![]() The BT TV Box Pro has a long list of supported streaming apps – Netflix, Amazon’s Prime Video, NOW, Britbox, BT Sport, BT Player, Milkshake and more, as well as all the standard catch-up streaming apps – BBC iPlayer, ITV Hub, All4, My5, UKTV Play, S4C, STV Player and BBC Sounds. Last year, BT TV launched the BT TV Box Pro – A 4K/HDR YouView-based box with streaming apps, 4 tuners and 1TB of storage for recordings.Īll new BT TV customers now get this new advanced box (and existing customers with older boxes can upgrade to it). Virgin Media Stream Box BT TV Box Pro’s New Freeview Streaming And Sky has its streaming TV – Sky Glass, but is also planning to launch the Sky Stream puck later this year, a standalone TV streaming and Freeview device. The new Freeview-over-Internet service are already offered on BT’s website, and existing customers are reporting they can add the feature by updating and resetting their Pro boxes.īT TV’s new Mini box (and the Internet Mode on the BT TV Pro Box) puts BT in direct competition with the new streaming options from Virgin and Sky.Įarlier this year, Virgin launched its own streaming TV box, that lets you watch Freeview over broadband. ![]() The new Freeview-without-an-aerial “Internet Mode”, as it’s called on BT’s boxes, will be available both on BT’s primary box – the BT TV Pro Box, and the new Mini box, which is intended as a solution for households that want to watch BT TV in more rooms. Instead, the Mini Box will let you subscribe to and watch streaming services like Netflix and Sky’s NOW, while also letting you watch some Freeview channels over broadband. BT TV Box Mini is available for existing BT TV Box Pro customers for an additional £10 per month.BT is launching a long-awaited feature that will put its BT TV service in direct competition with Sky Glass and Virgin’s Stream Box: The ability to stream and watch Freeview channels without an aerial.įurthermore, BT is launching a new streaming box, the BT TV Mini Box, that will be a streaming-only box, without the ability to record and without an aerial connection. The BT TV Box Mini works just like the BT TV Box Pro, connecting to the Smart Hub via Wi-Fi, so customers can watch their favourite channels without the need for an aerial. Removing the need for an aerial connection not only gives even more consumers the opportunity to take out BT TV, it also gives our customers even more flexibility with their TV set-up, allowing them to access great content, from anywhere in the home”.īT is also introducing the BT TV Box Mini, a new multiroom compact TV box, which lets customers watch TV in an extra room of the house, meaning BT TV customers can watch different shows, in a different room, at the very same time. Offers pause, rewind, and record functionality – making sure customers never miss their favourite showsĬommenting on the development, Sharon Meadows, propositions director, BT said: “We continue to look for ways to enhance the TV experience for our customers.Integrated search – helping streamline viewing and removing the need to remember which show is on which platform.Bluetooth remote – offering a quicker, smoother experience and allows the box to be stored out of sight, if needed.4 Tuners – allowing customers to record up to 3 shows and watch a 4th simultaneously Aerial mode: record up to 4 channels at once alternatively in internet mode: record up to 2 channels at once.1TB of storage – double the capacity of the previous BT TV box, with up to 600 hours of recordings.Dolby Atmos – offering the best immersive audio experience.4K HDR – up to four times the detail of HD offering vivid, pin-sharp detail.In addition to the all-new internet mode, BT TV Box Pro provides BT TV customers with: Alternatively, if already an existing BT TV Box Pro customer, then there is no need for them to change, however they will still receive an automatic software update allowing them to reset their connectivity settings if required in the future. When a customer sets up their BT TV Box Pro for the first time, they’ll be given the simple option in the set-up journey to either connect via internet mode or aerial mode. New and existing BT TV Box Pro customers in the UK can now access TV shows, browse channels and apps all in one place, without the need for an aerial.īT TV Box Pro is BT’s latest set-top box, designed to allow customers to make the most of TV packages on BT TV, which offer access to the UK’s widest choice of TV shows, films, and sport.
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