Fantastic News (of the Video kind)
Dec. 10th, 2004 07:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
andrewduckerTelewest (my cable company) has confimed it's going to roll out Video On Demand!
Oh, the happiness. Mind you, I already have Tivo - but that's no longer produced over here, and I was worrying that nobody was going to produce a Cable equivalent to Sky+
Telewest's CFO Neil Smith indicated that Telewest's entire digital cable television service would be "re-positioned" around its VOD offering. The service, currently known as "Freedom," will offer movies on demand, and a "Catch-Up TV" service based on popular TV shows from the past week, month and season.
Digital cable operators in the US have already started to rollout VOD service. Time Warner Cable's service, for example, is known as "iControl" and features a range of on-demand channels, including one from the BBC. DVD-like play, fast-forward and rewind functionality is provided on VOD services.
Telewest plans to launch its DVR service in the second half of 2005. Its DVR box will include three tuners and be able to store 80 hours of video.
Oh, the happiness. Mind you, I already have Tivo - but that's no longer produced over here, and I was worrying that nobody was going to produce a Cable equivalent to Sky+
