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Sorry couldn't find the thread for this :( Any word on other channels being added to the line up? Seems to have stagnated :( Also when is the review that could allow Sky Sports and Movies to stream on i Pad. Very annoying laptop tends to buffer during playback, whereas I Pad is crystal clear. Want to watch Spanish football on I Pad whilst Mrs Ghost and Baby Ghost are watching Ashley piggin Banjo on the other tv's!!! :mad:

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:D That'll be a no then?

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Yes ;)

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I want the android app.

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Perhaps Ben can give us a update.

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Sorry if this has been posted before but does anyone know when the android version will be available? Thanks.

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Once VM have finished testing then it will be ready.

Not sure how far they are or if they have started though.

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Thanks for the reply, just watch this space then?

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Any idea about extra channels or Movies/Sports for IPad Stephen?

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Sky sports is something i want to see happen on the app.

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What are they testing? The app can already stream channels, stick another stream up, prepare for network battering by sky sports, shazam.

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+1

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Rebuild the app for VM and gradually introduce all features plus testing across many devices for compatibility. Android testing will be more complex than iOS. Look how long that took!

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Oh so TiVo are still doing the VM app? Jesus, they really should have went with two separate apps.

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The US version of the android app that needs "rebuilding" has been available since last January.

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;)

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No offence to Virgin, but their Android line of apps are a bit shabby.
Wouldn't hurt to get a developer who takes a bit more care with their work.

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Indeed considering how many android phones they sell.

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Even if they made the apps simple and used the standard 4.0+ UI, then for older phones just use the ActionBar Sherlock (http://actionbarsherlock.com/), theme it red to match the corporate house style and bob's your uncle!

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You make it sound simple. I am no programmer so would not know if it is or it isn't

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Learning Java at Uni and so am now interested in how it works and love the fact that you have to use trial and error a lot, which then gives another brain wave for something else, which then breaks until you fix it etc, it makes it interesting in a weird way haha :-)

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Android version of the BBC Sports App out now. So that's an app, created from scratch, rolled out and completed on the 2 main mobile platforms within 2 months.

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Thanks for the info.:)

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True, however the dependencies required for that app will be different that the VM one

Plus VM aren't building an app from scratch - they are having to add their customisations into code TiVo wrote

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Thanks installing now :tu:

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Exactly - shouldn't modifying an existing app be easier than writing an app from scratch?

As far as TV Anywhere is concerned, the vast majority of the server-side setup work (configuring CDNs etc) has been done. I'm not saying that testing on Android is easy with all the devices available, but...I just hope were still not waiting months from now.

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Sorry if this is a thicko question.:confused: When your IPad is in a docking station in a vertical position, is there any way of rotating the picture when watching live tv? Picture is horizontal and can't figure how to turn it:(. not sure if I've explained that correctly.

Noticed picture rotates automatically on BBC I player when docked

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I think it's configured that way (wide) when you watch tv to give the largest display area, it always switches to it even on Ipad

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Ideally we need Sky to launch Sat>IP combined with planner sharing so that Virgin has to launch TiVo Stream, both of which would treat the phone/tablet as another set top box rather than streaming ~10 channels from Virgin HQ.

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As mentioned I'm thick so I don't understand that:( but notice your a CM Punk fan :nworthy: Went to see him with my daughter last year at Braehead. Straight Edge mate:)

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I had a better explanation then Chrome crapped out. :(

Anyway, Sat>IP is just a technology that converts a satellite stream into a mobile/tablet friendly video feed. So you can watch any channel you have on Sky, on any device you want, anywhere. Combine that with planner sharing (the Sky name for multiroom streaming) and you can watch every recording you've made in the same way.

So it beats Sky Go as you can watch every channel & your recordings plus as the feed is from your house and is only for you, shouldn't face overloading problems for popular events like Sky Go & TVCatchup do during the football.

AFAIK, TiVo Stream does the same thing except it first goes through a TiVo and uses a tuner (rather than a raw satellite feed) to do the same thing as Sat>IP.

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BITW! I'm hoping to go to the TV recordings in November, hopefully they're somewhere up north.

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That sounds fantastic if it could happen, cheers for clearing it up:)

Been to 3 WWE events in Glasgow, great nights! Sadly my daughter loves Cena :(

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Sat>IP was jointly developed by SES , BSKYB and Danish software company Craftworks.
http://www.ses.com/satip

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Indeed, ElGato (EyeTV) already have an iOS app ready, presumably Sky & pals are currently making the hardware.

