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Will the BBC News and Sport apps be coming to YouView?

DADA Member Posts: 142
edited 20 March 2017, 5:24PM in Archived Posts
I was just reading a blog post on the BBC Internet Blog and wondered if the BBC News and Sport apps will be making an appearance on YouView and if so when.

Seeing as the BBC are a partner in YouView I find it strange that they are not there already, especially as they are present on many TVs, set-top boxes and games consoles already:

Today the BBC iPlayer, News and Sport apps are available on an astonishing 650 connected TV devices, from internet-enabled or Smart TVs and set-top-boxes to media players and games consoles, delivering more than 45 million videos to 2 million users every month. Most recently, the BBC Sport app has been used by more than 200,000 users a day to watch the phenomenal London 2012 Olympic Games coverage on connected TVs alone, having only launched a few short weeks before.

It would have been amazing to have during the Olympics, hopefully it will be part of the October update.

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  • gsvalentinegsvalentine Member Posts: 163 ✭✭
    edited 20 March 2017, 5:24PM
    Any news on if they apps will ever be getting added?
  • stormystormy Member Posts: 1,026 ✭✭
    edited 6 March 2017, 10:48PM
    And they say 'Silence is golden' :)
  • RoyRoy Member, Super User Posts: 17,813 ✭✭✭
    edited 7 December 2016, 8:39AM
    stormy said:

    And they say 'Silence is golden' :)

    But my eyes still see...
    ‘Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful’ Wm Morris
  • TomWTomW Member Posts: 508 ✭✭
    edited 5 March 2017, 2:28PM
    If it's any consolation I have those apps on my Panasonic TV and they're not that great in my opinion. I have used the sport app perhaps one or twice in the last two years.
  • stormystormy Member Posts: 1,026 ✭✭
    edited 3 March 2017, 6:12PM
    Luckily my PS3 does a fairly good job with the BBC Sport app and the 'other' services I'd like to see on Youview. I do still prefer how the players integrate into Youview but really expect very little more from it than it already does. Used iPlayer loads recently on Youview and have to say its still flawlessly implemented on my DTR-T1010. Love the few clicks to search and launch.
  • alal Member, Super User Posts: 1,342 ✭✭✭
    edited 8 December 2016, 12:01PM
    TomW said:

    If it's any consolation I have those apps on my Panasonic TV and they're not that great in my opinion. I have used the sport app perhaps one or twice in the last two years.

    I plan to check out wimbledon on my Panny. If it's possible to see the ball I will be surprised.
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