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An easy way to have Freeview online?

An easy way to have Freeview online?
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Even if you can watch www.ukfree.tv link icon BBC One and BBC TWO online from November 27th, there is another service that allows watching of the most popular UK TV channels online.

www.tvcatchup.com link icon TVCatchup - Never Miss A Show Again (click to get immediate access) gives access to these channels:





Unlike www.ukfree.tv link icon Zattoo - Freeview online there is no need to download any software first, so you can get watching without any delay.

There is also a TV guide built in:



There have been problems with the service from time to time, but the picture quality is very good.

Please give www.tvcatchup.com link icon TVCatchup a go and let us know what you think!





Your comments: most recent posts are at the bottom


Your comments are always welcome. Please use the form below to add your thoughts or questions to this page. We will get back to you as soon as we can.

Adam H
Tuesday 25 November 2008 11:48PM
Ud imagine that theirs a big delay, but watching BBC on TVCatchup is a few seconds faster then Sky!

Ive been registered a few weeks, no problems so far and they have added that new'ish channel Dave.

_Adam_
Briantist
Wednesday 26 November 2008 9:07AM
Adam H: I've had a single problem when the picture when I was watching BBC TWO last Sunday, aside from that, I think it is rather brilliant.

I'm pleased to say that 86 people have signed up from the above link already! Click www.tvcatchup.com link icon TVCatchup - Never Miss A Show Again to join them!
Barty45
Sunday 30 November 2008 10:19AM Milton Keynes
Hi Brianist

Just to let yoy know, you cannot use the TVcatchup service if you are with sky for your broardband.
Briantist
Sunday 30 November 2008 10:23AM
Barty45: That's a big shame for Sky Broadband users, but I guess if you have Sky you probably can watch the channels on TVCatchup already...
Robthewizz
Thursday 4 December 2008 9:53PM
Yes, just tried it and it works on sky broadband.
Your router or your firewall might be blocking it Barty45
uche oji
Sunday 18 January 2009 5:31PM
I found TVCatchup is up and running with my Sky Broadband subscription, and the TV is now homeless! A great service, could do with a volume control and screen resize.
Briantist
Monday 19 January 2009 8:02PM
uche oji: You can make it full screen by right clicking and selecting from the menu, and they have just changed the icons to an overlay which is much nicer (but won't spider!) - you get the the volume control by click on the play area, a little bar pops up.
steve
Wednesday 11 March 2009 11:55AM
You should really get ready for big changes in TVCatchup over the next few weeks, including a world's first, so pop on over there and witness something truly unique.
Great article by the way :)
Briantist
Wednesday 11 March 2009 2:18PM
steve: Let me know in advance and I'll happily do another post.

You made the day of a good friend's girlfriend the other day, she had poor Freeview reception and you have brought Film4 and Channel 4 back into her life!

I look forward to the announcement.
Baber
Tuesday 17 March 2009 9:57PM Hull
wats the world first, and when is it due? lol.
ANN MUSTARDE
Saturday 25 April 2009 12:38PM
I honestly think that this service is just so brilliant. the fact that you can see any old programme that you didn't catch when it was on telly- well that is pure superb.
BOBBY
Monday 27 April 2009 12:13PM
I would like to watch itv 1/2 and BBC 1/2 also channel 4 i live in philipinnes and i am told it is not possible is this true
Alison Fairgroeve
Saturday 30 May 2009 10:58AM
Full scren on TV Catchup

I have only just discovered TV catch up and also that my ISP is com[atible. I ignored this before because almost every service was not supported on Mac OSX.Tthings are now much improved. However,how do you get full screen ? The picture I got was less than half size and there is no button to make it full screen

jon g
Saturday 15 August 2009 3:59PM
tried it on the ps3 and it works great!!! even fullscreen!!!
Briantist
Sunday 16 August 2009 2:17PM
jon g: Indeed it does work full screen on the PS/3.
Cactii are great.
Sunday 25 October 2009 9:34PM
Genrally a good service.
Good choice of channels.
Currently there are often problems with the service at weekends - possibly due to peek demands and lack of staff working at weekends - well who wants to and also it costs them more - so I WILL NOT complain, especially for a free service with so little advertising on it.
I can not remember the last time I rated anything as 9 out of 10, BUT
I rate TVCATCH as 8 out of 10 and if they get the weekends sorted out, then possibly 10 out of 10.
Tom
Saturday 30 January 2010 6:35PM
I live in an area with no freeview and poor quality terestrial (BBC2 often disapears and no ch5). My TV is connected to my PC and I now have all channles and it's perfect.
Brilliant service!!!!!!!!

