TVCatchup
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TVCatchup was an Internet television service for viewing free-to-air UK channels. It operated as a cable service and retransmitted BBC, Channel 4, Channel 5, and ITV, amongst others, only in the UK. Users were able to access the service via desktop browsers as well as smartphone and tablet apps. The service was funded by advertising, with advertisements preceding the live channel stream.
Type of business | Private company |
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Type of site | Internet television |
Area served | United Kingdom |
URL | tvcatchup |
Current status | Offline |
The service was originally launched in 2007 as a personal video recorder in the cloud, before being redesigned as a live-streaming service. As of October 2013[update], it had nearly 10 million active users, according to the company,[1] with 2 million viewers tuning in to the service to watch the England versus Poland FIFA World Cup qualifier on 15 October 2013.[2]
On 4 June 2014 TVCatchup Ltd went into administration by order of London's High Court of Justice.[3] The service remained online, despite winding up and liquidation orders made in May 2015. In August 2017, Bruce Pilley, a former director of the company, was banned from being a company director for nine years for failing to disclose that the company had a winding-up order against it when drawing down a loan.[4]