Channel 4 could be bringing its 4OD service to the PS3. We reported in June that ITV were in talks with Sony about launching the ITV Player on PS3, and now it appears that Channel 4 are following suit.
An unnamed source from Channel 4 has apparently revealed to Broadcast magazine that they are “… looking to launch on the PS3”.
4OD is already available through a range of sources outside of the Channel 4 website such as Virgin’s on-demand service and the much lauded YouTube partnership. Given iPlayer’s success on the console, it makes sense for 4OD to join the party with their own dedicated application and become the first commercial broadcaster to do so.
Whether this would be available as a free download with un-skippable ads in the programmes, or as part of a PlayStation Plus subscription and ad-free is so far open to speculation. Delicious speculation.
Source: Techradar.
baska
lets hope it works better than iplayer!
spekjemean
iplayer works fine. It must be your internet connection.
Demibeard
I’m not so bothered about the ITV player, but 4oD would be a very welcome addition to my XMB, now if only I could filter out anything Big Brother related I’d be even happier.
dude90
I take it one is glad to see it going.
EntitledToOpinion
I dont know if the problem is with firefox or whatever, but 4OD has never worked for me. The video stream is always broken, so that I only get to view the top left quater of the video. Hopefully a PS3 app would fix that for me, there’s some quality stuff on there i’d really like to watch.
On a side note, the iPlayer is by far and away the most used feature of my playstation, barr playing games of course. Heck, I even use it more than I watch actual television.
Serebii.Net
I have always wanted this..
Channel 4>BBC :D