There does seem to be a big delay in the broadcast of programs, but that doesn't bother me.
Pete
Saturday 30 January 2010 11:40PM
Tom : BBC News Channel on line from their website is actally ahead of Freeview by a couple of seconds making the clock almost correct !!!
Briantist
Sunday 31 January 2010 7:55AM
Tom: Due to the way "temporal compression" works on digital TV, this means the digital broadcast is many milliseconds behind the analogue one, and the online stream slightly more.
blahh
Thursday 12 August 2010 9:04AM
i don't know why my ps3 slim will not work with tvcatchup, it just says loading at the bottom of the screen and stays like that. Why the hell isn't working?????
BRIAN
Friday 12 November 2010 4:43PM
This is not good if you live in Ireland you cant use this even says its free to watch but u have to live in the UK well then its not streaming online why ?
jim
Saturday 25 December 2010 9:17AM
when i put catchup through to tv it works fine until i go full screen then the screen goes blank can anyone help please
don
Wednesday 9 March 2011 1:39PM
why do you not do the yesterday tv channel on your site ?
jamie
Tuesday 19 April 2011 5:43PM
the performance of the video is really poor but quality of the picture is spot on any reason for this??
Ian
Tuesday 7 June 2011 11:27AM
Disappointing! BBC / ITV video shown jerky, whereas when I use BBC iPlayer and ITV Player everything is fine.
j mccarthy
Tuesday 2 August 2011 8:30PM
i wish to view Yesterday channel the subject was" THE CYPRUS CONFLICT" how do i go about this?
j mccarthy
Sunday 7 August 2011 7:20PM
is it possible to view channel 12 (YESTERDAY)
oh ive just seen that "no" is the answer
Briantist
Monday 8 August 2011 5:30AM
j mccarthy: Yes, click on the channel's icon on the "Watch and listen now" panel in the right hand column.
Cass
Monday 8 August 2011 6:54AM Newark
Hi, I have only been able to get channel 31, itv, ch4 more 4, etc for the past four months except for analogue. Had new aerial last year. Son come home and with portable aerial in same house has got ALL channels!!!!! Why is this please and when can I get my channels back??
Thank you
Briantist
Monday 8 August 2011 6:56AM
Cass: If you had a full Freview service before, I would have thought you need to have your rooftop aerial looked at, but also see www.ukfree.tv link icon Freeview reception has changed? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
Allison Fielding
Tuesday 9 August 2011 12:43PM
Can anyone tell me how to get full screen on Android TV Catchup on my Samsung Galaxy please?
Briantist
Wednesday 10 August 2011 8:31PM
Allison Fielding: Have you tried TVCatchup - Never Miss A Show Again ? It works on my Asus Transformer.
Bob
Wednesday 28 September 2011 4:58PM
Can I buy a digi box which will allow me to get sky from the satelite and catch up from the internet on my tv
FourPart
Friday 18 November 2011 5:24PM
Until the council eventually get around to installing the communial digital aerial system in these tower blocks I have no option but to use TV CatchUp for my TV. Unfortunately, though, I get nothing but trouble with it as it gives about 3 seconds picture, followed by about 30 seconds buffering the signal - if I'm lucky. Otherwise it then times out altogether & closes the connection. I've checked my Broadband Connection speed & that's fine, so that's not the problem.
Martin b
Tuesday 22 November 2011 4:12PM Cardiff
hi have you thought of sky? take it indoor aerial not working i have a 50gain indoor aerial i got from ebay for about £16 and use it in work which is really hard to get a signal but i can get everything on digital tv this aerial i found 100 times better than the one i got in tesco for £35 i think it only had a 45gain
Toby Lindsay
Sunday 11 December 2011 12:17PM Peacehaven
Hiya Brian
We've just moved to BTVision at BN108AT and... No freeview! ANy thoughts - I've looked at your site not exactly sure what it's telling me - BT say they have no freewview avaliable as there info for this site though they also say that is likely to be wrong.
The analogue signal is very poor to - looking at the aerial cable it is in v. bad condition - black unhealthy copper etc...
Any thoughts welcome!
Many thanks
Toby
Great site btw!
Dave Lindsay
Sunday 11 December 2011 1:38PM
Tony Lindsay: I would say that you are probably receiving your analogue TV from Newhaven relay transmitter. This is based not only on the Digital UK predictor, but a look at Google Streetview which shows the vast majority of aerials facing Newhaven.

A poor analogue picture is not forced to be the condition of your cable; it could be because your TV is tuned to a signal from another transmitter (to which your aerial does not face). The four analogue services are on channels 39,45,43,41 from Newhaven.

Come switchover, you will only get multiplexes BBCA (the BBC TV and radio channels), D3&4 (ITV1, ITV1+1, ITV2, C4, C4+1, E4, More4 and C5) and the HD channels.

See here for information on multiplexes:
www.ukfree.tv link icon Freeview multiplexes | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice

If you wish to get the other commercial multiplexes, then you will need another aerial on another transmitter that broadcasts these services *if* you can receive from such a transmitter at your location.
Andrew
Monday 23 April 2012 2:32AM
Hi, The rest of analog channels have been switched off for London, so for TV License payment (Regulation 9- '..is received at the same time..'), seems to be crucial interpretation of time delay for TVCatchup streaming. Does it classify TVC programmes as NOT Live ? 'Dave' as well ?
Luisa
Friday 27 April 2012 2:23PM
I'm from Brazil and I want so bad to watch bbc programmes!!!!Please it could be available to other countries too
Briantist
Friday 18 May 2012 4:13PM
Andrew: As far as I understand it, TVC went to court and the court decided that TVC was a "retransmission" in the sense of the Television Without Frontiers Directive.

Analogue is a total irrelevance, the meaning of "at the same time" includes the technically necessities of digital transmission and it always has.
Briantist
Friday 18 May 2012 4:14PM
Luisa: You will need to look on the internet elsewhere for details of "proxy servers" that will tell TVC that you are in the UK.
Liz heap
Monday 5 November 2012 7:51PM
an you help me. I have been enjoying Catchup on my iPad for ages. I recently lost the picture, but not the sound on every channel. How do I recover this please ?
I miss it soooo much.
Liz heap
Monday 5 November 2012 7:53PM
I have recently lost the picture, but not the sound, on catchup on my iPad.How can I recover this? I so miss it.
R Bovill
Saturday 22 December 2012 12:53AM
Why cannot Channel 19 - Yesterday - be viewed?
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