Virgin Media New TV Anywhere iOS App – Coming Soon
We were recently invited to Virgin Media’s Head Office in London to take a look at their brand new Virgin TV Anywhere service. We were incredibly impressed, most notably with the new iOS app that integrates seamlessly to create a unique viewing and organizing experiences.
Virgin TV Anywhere is a brand new app for your iOS device (it has not been launched yet but will be available within the next few weeks). This app allows the user to view available channels wherever you are. This will include around 30 channels available from launch and around 60 channels on the PC version.
Integration
One particular aspect that we really liked was how it allowed the user to integrate and manage their TiVo box. You can record and delete programs from your TiVo within the app, whilst another person is watching an alternative program on it. This way, you can be organizing the hard drive effectively and leave the viewer uninterrupted. You don’t even need to be in the same room and can even do this remotely.
Yes, the app also works as a very efficient remote control, we found it to be very B&O esque and particularly liked the swipe function, where you literally swipe the program from your remote on to the TV, and it was just like finding the force.
Profiles
If you like to find out more about the program, presenters or actors in any particular program that you have watched, then this app allows you to do that and more. If there’s one particular actor that you enjoy watching you can also search for all the other programs or films that they’re in allowing you to watch those too.
This app will be completely free for all Virgin TiVo customers, while other Virgin TV Customers will be able to access much of the same functionality online. Unfortunately it is not yet available for Android users but this is in the works.”
Social Interaction
This is the first app developed for this service and will be developed further, allowing for additional social interaction. You will be able to let your Facebook friends know what you’re watching and view their recommendations too. There’s a lot more to be done to this already very competent app and we’re very excited for the future, it might just be time to say goodbye to Sky…
Joanne Carter
Joanne Carter is a British photography journalist, editor, curator, and the founder of *TheAppWhisperer.com*, one of the world’s leading platforms dedicated to mobile photography and art. Since its launch in 2009, TheAppWhisperer has become an international hub for artists of all levels to discover, learn, exhibit, and engage with contemporary photographic practice.Built on principles of inclusivity, accessibility, and artistic excellence, Joanne has spent almost two decades championing mobile photography as a serious artistic medium. Through interviews, critical essays, exhibitions, competitions, and education, she has helped shape and document the evolution of mobile art on a global scale.Her work has taken her internationally, lecturing on photography and mobile art at institutions and events including the Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea, alongside appearances in the UK and Europe. She has served as a juror for international photography and mobile art awards across Portugal, Canada, the United States, South Korea, Italy, and the UK.Joanne is also the founder of *TheAppWhispererPrintSales.com*, one of the first online galleries dedicated exclusively to collectible mobile art, connecting artists with collectors across Europe, the United States, and Asia.Before founding TheAppWhisperer, Joanne worked extensively in print journalism and photographic publishing, including roles at a paparazzi photo agency and as deputy editor of a leading photography magazine. Her freelance journalism, criticism, and commentary have been published widely in both the UK and the US, with bylines in *The Times*, *The Sunday Times*, *The Guardian*, *Popular Photography*, *NikonPro*, *DPReview*, *Which?*, *Vogue Italia*, *LensCulture*, the *BBC*, and more recently, the *Financial Times*, where her published letters on photography continue to contribute to wider conversations around the medium.Alongside her editorial and curatorial work, Joanne’s own photographic practice has been exhibited internationally across the UK, Europe, South Korea, and the United States. Her work increasingly explores themes of grief, loss, death, memory, and the body.Her current research interests centre on grief, death, and poverty, with forthcoming postgraduate study leading towards doctoral research in these areas.Joanne is currently developing new long-form writing and photographic projects and is available for commissions, editorial projects, speaking engagements, and collaborations.Contact: joannetheappwhisperer@gmail.com)
