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New ITV Player launches with pay mechanism (January 2006)

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paul_hadley
The video player has been updated.


A considerable improvement. No more green!
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Macalolo
The video player has been updated.


A considerable improvement. No more green!


It also seems a lot more swish when moving the seek bar.

I also notice a lot of programmes offering subtitles on the ITV Player.
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gottago
The video player has been updated.


A considerable improvement. No more green!


It also seems a lot more swish when moving the seek bar.

I also notice a lot of programmes offering subtitles on the ITV Player.


They've had subtitles on the player for a long time.

The scroll bar is still quite pixelated when in full screen.
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skynewsfreak
New look ITV Player website now in 'Beta'

http://www.itv.com/newitvplayer/
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gottago
New look ITV Player website now in 'Beta'

http://www.itv.com/newitvplayer/


Not bad. A bit better than what they've currently got.

I recently got a chance to see a new service that they're trialling internally to replace the current ITV News site. Essentially it was a constantly updated live feed of new news stories from both the national and regional news. There was a scroll bar at the top that let you move back in hours to stories that were released earlier in the day. It should be released by December I think.
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Macalolo
New look ITV Player website now in 'Beta'

http://www.itv.com/newitvplayer/


A lot better in design, nothing feature wise to scream from the rooftops though.
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Macalolo
New look ITV Player website now in 'Beta'

http://www.itv.com/newitvplayer/


Not bad. A bit better than what they've currently got.

I recently got a chance to see a new service that they're trialling internally to replace the current ITV News site. Essentially it was a constantly updated live feed of new news stories from both the national and regional news. There was a scroll bar at the top that let you move back in hours to stories that were released earlier in the day. It should be released by December I think.


What was the design like?
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gottago
New look ITV Player website now in 'Beta'

http://www.itv.com/newitvplayer/


Not bad. A bit better than what they've currently got.

I recently got a chance to see a new service that they're trialling internally to replace the current ITV News site. Essentially it was a constantly updated live feed of new news stories from both the national and regional news. There was a scroll bar at the top that let you move back in hours to stories that were released earlier in the day. It should be released by December I think.


What was the design like?


Pretty plain. The ITV News logo was at the top, then the scroll bar and then the real time stories with probably about two lines of information for each. Adverts on the right I think.

Actually now I think about it the regions were sending stories to the national web team who were deciding which of those to publish nationally. I think they were doing an Olympics sub-category as well so I guess it should let you filter by subject.
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paul_hadley
New look ITV Player website now in 'Beta'

http://www.itv.com/newitvplayer/


The ITV Player website will now conform to the ITV.com generic look (header, etc) - so that's good news.

It also looks quite a bit cleaner than the current site.

It doesn't look like a separate website anymore, which is a good thing.
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tomo359
Quite liking the new look ITV Player and glad it matches the rest of itv.com

Still not liking the lack of larger embedded video or HD option, but hopefully this will come soon.

Lots of ways to search for programmes which is nice as well Smile
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dbl
They should sort of the video quality as well!
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Macalolo
So the ITV News website will have continuous updates throughout the day, some trial period if you like of this system has taken place with updates throughout the day being posted.
http://www.itv.com/news/live/

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