Posted: 03rd Jun, 2009 By: MarkJ
Broadband ISP Tiscali UK, which is currently in the process of being acquired by TalkTalk ( The Carphone Warehouse ), has announced the launch of a new enhanced Electronic Programme Guide (EPG) for its Tiscali TV (IPTV) service. Launching on 10th June, the new EPG is said to be more personalised, faster, widescreen and uses High Definition (HD) graphics.
"Now our viewers can jump from the welcome screen to the exact content they want more simply and faster than ever before," says Jonathan Sykes, Managing Director of Tiscali TV. "We think that we have now given Tiscali TV the most elegant and usable TV EPG in the UK. That’s quite a feat when you consider that we need to help our viewers navigate quickly through over 110 channels, 19 radio stations, Catch-Up programmes 5,000 hours of on demand and up to 1,000 movies, and 8,000 music videos."
The Catch-Up area is much improved and allows the user to choose the channel, day and programme all in one screen. The EPG has also introduced a search function that allows text message style searching across all content from broadcast programmes to your Tiscali+ recordings
The changes will come into effect automatically with a software update sent directly to the set top box (STB) and with no action required from the Tiscali TV customer.