no problem doing HD distribution deals, we just have to buy and install the encoding equipment.””
“TalkTalk is to start streaming HD channels via YouView later this year, with LoveFilm and Sky expected to be among the first to roll out content.
The ISP, a YouView shareholder along with rival triple-play provider BT and the terrestrial broadcasters, is keen to bring the IPTV viewing experience into line with the HD channels broadcast on YouView via DTT.
It is likely Talk Talk’s initial HD content will be VoD-only, making use of progressive download technology to reduce the threat of buffering, before offering linear channels from its YouView channel partners, which include Sky, UKTV, Disney and Sony. TalkTalk director of TV Max Alexander said he expected HD content to be live before Christmas.
“HD content will be a big driver of our fibre broadband service, although customers who are on slower DSL connections will also be able to consume it,” he said. “There’s no problem doing HD distribution deals, we just have to buy and install the encoding equipment.””
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