Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/16/talktalk_gears_up_for_2012_youview_roll_out/
TalkTalk gears up to 2012 YouView roll-out
Test in Q1, launch in the Spring
Posted in Hardware, 16th November 2011 12:24 GMT
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YouView, the UK's 'IPTV Freeview', is "on track" to launch in 2012, participant telco TalkTalk has said.
TalkTalk, posting its interim financial results, said: "Development within the YouView team is progressing well, and within TalkTalk we are making great progress on provisioning capability.
"We are on track to offer a value-for-money product of phone, broadband and TV in Spring 2012," it said.
YouView was to have debuted in the summer of 2011, but the release date slipped [1], allegedly because of disagreements between supporters over the platform's technical specifications.
Before then, during the first three months of 2012, the company will offer a test service for existing customers.
"We anticipate running 'Friends and Family' trials in [FY]Q4 which will focus on the end-to-end customer experience."
TalkTalk said it pumped £2m into YouView during the first half of its current fiscal year, which ended 30 September 2011. It's spending around £4m a year on the service. ®