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New Seesaw broadband TV service launches

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Posted 18th February 2010 at 10:53am by Ewan Taylor-Gibson

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Telly addicts have the chance to watch old episodes of their favourite shows through the new Seesaw broadband TV service.

The website is an online streaming platform, which has compiled over 3,000 hours of content from the likes of BBC, Channel 4 and Five, including hit shows such as Hustle, The Apprentice, Shameless and classic episodes of Doctor Who.

It is currently being offered for free and is funded by adverts shown before and during each programme, although a pay model may come into force when more high-profile content is added.

John Keeling, the Controller of Seesaw, said: "'This is the tip of the iceberg.

"It feels to me like it did 20 years ago when I was at Sky and multichannel TV was just beginning and you saw satellite dishes sprouting on people's homes like mushrooms."

A recent report by Morgan Stanley suggested that the creation of the internet-connected TV platform Project Canvas could boost demand for broadband services in the UK.

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  • Guy Manuel, 18th February 2010.

    Can't help feeling there's not going to be enough room in the market for all these broadband TV services. The ad model does seem to work better for TV than for music, though. As Spotify has shown, it's not great for musicians.

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  • Dan, 18th February 2010.

    Why would anyone want to watch BBC programs through a service thats gonna split it up and which uses adverts? One of the major benefits of BBC is that it's advert-free.

    Would be great to see if ITV put their version of iPlayer advert-free for one week and see how many more people used it. Surely if you got people more interested in watching it using their web based player then actual viewing figures are likely to go up as a result?

    There are so many shows I've watched on iPlayer, which i would never have seen. I've then liked it and watched them on live TV as well. Therefore, if the same was to happen to ITV stuff, I'D then watch their advert-laden TV programs live and viewing figures would go up. I can't be the only to have this view.

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