BT picks Philips for DTT and IPTV box

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From Digital Spy, BBC, et al...

Originally Posted by Digital Spy

BT has signed a deal with Philips to supply a set-top-box that combines a personal video recorder (PVR, also known as a digital video recorder or DVR) with a digital terrestrial tuner and the ability to receive programmes transmitted over a broadband Internet connection.

The BT service effectively adds a selection of on-demand "catch up TV" programmes, delivered over a broadband connection, to the functionality of a standard DTT and PVR box. As DS reported in September, the box will use Microsoft's IPTV Edition middleware.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds25543.html

What annoys me is that the guy they just had on BBC News 24 from BT (BT Retail CEO Ian Livingston, quoted in the DS story) said it was a world first! Huh!?? Has no-one told him that ntl & Telewest have been doing VoD for months, and companies in the US have been doing it even longer?

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...and Homechoice have been doing it in London for years:

http://www.homechoice.co.uk/

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Yes indeed - although not having used the service, I can't comment on it!