The BBC Red Button is coming to TiVo. Bonus news and sport content can be yours at the touch of a button on your Virgin Media TiVo box some time next year.
The BBC Sport app and BBC News app will offer interactive extras from the 2012 Olympics in London, Wimbledon, Euro 2012 and the BBC's truncated line-up of Formula 1 races.
The Red Button on TiVo will include the live streams from the BBC's existing Red Button service, as well as let you watch video streams on-demand, and additional content from BBC Online.
TiVo is Virgin Media's clever set-top box that learns what you like and records shows it thinks you'll like. Rate your recordings and TiVo will get to know your tastes. Presently, pressing the red button on your TiVo remote takes you to the BBC's catch-up service iPlayer.
The BBC Red Button allows viewers to join in with programmes by playing games and watching extra coverage, or watching a different game to that being shown on the regular telly. News, travel and weather updates, competition results, CBeebies games and other information are also available. Around 13 million UK adults press red every week.
The BBC News app will launch first, before the end of March. The BBC Sport app will follow soon after.
Do you regularly press red? Which shows and events make good use of the bonus button? Tell us what red button extras you'd like to see in the comments or on our Facebook page.
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PaulGreyhead 20 December, 2011 08:25
Formula 1 practice coverage on the red button is excellent.
MikeBuck_1 20 December, 2011 09:45
k, i've had tivo for a month and never even realised I didn't have it! lol Shows how much I use it
anonymous 4 January, 2012 22:50
Miss having BBC weather on the red button, it was always useful.
anonymous 10 March, 2012 09:10
Horrified to find out there was no BBC red button service. I used to watch all F1 practices the forum etc. Motogp 1&2 not covered on mainstream BBC only on red button, I also liked to watch music festivals and various live perfomances on the red button too,,, then i got Tivo.
I am so pleased that it is supposed to be included soon. I know the BBC will miss the beginning of the F1 season. I read somewhere that they were still covering all practice and qualifying throughout the season if this so, I presume I shall miss it too!
My next question is, how soon is 'soon after'?
anonymous 9 April, 2012 22:52
It's now April 2012 - so where is it?