Comments on: Watch live UK TV on your iPhone

By: Clare

Clare — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:17:00 +0000

It’s only valid if you Live in the UK

By: James Burland

James Burland — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:37:45 +0000

Call me a an idealistic dreamer, but I don’t think O2 will restrict this web service. Last year perhaps, but not now, not with Vodafone and Orange getting the iPhone soon.

By: Matt Radford

Matt Radford — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:28:32 +0000

I could certainly see O2 objecting to the native app working over 3G, and they may restrict it via the web app as well. I’ll keep an eye on it.

However, that’s where jailbreak apps such as VoIPover3G and 3GUnrestrictor come in very handy!

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:23:18 +0000

@Gerry
I hear you re O2 putting a stop to 3G use to this but here’s hoping they take a pointer from AT&T who seem to be slowly easing their restrictions on what can be streamed over their networks. Trouble is, with the O2 3G network being pretty rubbish and all the new Pre owners soon coming on board, chances of O2 playing ball are slim.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:18:28 +0000

Thanks for this. I’ve just had a look and am amazed at how good the streams are on my iPhone. I’d previously, a while back, had a look and it was a bit flakey and I dismissed it as a waste of time but this morning, while my kids hogged the Sky+ box to watch their programs, I was able to watch some “real” tv.

Here’s looking forward to a dedicated app. (and no legal issues putting a stop to the whole thing)

By: Gerry

Gerry — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:17:08 +0000

Shhh…. not sure how much load they can take and I have way too many friends who would love this service!!! Just give me 5 USA and I will be happy … !

Watching it on 3G is pretty awesome, I can see O2 putting a wifi only restriction on this in the future … but it shows that iPlayer should work on 3G!

By: Matt Radford

Matt Radford — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:04:25 +0000

Remember when Steve Jobs proclaimed 2005 to be “The Year of HD”?

http://www.emedialive.com/Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=9230

It’s taken a while but I think we’re getting there. 5 years later, I’ve a feeling that 2010 will be the year of iPhone HD

By: James Burland

James Burland — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:39:46 +0000

Amazing stuff like this highlights the need for some kind of HD output from the iPhone. The hardware is more than capable of playing back a 720p H.264 stream. In fact, I’ve even managed 1080p! Come on Apple, give us a new dock with HDMI output. I’m sure that the Beeb and TVCatchup would give us the HD (or iFrame!) streams.

I must admit, I too had to smile when watching Matrix Reloaded on my iPhone earlier this evening. I’m really impressed by the responsiveness and quality of these TV streams, it’s seriously impressive.