TalkTalk TV
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| Type | Pay TV |
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| Industry | Media & Telecoms |
| Founded | 2004 (as Homechoice TV) 2006 (as Tiscali TV) 2009 (as TalkTalk TV) 2012 (as TalkTalk Plus TV) |
| Headquarters | London, England, UK |
| Products | Digital TV |
| Parent | TalkTalk Group |
| Website | https://sales.talktalk.co.uk/product/tv |
TalkTalk TV is a UK-based consumer television and video on demand service, operated by the TalkTalk Group. The service is no longer available to new customers since early 2011, but continues to run for existing customers. TalkTalk has developed a new TV service with five other companies, called YouView, and is running under their own brand TalkTalk Plus TV.
The service, originally known as Homechoice, was launched in September 2000 in the London area and provided by Video Networks Limited (VNL), based in Shepherd's Bush in London, until it was purchased by Tiscali UK in August 2006, and became known as Tiscali TV as of 1 March 2007. On 30 June 2009, a deal for The Carphone Warehouse to purchase all the assets of Tiscali UK for its TalkTalk division was approved by the European Union.
Its offering is delivered over a BT phone line, using ADSL to provide a Triple-play package of IPTV, Video On Demand, Telephony and Broadband access. In 2003, as Homechoice, it expanded its video services to include, via its IPTV platform, the majority of live channels that are available on the Freeview platform.
In 2012, TalkTalk relaunched their TV service via a joint venture with Youview along with the major TV channels providing pay-for-tv on a 30-day rolling contract or free TV. A free YouView box will be provided toTalkTalk Plus customers taking out a fixed term contract (for Broadband and Phone) and allow access to the content previously available from TalkTalk TV. Content that TalkTalk provides is available from the TalkTalk Player application within the YouView menu.
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Pre-Youview [edit]
Access
Access to the channels and the Video on Demand is via a self branded set-top box that is connected to the customer's Television set, rather than via the customer's computer. The latest set-top box features an Aerial socket and a DVB-T receiver to allow the customer to receive additional channels via the Freeview platform as well as the channels received over IPTV, subject to Freeview coverage and quality of reception. A wireless router for internet access that connects to the set-top box is now also provided as standard.
TalkTalk+
TalkTalk offers 'TalkTalk+' (formerly Tiscali+), a 160 GB hard-drive Digital Video Recorder, which holds an approximate total of 50 hours of television and also acts as a replacement for the standard set-top box. The TalkTalk+ box has two DVB-T tuners and one IPTV tuner. This means the customer can simultaneously record up to three separate channels, provided that two of the channels are being received via Freeview and the third via IPTV. As the box has only one IPTV tuner, it is only possible to record or watch one IPTV channel at a time. TalkTalk+ is available subject to a one-off payment and a twelve-month contract or contract renewal.
Service area
TalkTalk TV was initially only available in parts of London, Surrey and Hertfordshire. Since September 2007 areas such as Central and Northern England were TalkTalk TV enabled. Around 680 Telephone Exchanges are now Tiscali LLU enabled, mostly in London, Manchester, the Midlands and Yorkshire and a spattering throughout the rest of the country. In 2007 TalkTalk stated it aimed to reach near-national coverage in the future, with 10 million homes by the end of 2008.
TV Services
The majority of standard UK channels (more than 60) are available, such as BBC One and BBC Two, as well as Premium channels such as Sky Movies and National Geographic Channel, depending on the selected package and corresponding price paid per month.
A wide selection of Video On Demand is also available, depending on the selected package. All customers have access to a channel-specific 'catch up' service which allows customers to view a selection of programmes up to seven days after they were initially broadcast, with on-screen controls available to play/pause or skip through the programme. Channels with the catch up service are: BBC One, BBC Two, Channel 4, FX, ITV, ITV2, BBC Three, BBC Four, CBBC Channel, Channel 5 and CBeebies. All catch up programmes available can also be accessed from channel 989.