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Also just realized from your link they're called the SES which is quite coincidental.

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When will VM launch a version of TV Anywhere allowing offline content viewing as Sky Go Extra allows you now?

Really think TV Anywhere is a waste of time until they have this. After all I would like to use it as its title states – “TV Anywhere”. Feel Sky have already overtaken VM on flexible TV viewing as you don’t have to hunt for a WiFi connection.

Not exactly sure how much off-line content is available through Sky Go Extra but better than nothing right now with TV Anywhere, come on VM catch up!

Not quite the same but I had an example a few weeks back of the power of mobile access to TV. Was travelling back from Kings Cross to Nottingham via Grantham. While I was at Grantham station, somebody was watching the live Manchester United match on their iPad in the waiting room, he was very popular with plenty of people crowding around him to watch the match!

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I'd be happy just to be able to watch sky sports or movies on my iPad at home:(

I realise I moan about this a lot :)

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Sky launched Sky Go in 2011, and only now in 2013 have launched the offline stuff

Virgin launched TV Anywhere last year, so the development cycles are different

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Sky launched on demand in 2012, Telewest launched on demand in 2005.

Laurel, I believe you are resting.

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Yes, on the TV, not via the internet

The delivery method is completely different, as are the rights to do so

Also Virgin Media, to be honest, have had quite a few more important things to do before TV Anywhere.

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Yeah like putting the prices up a few times.

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Which Sky have also done.

What I actually meant was, combining 4 different companies, moving all cable customers onto a single billing system, creating a single TV network, replacing all TV Smartcards, switching off analogue TV, launching NGTV which then allowed more TV channels, introducing the V HD box and TiVo plus all the SD and HD channel launches that have happened in the last few years.

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Does TV Anywhere app work on iPad Mini? I ask this because when on my sisters iPad Mini she gets error A:336 when trying to stream a channel. When i goto settings and device registation error comes up and its the same error

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Yes it should work, but I believe there is a current issue registering new devices with TV Anywhere. It's being investigated

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Yes it should work on an i Pad mini, but not really worth it. Music and cartoon channels mainly :(

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It does work on an iPad Mini. This reply from my iPad Mini.

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Thanks guys ill keep trying

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Is now fixed and you'll be able to register and stream now.

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Thanks Ben ill try when i get home

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Thanks Ben works now

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When you see the pathetic choice of channels available you wish it hadn't,virgin tv anywhere currently is a joke :(

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Both Sky Go & TV Anywhere are rubbish, we have more non Sky branded channels than Sky Go, but both have very few channels.

Presumably the channel providers want too much money.

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I thought I would watch el classico on Tv anywhere last night as the Mrs wanted to watch something. Boy was that a bad idea nothing but spinning circles, Yet I was able to stream pretty much anything else . :(

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I have access to sky go thru my mums account and it is far superior to TV anywhere,you can get on demand and even download program's and watch anytime.not to mention I can watch sports and movies on my ipad also.now that's something to brag about,what's available on virgin tv anywhere is quite frankly embarrassing :(

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Yup we do the same through her mums account. Still waiting on the virgin tivo app for android... now in march

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Or maybe upgrading a network that covers over half the country so that it can run services on DOCSIS 3 and doubling the broadband speed for every customer?

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Download programmes if you pay £5 a month for it, on demand and anytime are the same thing but yes that would be nice to have and Sky are currently holding Sports & Movies for ransom, hopefully Liberty and their channels can become a bargaining chip.

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Well, its April.

Still no Android App.

Any news on this?

And, when its out, will it be compatible with the next major release of Android (Key Lime Pie)? At this rate that release will be out before the app.

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l have not heard a peep about it but maybe SP or Ben can enlighten us.

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The choice on iPad is derisory :(

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Or maybe not :shrug:

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Sometimes this app is a bit flakey on the iPad I get communication error message with TiVo, the only way I can get it to work again is reboot the TiVo box:(

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When it's mrs, or even TiVo, Virgin get it out early and update along the way. When it's the ios, and now the android, buddy apps they tell us they want to make sure its the finished article. This whole episode has been my biggest disappointment with Virgin, especially as I have a TiVo and an android phone on their network.

