[TV] ITV X

[Lenny Rider]

Extensive advertising campaign on ITV, so does anyone know if this means Britbox will finish or will they run in tandem?

And the ad states it’s ‘free streaming’ so will it just appear on the Sky apps section?

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

ITV you say?

 

[Easy 10]

Is this what ITV Hub used to be ?

I've been streaming ITV on my phone and laptop for the WC whilst at work. Its been surprisingly reliable, and all in flawless HD.

 

[Lenny Rider]

Is this what ITV Hub used to be ?

I've been streaming ITV on my phone and laptop for the WC whilst at work. Its been surprisingly reliable, and all in flawless HD.

It doesn’t start till December so you may well be right, ITV hub which is still currently in operation will pack up.

Expensive rebranding, well thought out in the middle of a recession

 

[albionant]

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Everything that's on Britbox is on ITV X

 

[luge]

Its the replacement for ITV HUB and is ITV's new streaming service. They seem to have gone early on it, and so far it is shit on a desktop. the UI is terrible, and no ability to rewind or pause live TV like the iPlayer.

 

[clapham_gull]

Extensive advertising campaign on ITV, so does anyone know if this means Britbox will finish or will they run in tandem?

And the ad states it’s ‘free streaming’ so will it just appear on the Sky apps section?

It's a bit of an odd one and does question the future of Britbox. Britbox (in the UK) was originally a joint venture with the BBC owning a 10% share. Google "Project Kangaroo" to see the history.

However, Britbox UK is now wholly owned by ITV and if you pay for the premium ITVX subscription you get Britbox thrown in for free. On the surface it looks like if you watch Britbox via ITVx you get more for your money than if you have an existing BritBox subscription.

Arguably, you could say that's the end of Britbox UK, but I'm not sure ITVx can get away with showing Open All Hours under the ITV banner. Although technically they are already doing that with Britbox.

As for the BBC they also own a separate successful instance of BritBox that is popular in the USA and is being rolled out to different countries.

Add to the complication all the UKTV channels like Dave (which show similar stuff albeit edited to take ads) are now wholly owned by the BBC.

 

[wellquickwoody]

It doesn’t start till December so you may well be right, ITV hub which is still currently in operation will pack up.

Expensive rebranding, well thought out in the middle of a recession

Started here already

 

[pasty]

Is this what ITV Hub used to be ?

I've been streaming ITV on my phone and laptop for the WC whilst at work. Its been surprisingly reliable, and all in flawless HD.

How have you managed that? Every time I’ve tried to watch on phone it says “ programme unavailable on this platform”

 

[oldboyroy]

Its the replacement for ITV HUB and is ITV's new streaming service. They seem to have gone early on it, and so far it is shit on a desktop. the UI is terrible, and no ability to rewind or pause live TV like the iPlayer.

Absolutely spot on! So far it's been a mare to use on the TV(my partner pulling her hair out trying to watch catch up).

 

[Easy 10]

How have you managed that? Every time I’ve tried to watch on phone it says “ programme unavailable on this platform”

Dunno chap. I just have the ITV Hub app on my Omsung Phine. It had changed a bit when I went in, as I had to enter an email and password (I'd not used the app in ages prior to this WC), but once I'd done that, ta-daaa.

Maybe uninstall and reinstall it ?