STV Player live on YouView

The STV Player is now live on YouView set top boxes, and available within the STV licence areas of Scotland.

STV was selected as one of the first of two initial additional content partners from over 300 expressions of interest from potential partners, with Sky’s new internet TV service, NOW TV, being the other partner.

Viewers can watch STV programmes live as well as catching up on shows such as Coronation Street, Emmerdale and X Factor via the STV Player, through the boxes general search function and via the YouView programme guide.

Alistair Brown, chief technology and platforms officer at STV, said: “YouView represents a major development in the evolution of TV in the UK offering an exciting new way for viewers to watch and move between live and catch-up TV. It is great that STV is one of the first content partners to go live on this new and innovative platform.”

Richard Halton, YouView CEO, said: “We are very pleased to have STV on board as one of the first content partners for YouView. STV is one of the UK’s most popular television networks offering brilliant original content and it is great that their player is now live on YouView, giving users on-demand access to the channel.”