Streaming UK TV shows on Windows Phone possible with upcoming TVCatchup app

If you're not familiar with the UK service, TVCatchup is a gratuitous way to watch boob tube shows when not saturday in forepart of the big screen. Unfortunately, despite the naming, TVCatchup does not sport functionality to enable users to spotter shows that have already been on air, but the available free streaming is a corking feature for any device.

TVCatchup already has an app bachelor for Windows eight, only there'due south also currently an app in development for Windows Telephone 8.All About Windows Telephone has taken a look at what we can look.

The app is basically a native experience for what's stored and presented on the main website (www.tvcatchup.com). It provides users a listing of what's currently on television likewise as hereafter programming on Uk Freeview channels. When selecting a aqueduct, detailed descriptions of current and following programmes are displayed.

When the app is published on the Windows Phone Store it'll support all three Alive Tile sizes, which flip over to reveal thumbnails of terminal viewed programmes. Private channels can be pinned every bit pocket-size or medium sized tiles for more than user-friendly access to favourite sources. TVCatchup offers two video quality settings for streaming, which can exist selected automatically depending on connectivity (WiFi or 3G, etc.)

Unfortunately, while the service is free, users are viewing what's broadcasted by providers. This means advertisements are present (with no way of skipping through), but the app does let users to repeat the previous handful of seconds of the stream, handy if you lot have missed some content. As well as channel adverts, TVCatchup likewise sports some adverts of its own merely are reportedly not as intrusive.

We'll go along an eye out for when TVCatchup is released for Windows Phone, expected to be approximately two weeks. Until and then, be certain to check the desktop app out, which is bachelor on the Windows Store.

via: AAWP

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