TalkTalk Player Revamped for Essentials TV and Plus TV Customers

UK ISP TalkTalk has unveiled a revamp of the ‘Player’ for their YouView (IPTV) TV based broadband and phone bundles, which ordinarily gives customers access to all the latest blockbuster movies and catch-up content. The enhanced Player includes a series of new features, such as an improved search engine and more of the latest blockbusters to rent from £4.00 for 48hrs.

The ISP has also made it easier for customers to discover all the channels and movies included in their package, with a new ‘Included Channels’ feature. As an extra security feature no payment for any of the paid content will be taken until customers enter their TalkTalk pin number. On top of that all live TV channels, including those that the ISP gives as additional monthly “Boosts”, can now be found in the YouView guide from channel 401 onwards.

Other Features of the Revamped TalkTalk Player:

• Powerful search: Find a movie by searching by title, actor, director or keyword.
• Watchlist: Save movies and shows to watch at another time.
• More like this: Find similar programmes to your favourite shows.
• Play all: Press the green button to play every episode in a series back to back.
• Most popular: Your favourite shows and movies in one place.
• Currently watching: If you need to leave a programme half way through, head to the ‘currently watching’ section to return to the exact point where you left off.

Apparently the new update is now being deployed to TalkTalk’s YouView (IPTV) based set-top-box devices, so make sure you’ve got them hooked up to the broadband line, and this process is expected to reach all 1 million of their TV homes by 17th June 2014.