TVCatchUp service offers online PVR to Freeview users

February 4, 2008 – A new online service has emerged in the UK called TVCatchUp, which allows users to record and store Freeview DTT channels online and stream them to any PC with Internet access.

Each user is currently given 10GB of storage per account, and must have a UK IP address to set up an account.  Other features offered include season-pass/series link, and programme information via an online electronic programme guide (EPG).

Users can also watch shows that didn’t record themselves – in effect, borrowing them from someone else via a request.  Recordings are kept for around 60 days, and the service is funded by advertising.

Plans have also been rumoured of a mobile version of TVCatchUp to be launched in the second quarter of this year.