Virgin Media UK Make Linear FAST TV Channel Content Available On-Demand
Customers of broadband ISP Virgin Media (O2), specifically those who also take a Pay TV service via one of their TV 360, Stream or v6 box platforms, have today been informed that they’ve added video-on-demand (VoD) capabilities, “at no extra cost“, to at least some of their growing line up of FAST channels.
“For the first time, [customers] can watch unmissable episodes from their favourite FAST channel shows whenever suits them outside of the linear TV schedule. Customers can access the catch-up content via Virgin Media’s On Demand streaming app as well as via the Search function on their home screen,” said the announcement.
Just to be clear, this currently only applies to the “most popular” FAST channels, including Next Up Live Comedy, Love Pets, Haunt TV, Homes Under The Hammer, Baywatch, Real Crime, Real Wild, History Hit, Wonder, The Chat Show Channel and TRACE Sport Stars.
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David Bouchier, Chief TV and Entertainment Officer at VMO2, said:
“We’re making unmissable content even easier to enjoy by making linear FAST channel content available on-demand so Virgin TV customers can tune in at any time and at no extra cost. From comedy to crime and history to pets, our customers can keep up with it all, with catch-up capability now available for the first time for 11 of our most popular FAST channels.”
Naturally, customers who also wish to catch up on Pluto TV and Rakuten TV shows can do the same by simply opening the Pluto TV and the Rakuten Apps, respectively.
Mark is a professional technology writer, IT consultant and computer engineer from Dorset (England), he also founded ISPreview in 1999 and enjoys analysing the latest telecoms and broadband developments. Find me on X (Twitter), Mastodon, Facebook, BlueSky, Threads.net and Linkedin.
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