SeeSaw streams UK TV through Boxee
US IPTV platform gains UK content
Boxee, the US-based IPTV platform, has now got some UK-oriented content courtesy of UK telly-on-demand provider SeeSaw.
SeeSaw has begun a "test service" on Boxee, which can be downloaded and installed a wide variety of kit from computers to old-style Apple TVs - or on D-Link's Boxee set-top box. The Boxee UI is designed to be viewed on a TV. It's based on the open source XBMC media centre app.
That's good for SeeSaw, which is otherwise only available using a regular web browser. SeeSaw's owner, Arqiva, is part of the YouView consortium in the hope that this would-be UK IPTV standard will get SeeSaw off of computers and onto tellies.
Boxee currently hosts many US content services, including Netflix, Vudu and Mubi.
As a test offering, SeeSaw on Boxee is only accessible through the latter's search system. Just "search for a programme that you know we have on SeeSaw... This will take you directly to the SeeSaw player page", SeeSaw says.
Only the service's free, ad-supported content is available. It's rental and ads-free subscription packages are not present on Boxee.
Arqive has said it is looking for a strategic investor to take a stake in SeeSaw and fund the service's expansion. ®
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I use it on a few PC's and it has a lot of potential. Unfortunately, it also has a lot of bugs and/or design immaturity.
The linux build is a version behind the build for Windoze though so I can't comment on whether the latest version fixes some of Boxees "annoyances".
Why they don't release the latest build for linux alread is another matter entirely. The latest Windows build has been out since around Christmas ferchrissake.
"Only the service's free, ad-supported content is available. "
"Only the service's free, ad-supported content is available. "
In which case, I hope you like repeats of the Young Ones, The Apprentice and Bad Girls!
Paris, cos I mentioned Bad Girls!
