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Free freeview uk digital tv online PVR – TV Catchup

Edit: The site appears to be offline. There is a Facebook group and threads on digitalspy , moneysavingexpert relating to this. Please contact me if you have more info

Update: The Register are now covering this story
I just heard about a site called TVCatchup which allows you to record ANYthing available on Freeview, and watch it online later. Read the article in The Guardian about the potential legal issues

I’m deleting my 4od and BBC Iplayer straight away, this is far better and easier! Although about 5 mins after the BBC item about it, it started going very slowly.

Anyway, it appears to be in a legal grey area, so enjoy it while it lasts!

The BBC programme was called You and Yours, broadcast mid-day 7th Feb, and can be listened to again here (after the programme)

  • Jim Arnold
    not tried it yet
  • chrispreilly
    OK
  • Nick
    I would be willing to host TVC. Contact me on nick5251@ntlworld.com There is a way round this with the servers i run through a number of foreign country. Contact me urgently
  • CALLUM BRODIE
    the bbc will not be, in the area i reside in ,able to provide a freeview service for several years to come ,bill payers in this area are not provided with with even an inadequate service at present,but still are paying the same costly bill therefore it is the bbc who should be ashamed of the way they are now preventing these same bill payers from recieving freeview which they have already been paying for. SORT YOUR OWN BACKYARD OUT FIRSTLY BBC then complain when you are in a fair position to do so, secondly I and my local area, of just a few hundred square miles, could at least recieve an apology for their poor quality of service.
  • The REAL Dan Freeman
    WTF!!! My mate sent me a link to this page on msn, I'm gonna kill him for making me out to be an idiot. I aplogise on his behalf people.

    He knew I was irritated about TVC but this was too much.


    The Real Dan

    x
  • Well that's kinda weird - the last three comments were posted within minutes of each other, from the same office, if not PC.

    A touch of schizophrenia?
  • Spokesman
    This conversation has been recorded and written down. Please take notice, if you try and create a new website or find a serve big enough, you will once again be breaking the law. Your site is not legal and as such cannot be continued. If you are found to have ignored the rules again you shall face prosecution. All ISP's big enough to support TVC have been contacted and will not upload your site. However, if you manage to create your own, action will be taken.
  • anon
    i can't believe this response, is it a joke or are you really such a total tosser? You come across as regressive and ignorant for failing to recognise a need that can actually be for the benefit of TV companies as well as consumers. Like an online traffic warden. Anyway, TV Catchup is alive and well and is now completely legal, so screw you.
  • TV Catchupper
    I work for TVC and let me tell you this Mr Freeman. TVC will be back very soon. We're not finished yet. Just give it some time, then if you know where to look, you will find us again......
  • Concerned Viewer
    I fail to understand what this is going to achieve. Well, actually that's a lie, I know exactly what is going to happen. What the BBC have done by killing this site is ensure that people will turn to Ares and Limewire instead. If they had an ounce of brainpower they might realise that TV Catchup is actually doing them a great service. The more people that watch a series on TV C the more that know about it therefore the ratings increase. For intelligent experienced people in media these guys sure know how to shoot themselves in the foot. I won't use Ares or LW but I know a dozen of people already who have it as a backup for when these sites stop working. It makes me laugh that the BBC really expect to pull this site off the net and then release their own player which you have to pay a silly amount for. Please, grow up guys. I don't support illegal downloading because I myself am a musician, however that said, I can understand why lots of people will flock to use it. There's a basic rule at work here, when you cut off a supply of free media which was at the time legal, people turn to breaking the law. Why? Because you give them no choice. You ask people who clearly cannot afford it to invest in their own (BBC) highly overpriced services. You have to understand, you can take down one or two people, but you can't take down the nation.

    For those reasons, I do not agree with what you have done, and I for one look forward to seeing it back up and running again shortly....

    Dan Freeman
  • martyk
    This Website Has Been Terminated For Terms Of Service Violations

    If you are the owner or webmaster for this site please contact support immediately.
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