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Hopefully by now you will have noticed we recently made some major changes to the LocateTV homepage to make it easier to use and highlight some of the great features we have on the site, such as What’s On TV, My Picks and the new Seasons Starting This Week.
For those who haven’t seen it, here […]

Many TV shows are best viewed in episode sequence. For a great story, like Battlestar Galactica, you really want to start watching at the beginning of a season. If you are lucky enough to own a Digital Video Recorder (DVR) then you will want to start by recording episode 1.
For this very reason we have […]

Recently we rolled out shiny new designs for the LocateTV embeds. We hope that these will enable fansite and blog owners to more cleanly let their readers know when their favourite shows are next on. As always the embed information is dynamically updated for the location of the person viewing the page with the embed […]

So you’ve found a great TV show or movie on LocateTV and it’s next on the Hallmark channel. Hmmm… what number is that channel on? LocateTV has the answer!
If you set your TV service provider (click the flag icon in the search bar) LocateTV will now show you channel numbers for your supplier. It’s as […]

It is now a few weeks since we introduced our new TV guide - What’s On TV and already it is one of the most used pages on our site.
The aim of What’s On TV is simply to answer the question of what can I watch on TV right now. TV shows are arranged […]

If you have Firefox 2+ or Internet Explorer 7+ you can now add LocateTV to your search bar in the upper-right corner of your browser, allowing you to quickly search LocateTV for your favourite TV shows, movies or actors.
Adding LocateTV to your search bar is simple… just visit any page on LocateTV and then click […]

So you’ve put together your list of favorite TV shows, movies and actors on MyPicks and use it to keep up-to-date with when and where they will be next on for you. Why not let others benefit from your choices? At the bottom of your list you will find a link to allow you to […]

Have you noticed some new icons appearing when you search on LocateTV? These three icons will tell you if the show, movie or person you are looking for is on TV, on DVD and/or online. If you hover over the icons you’ll see a bit more info too, which can be a handy guide for […]

It is great to hear that people are using the MyPicks feature on LocateTV to keep up to date with when their favorite shows and actors are available to watch. Already we have been asked if the limit of items that can be added to a MyPicks list can be raised - so now we […]

According to Tiscali’s TV Trends Report 2007 published today:

Strong stuff; but in many ways good news for LocateTV. The report, independent although commissioned by UK broadband and media provider Tiscali, claims that in a competitive and fast-moving entertainment market, ‘choice is key and will have a significant impact on who suceeds’.
Absolutely. We set up the […]