Video searching site Blinkx today launches a new site, Blinkx Remote, devoted solely to finding broadcast programmes which are legally available to view on the web.
With all of the UK’s terrestrial broadcasters now offering some degree of free catch-up offerings via the web, Blinkx Remote indexes all the programmes available, categorises them by original broadcaster and genre, and provides links to the broadcasters’ own on-demand sites.
If you have a Windows PC and can therefore view programmes from all the broadcasters, it’s sure to be a useful tool, especially as it seems to be head and shoulders above the navigation tools found on most of the commercial broadcasters’ websites. As a Mac-only user, I’m not sure it necessarily brings anything to a party where your only viewing option is iPlayer, whose own navigation, particularly after the recent revamp, is pretty good anyway.
Nevertheless, if you ever watch TV online, it’s a worthwhile addition to your bookmarks list.
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