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New version of the iOS app will be available today. Main improvements are around setup and home / away detection

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seems to work smoother and connects first time (the previous app took a few gos sometimes)

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Meanwhile us Android users are still waiting!

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Yes the sooner the better.:(

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I don't know why anyone bothers with android devices. The OS is so fragmented over so many differently spec'd devices it will never be as good as iOS.

I had just updated my iPhone Tivo/TV anywhere app this morning and its got even better I use it a lot an now has more channels.

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That's your opinion, works fine across multiple devices and superior to iOS in my opinion :)

And as for people not bothering, it's more popular than iOS across the market.

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I agree it is very stable and reliable.

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What might suit you does not suit the majority of us who have Android devices.

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Agreed, I for one do not want to be tied into itunes, I much prefer Android its open source.

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well sure, but do you ever actually take use of those capabilities? really, you're just tied into google's ecosystem and google play, the same way you are tied into apple's app store. Not to mention some manufacturers put their own interface over the top adding more junk on

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more channels ? i aint noticed any :confused:

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I'd check again ;)

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I agree, we love our Android phones and devices.

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Excellent :D Well done Virgin

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I just had a look around inside the iOS app, there is a whole folder dedicated to TiVo Stream related protocols and this icon is also lying about;

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2013/04/23.png

Good times.

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Wouldn't ready too much into that - the VM app is based on the US TiVo app, so Virgin won't have removed anything they don't use, only add what they need to

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You could have let me hope for at least 5 minutes Ben. :)

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Any closer to Sky Sports and Movies being available on the app Ben?

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Nothing announced

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omg cheers ben,Had lost hope lol :D

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Hope Virgin or Discovery up the bitrate of the new channels, I keep waiting for the picture to 'pop' but it just stays crepe.

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Been testing this one for quite a while and it's a lot faster and more reliable. ;)

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Any idea when it is going to be available on Android?

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2013 apparently :D

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LOL!!

A third of the year has almost gone.

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Is that a coming soon 2013 :LOL:

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Hi guys,

Is anyone having any issues with the TVA iPad app? Since the update I keep getting regular 'communication errors' and can't get into the app. My TiVo isn't networked as I use it for remote recording and live streaming so the errors must be an issue between the app and VM servers. No issue with the broadband either as can happily browse/stream from other sites.

It's a shame as when I did get into it yesterday, it did seem much more fluid and responsive than before.

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My guide always takes an absolute age to load since the update though I was having connection issues before it so, :erm:

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The new version of the app works fine for me :)

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Virgin Media adds 21 channels to TV Anywhere line-up.

http://www.digitaltveurope.net/49172...where-line-up/

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I hope they have secured the MRS rights to these channels too.

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And still. Its May now.

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To pardon a pun it is simply not good enough.

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Sadly yeah, also still waiting on more channels appearing on MRS too.

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I'm loving the TV anywhere app on my iPhone, you Android users are really missing out.

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You can't blame Virginemedia because Google constantly makes changes to its operating system Android. Android is a fragmented mess of an operating system.

The problems google make Android, then the different phone manufacturers have to butcher it to make it run on crappy £50 phones an the app makers have to update their apps. The Google update it again, an half the apps stop working. Less then 10% of Android phones even run on Jellybean, most are still on gingerbread. So everyone crying for a android version probably won't be able to run it if virgin build it to run on jellybean.

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Got to love the iJobies fan boys.

Have you got a source of these figures?

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Sorry, but that's nonsense:
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tech/news/a470305/android-jelly-bean-claims-25-percent-market-share.html

There are apps I'm using released for 2.2 which work just fine for 4.2 Jelly Bean.

And let's not forget, large parts of this app already existed! And has done for several months now. By comparsion, it took the BBC around 3 months to release the Android version of the BBC Sport App after the iOS version - and that app was written from scratch.

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And yet TiVo have had a US app out since January. Of last year. App developers all over the world cope with a fragmented os and differing screen sizes.

Besides which, Virgin were confident enough that they could do it that they said they'd have it out in the first part of this year. Target missed and not a hint of an update.

Sorry, but whilst I see your point, genuinely, I have to agree that it simply isn't good enough, and is made worse by the fact that Virgin only sell android handsets. The very people they're letting down are their own quad pay customers.