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YouTube to launch new television app via Freesat

Freetime internet-connected TV box will host new app allowing viewers to browse site using smartphonesYouTube is continuing its expansion into the living room, with a new television app on the free-to-air satellite TV service Freesat.The Google-owned video-sharing site will be available on the subscription-free service backed by ITV and the BBC from March.YouTube will launch...

guardian.co.uk (3 months and 7 days ago)

Updated: Cat videos break out with YouTube TV coming to Freesat

YouTube's myriad cat videos are coming to a subscription-free television near you as YouTube is set to launch on Freesat. Rather than an actual YouTube TV channel, as was first thought by the Telegraph, it looks as though the free-to-air satellite TV service will be offering an app of sorts, accessible from the Freesat EPG. The deal that Freesat has signed with Google should...

techradar.com (3 months and 3 days ago)

Google to launch YouTube on TV

Google's battle with broadcasters has stepped up a gear after the company signed a deal with Freesat to launch a full-blown YouTube television channel.

telegraph.co.uk (3 months and 7 days ago)

YouTube To Launch On Freesat

The free-to-air, ITV and BBC-backed satellite service Freesat has announced it will launch a YouTube service. Access to YouTube will be available from March through Freesat's £279 internet-enabled set-top box ('Freetime'). Users will navigate the site with their smartphone, FreeSat said, via an interface that would sit alongside its other 180 channels. Tte service added in a...

huffingtonpost.com (3 months and 7 days ago)

Sony reveals more secrets of the PS4 controller

With the way things are going, we wouldn't be too surprised if Sony announced that the PS4 controller is the console.Still, while we're waiting for the reveal of what the actual box will look like (and as Sony tries to attract attention away from news of the new Xbox reveal on May 21) a new video has surfaced that showcases a few more features of the PS4's controller.So...

techradar.com (23 days ago)

Microsoft has reportedly built 'several' Xbox set-top box prototypes

Microsoft's rumoured entertainment set-top box does exist, but the company remains unsure whether to launch the device, reports claimed on Thursday. The Wall Street Journal's sources told the paper that several prototypes have been built for the simple streaming device, which would allow access to the Xbox Live suite of entertainment applications. The most recent iteration...

techradar.com (10 days ago)

Microsoft may have built several Xbox set-top box prototypes

techradar.com (9 days ago)

Why YouTube is Launching a Music Service

This post is in partnership with Evolver.fm, which is the first publication for music fans that’s dedicated to music apps. The article below was originally published at Evolver.fm. A Bloomberg report that Google would launch a “Spotify killer” gained credence on Tuesday with Fortune’s report that YouTube — a division of Google — is in fact working on a subscription service,...

time.com (2 months and 15 days ago)

Xbox 720 may take over your TV, be joined by Xbox Mini

A rumored new Xbox feature that would allow Microsoft's next-generation console to take over a TV signal could position it to be the ultimate set-top box for gamers.It's described as a passthrough device between a cable or satellite box and a television, which is along the lines of current Google TV set-top boxes, multiple sources told The Verge.Xbox 720, like the Sony...

techradar.com (1 month and 8 days ago)

Will Google's subscription music service launch during IO?

Whoa o whoa, listen to the...Google streaming music? We may soon be saying something along those lines sometime this week - and as early as tomorrow -according to several reports out today. Sources speaking with The Verge say Google will unveil its own subscription music service(s) Wednesday as part of its IO developers conference. Universal Music Group and Sony Music...

techradar.com (4 days ago)

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