ITV Player arrives on Freesat channel 903
Freesat have today confirmed that ITV Player is now available on channel 903 (still in beta) for Humax receivers, with the rest to follow over the coming months. The announcement made by Freesat is as follows:
Freesat today made it even easier for customers to take control of their TV viewing as it announced the arrival of ITV Player on its subscription-free TV service.
The only TV service to offer both ITV Player and BBC iPlayer, Freesat’s viewers can now catch-up on all of their favourite ITV1, ITV2, ITV3 and ITV4 programmes, up to seven days after broadcast. With over 100 hours of programmes each week, viewers can choose from popular soaps Coronation Street and Emmerdale, to prime-time drama and the nation’s most popular entertainment show The X Factor
ITV to charge for their IPlayer?
ITV has unveiled plans to charge for ITV Player.
Chief executive Adam Crozier confirmed the proposals in the company’s first-half interim results for 2011, which were published today.
Crozier said: “We’re investing in the quality and reach of our online offering. We’re making ITV Player more widely available, most recently on Android and Apple devices and Freesat.
“We plan to have a pay mechanism in place around the turn of the year so that we can test what viewers are willing to pay for, and we continue to work with our partners on YouView, which is on track for launch early next year.”
It is not yet clear how the pay mechanism will operate or what content will be pay-to-view.
ITV Player was launched on Apple’s iPad and iPhone devices earlier this month, following its earlier rollout on the Android platform.
It has been suggested that ITV Player may also appear on Xbox Live in the UK in the near future. It is already available on the Sony PlayStation3.
source: digitalspy
Catch-up services on ITV Player will remain free
ITV has said that catch-up services on its ITV Player platform will remain free to use.
The company’s chief executive Adam Crozier this morning revealed plans to introduce a “pay mechanism” for the service at the turn of the year.
Crozier said: “We plan to have a pay mechanism in place around the turn of the year so that we can test what viewers are willing to pay for, and we continue to work with our partners on YouView, which is on track for launch early next year.”
The ITV Press Centre has now added on Twitter: “To clarify. Catch up on ITV Player will remain free. @ITV will be introducing a pay mechanism next year to trial other pay content.”
source: digitalspy