On 13 February 2007, HBO announced its new VOD service was to become available on Tiscali TV.
British Sky Broadcasting announced that it was to supply Tiscali TV with its 'Basic TV Package of channels: Sky1, Sky2, Sky Arts, Sky News and Sky Sports News.
These channels became available in the Tiscali TV variety pack on Tuesday 28 August 2007.
The current TalkTalk TV packages are:
- Variety Pack
- Entertainment Xtra Mix:
- Music Mix:
- Kids Mix:
- Bollywood and South Asian TV Subscription:
- Picturebox Movies
- Disney Cinemagic Subscription
- Sky Movies Subscription
- Sky Sports Subscription
- ESPN Subscription
- Chelsea TV Subscription
- Adult Pack
YouView from TalkTalk [edit]
TalkTalk have their own TV service on the YouView platform. They are currently having a free YouView box sale (cititation will be on references). Current TalkTalk TV packages are:
Free Gift Channels
- ABC TV On Demand
- Warner TV On Demand
- Sony Entertainment TV On Demand
- Sony Retro On Demand
- Scamp On Demand (Kids)
TV Starter Boost
- Sky1
- Sky2
- Sky Arts 1
- Sky Arts 2
- Sky Living
- Sky Livingit
- Sky Sports News
Entertainment Boost
All 'TV Starter Boost' channels plus:
- Alibi
- Animal Planet
- Blighty
- Comedy Central
- Comedy Central Extra
- Comedy Central On Demand
- Discovery Channel
- Discovery Home & Health
- E!
- Eden
- Eden On Demand
- FX
- GOLD
- Good Food
- Good Food On Demand
- Home
- MTV
- MTV On Demand
- National Geographic Channel
- Nat Geo On Demand
- Syfy
- TLC
- Turner Classic Movies (TCM)
- Universal Channel
- Watch
Entertainment Extra Boost
All 'Entertainment Boost' channels plus:
- Boomerang
- Boomerang On Demand
- The Box
- Cartoon Network
- Cartoon Network On Demand (Previously CN Now)
- Disney Channel
- Disney Channel On Demand
- Disney Junior
- Disney Junior On Demand
- Disney XD
- Disney XD On Demand
- Heat TV
- Kerrang!
- Kiss
- Magic
- MTV Base
- MTV Classic
- MTV Dance
- MTV Hits
- MTV Live
- MTV Music
- MTV Rocks
- Nickelodeon
- Nick Jr.
- Smash Hits!
Kids Boost
- Boomerang
- Boomerang On Demand
- Cartoon Network
- Cartoon Network On Demand (Previously CN Now)
- Disney Channel
- Disney Channel On Demand
- Disney Junior
- Disney Junior On Demand
- Disney XD
- Disney XD On Demand
- Nickelodeon
- Nickelodeon On Demand
- Nick Jr.
- Nick Jr. On Demand
Music Boost
- The Box
- Heat TV
- Kerrang!
- Kiss
- Magic
- MTV Base
- MTV Classic
- MTV Dance
- MTV Hits
- MTV Live
- MTV Music
- MTV Rocks
- Smash Hits!
Sky Movies
- Sky Movies Premiere
- Sky Movies Showcase
- Sky Movies Action & Adventure
- Sky Movies Classics
- Sky Movies Comedy
- Sky Movies Crime & Thriller
- Sky Movies Drama & Romance
- Sky Movies Family
- Sky Movies Indie
- Sky Movies Modern Greats
- Sky Movies Sci-Fi & Horror
Sky Sports
- Sky Sports 1
- Sky Sports 2
- Sky Sports 3
- Sky Sports 4
- Sky Sports F1
ESPN
- ESPN
- ESPN America
Pay Per View
- Lovefilm Box Office
- Digital Theater
- Karaoke Channel
References [edit]
https://sales.talktalk.co.uk/info/tv/youview-tv
