On Demand - How long does it take for programs to be on catchup?
31-05-2009, 00:51
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Re: On Demand - How long does it take for programs to be on catchup?
Channel 4 broke it. There's a thread about it here somewhere.
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31-05-2009, 01:37
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Re: On Demand - How long does it take for programs to be on catchup?
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Originally Posted by Ben B
Live shows are usually on by the next morning but other shows are there already from midnight the previous day but when you come to watch them the following day they are hidden so you can't watch them before they have aired so in theory if you wanted you could watch all the itv shows that hadn't even aired that you were going to watch the following day at midnight!
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Although it's worth noting that on a couple of occassions, Channel 4 have accidentally enabled all programmes for viewing at Midnight..
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22-09-2009, 01:04
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Re: On Demand - How long does it take for programs to be on catchup?
Slight bump...
Am i mistaken or was X Factor on on sunday night? If so why is it not on catch up?
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22-09-2009, 01:42
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Re: On Demand - How long does it take for programs to be on catchup?
Sometimes they do miss stuff off. Channel 4 have proven particularly good at that.
So have the BBC, surprisingly. I say surprisingly because from what I have been told, the Iplayer system is mostly automated (they have a huge system where they feed one copy of the programme in and it prepares the programme for distribution on all the various versions of Iplayer with no human interaction).
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22-09-2009, 08:35
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Re: On Demand - How long does it take for programs to be on catchup?
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Originally Posted by frogstamper
Don't worry Pia your not the only one to use the expression "taping it" still, most of my friends with V+ still say it as well.
Its only techies like zing who'll pick up on it.
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Ahem!I don't have a v+ box and I still have a VR.However I don't have to record anything as stuff is so often repeated later in the week OR it's on some sort of VOD.I also have the BBC iplayer and the channel 5 player as well on this PC.So I find there is little that I want to record..which is just as well as the VR is rather dodgy and years old.
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22-09-2009, 10:30
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Re: On Demand - How long does it take for programs to be on catchup?
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Originally Posted by frogstamper
Don't worry Pia your not the only one to use the expression "taping it" still, most of my friends with V+ still say it as well.
Its only techies like zing who'll pick up on it.
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I'm a techie, and I still refer to recording on my v+ as taping..
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22-09-2009, 10:41
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Re: On Demand - How long does it take for programs to be on catchup?
Aww booo, not impressed! Shoulda learned my lesson from BGT and taped it lol.
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22-09-2009, 10:55
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Re: On Demand - How long does it take for programs to be on catchup?
Where the hell is THE TUDORS? If you miss it that's it.
Did anyone see the scene with the red hot poker the other week? Ouch!
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22-09-2009, 14:13
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Re: On Demand - How long does it take for programs to be on catchup?
Last night we wanted to watch Masterchef, we tried at 9:45 but it was not available, in fact nothing was available after about 5pm. So I setup my laptop and tried BBC IPlayer and it was there So there ca nbe times when VM are slow to get programs available.
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22-09-2009, 14:22
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Re: On Demand - How long does it take for programs to be on catchup?
Can anyone tell me why when ever I watch anything on catch up the first time I start watching it the box reboots then once it has finished I can watch stuff with no trouble?
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22-09-2009, 15:02
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Re: On Demand - How long does it take for programs to be on catchup?
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Originally Posted by pjh1950
Last night we wanted to watch Masterchef, we tried at 9:45 but it was not available, in fact nothing was available after about 5pm. So I setup my laptop and tried BBC IPlayer and it was there So there ca nbe times when VM are slow to get programs available.
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Yeah, Sunday's X Factor is on the ITV site but not on Virgin so i blame VM!
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