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TalkTalk TV is a UK-based consumer television and video on demand service, operated by the TalkTalk Group. In its current form, it was launched on 3 September 2012 in a partnership with YouView. Its offering is delivered over a BT phone line, using ADSL or VDSL to provide a triple-play package of IPTV, video on demand, telephony and broadband internet access. There are now 2 options available – Plus TV or Essentials TV. The only difference is the Essentials Box cannot record and only has the capability of pausing and rewinding for up to 30 Minutes, compared to the standard 2 Hours on the Plus Box. The YouView box is a Smart Freeview+HD box which means BBC 1 to 4 News and CBBC, ITV & Channel 4 are available in HD free. Humax have a silver 1TB model which can be bought in retail stores and can be used with or without a TalkTalk subscription. Currently both Huawei boxes do not have Wifi built in, and therefore an ethernet cable must be used for internet content and boosts. ==History== 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. 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. Homechoice was purchased by Tiscali UK in August 2006, and became known as Tiscali TV. 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. As a result of Tiscali UK's acquisition, Tiscali TV was rebranded as TalkTalk TV as of 14 July 2009. TalkTalk TV however struggled to compete against BSkyB, Virgin Media and BT's television services. By the time Tiscali UK was taken over, there were just 50,000 TV subscribers, but subsequently TalkTalk could not manage to 'beef-up' the TV service as it remained uncompetitive and very minor. On 20 October 2010, TalkTalk announced its plans to launch a new, much-improved TV service in 2011, in a partnership with the newly formed YouView which was given the green light by Ofcom that same month. By the start of 2011, TalkTalk discontinued its existing TV service and removed it from their official site (but continued to run the service for existing customers). TalkTalk formally launched its new YouView-based TV service in September 2012, 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 to TalkTalk 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, whereas channels now have as of 7 August 2013 dedicated traditional EPG numbering. BT, similarly to TalkTalk, offer a TV service together with YouView. Despite being launched in September 2012, TalkTalk did not start to heavily promote its TV service until early 2013. By May 2013, TalkTalk Plus TV became Britain's fastest growing TV service. As of 1 September 2014, customers with a second YouView box will not be able to watch Boost channels. The boxes will be describes as Primary and Secondary boxes, where TV boosts are only available on the Primary Box. There is currently no multi-room package. YouView launched a Netflix player for new and existing Netflix customers. This is now on retail boxes and will launch on TalkTalk early 2015. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「TalkTalk TV」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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