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About 123WebTV

Web TV is TV delivered to you via the internet, through your broadband connection. There are TV channels and programmes that are made available over the internet by a broad range of broadcasters and providers. Some channels provide free content others provide content that is available for a fee or by subscription. We deal with internet content that is available to users in the UK. However these services are just developing and broadcasters are selecting a variety of technologies to implement online video broadcasting. You may find that not all video may be available for you to view depending on your broadband connection speed, type of computer, browser, and media player.

What is 123WebTV?

123WebTV is a TV guide for Web TV. It enables you to choose which Web TV channel or programme you want to watch. You find the programme then click on the link which takes you to the website of the channel or programme provider. 123 web tv.com works like a TV Guide on Satellite, Freeview or Cable where you click on a programme and watch that channel or programme from the broadcaster who provides it.

Is there a cost to 123WebTV?

123WebTV.com is free to use.. However some of the providers may charge you a fee to watch, like Setanta or Sky, but you need to subscribe to them directly. In the future we plan to have a login to enable you to use favourites and create your own TV Guide for Web TV, we are working on it now and we plan for that to be free as well.

What computer system do I need?

You can use 123WebTV on a Mac or PC. 123WebTV has been designed to work with any browser and most normal broadband connections. If you can watch and use BBC iPlayer for example, you can use 123WebTV.

How do I make 123WebTV.com my home page?

Your web browser is often preset to open on the manufacturer's homepage. You can change this so that your browser opens on a web page of your choice. Once you have set a homepage, the "home" button in your browser menu bar will always take you back to that page.

Internet Explorer

Go to 123WebTV.com
Click on 'Tools' then choose 'Internet Options'.
Click the 'General tab'.
In the homepage area click 'Use Current'.
Click 'Apply', then 'OK'

Firefox

Go to 123WebTV.com
Click on 'Tools', then 'Options.'
The popup window will open up with the 'General tab'.
At the top of the window, you'll see 'Home Page Locations.
Click on 'Use Current Page', click 'OK'.

What types of programmes can I see?

You can see programmes from channels such as BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Five, Sky, Lovefilm, Setanta, Cycling TV, Football club channels, Discovery, History, You tube – in fact around 75,000 programmes from over 200 at anytime.

How can I find what I want to watch?

123WebTV have designed the TV guide that helps you easily select and sort out what you want to watch – so that in 3 to 5 clicks you can be connected to that channel or programme.

Why don’t 123WebTV deliver me the programmes – why do you link to other people’s websites to play the channel or programme?

Each channel or programme provider does something slightly different via their websites. We try to deliver the 123WebTV user the best experience from each of these providers – rather than re-invent the wheel – most of them do a great job delivering channels/programmes via the web already.

Is it legal?

Yes we have had our lawyers participate throughout the creation of 123WebTV.com and we have deliberately gone down the legal route – because we believe that users would prefer to know they are connecting to legal TV programmes – rather than illegal ones. So we have not included any programmes we know to be illegal.

What do I do if I have any suggestions?

If you have any suggestions then please email us – we are no the font of all knowledge and all input is welcome – positive or negative. If there are channels/programmes you would like us to add – or if you are a channel you think we should add then also please contact us using the contact form

Who are 123WebTV.com?

We are a team of industry specialists who believe that there is no TV Guide for Web TV that makes it easy for users to find out what Web TV is available and with a few clicks be watching it on their PC at home, school, university or in the office. We hope you enjoy it!

Mac users

If you are using a Mac computer you will not be able to see programmes 4oD and Demand 5. These sites have chosen to deliver video content using technology that currently does not support Mac platforms.

PC users

You can watch pretty much anything. Please however check the help pages of the each TV channel to see if your browser is up to date or you have the latest Windows Media Player installed.

4oD

4oD is not available currently for Mac computers. It will only work if you live in the UK or Eire, have a Windows XP or Windows Vista PC, use Internet Explorer 5.5 or over, have Windows Media Player 10 or over and a broadband connection. Check out 4oD help pages.

ITV

itv.com supplies video in three primary formats. The content is mostly streamed in Windows Media Video and there is also some Flash Video. To use their video players, you must be using a PC running Windows Vista with Service Pack 1, Windows XP with Service Pack 2, or Windows 2000 with Service Pack 2 or Mac OS 10.4.8+ (Intel-based): Intel Core Duo 1.83GHz or higher processor with at least 128Mb of Ram. You can see videos on Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari browsers on PC and Mac. Check out itv help pages.