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TV on demand

Catch-up TV services – together with advent of digital video recorders – have given viewers far greater choice of how and when they watch TV.

Recent Ofcom research found that nearly a quarter of households were watching catch-up TV online in 2008, compared to 17 per cent in 2007.

Digital video recorders

We’ve put together a video guide to give you a better idea about how this technology works.

It also looks at some of the digital video recorders and online TV services available today.

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