We’re still awaiting details on what it has to offer but, in the meantime, users of existing boxes are to get new features from today too.
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Among the additions is Series Link+, which lets customers assemble TV shows they like in one place, including shows from live TV, available on VOD, or from OTT services like Netflix and BBC iPlayer.
The aim of the UI update is to help customers reach the content they want in fewer clicks. When you Series Link+ a programme in future, the box will not only series link the series but automatically hunt for additional episodes across catch-up and on demand services, including Netflix, and highlight them in the same folder as the specific recordings.
Other key features of the update are smart search, enabling viewers to find shows by entering only the first letter of the programme title, a reduction in the number of lists and text on the guide in favour of more images, the ability to pick up on-demand programmes as well as recorded content from the moment viewers stopped watching, bookmarking of programmes in a folder. More to come soon.
The update comes as Virgin Media is making significant changes to its TV service in 2016 with an improved user interface, exclusive programming and a new set-top box – the V6 – details of which were teased in a recent Tweet, which said: “Sneak Preview: Say hello to our new Virgin TV V6 box, powered by TiVo”.
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It is likely that the V6 will be 4K-compatible to enable Virgin Media to compete with Sky and BT’s offering.
