Talk Talk TV

Talk Talk TV

TalkTalk TV is a UK-based consumer television and video on demand service, operated by the TalkTalk Group. The service is no longer available to new customers since early 2011, but continues to run for existing customers. TalkTalk has developed a new TV service with five other companies, called YouView, and is running under their own brand TalkTalk Plus TV.

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, until it was purchased by Tiscali UK in August 2006, and became known as Tiscali TV as of 1 March 2007. 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.

Its offering is delivered over a BT phone line, using ADSL to provide a Triple-play package of IPTV, Video On Demand, Telephony and Broadband access. 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.

In 2012, TalkTalk relaunched their TV service via a joint venture with Youview 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 toTalkTalk 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.

Read more about Talk Talk TV:  Pre-Youview

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