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Originally Posted by BenMcr
Startover and Catchup are different.
For Catchup you have to wait until the programme has finished before you can watch it from On Demand.
Startover is available while the programme is still showing on a supported channel. That's not something you can do via On Demand on a TiVo or V6 box outside of the BBC iPlayer.
As for the BBC, they are very strict about non-linear content access - everything has to go through the iPlayer app for Connected devices.
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Well coincidence then that every single programme with the Startover symbol (which is not really a lot) in the epg is already available in the Catchup section for that channel. Most content in the epg with this symbol is faded out, meaning you have to wait for it to actually finish before it's added to the relevant Catchup service in order to watch.
With BBC live content aside, this Startover gimmick is just a rebrand of Catchup on the V6.
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Originally Posted by RobboEdin
Startover is different, I believe, than what was available on V6, covering more channels.
To quote the TV 360 Virgin Media guy on the community forum:
“ Essentially we record everything in the cloud for the enabled channels and that’s what you can tap into for Startover”
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That engineer is a liar.
Try it for yourself, all Startover programmes with this symbol are already available on demand in the relevant Catchup players or Apps. Even if the symbol is faded out ( which is most), you can't access it until the channel provider has made it available, after broadcast, via its own catchup service or app.
The 360 box is just accessing the Catchup content, not the cloud. Same as the V6, but just rebranded Startup.