LocateTV Blog

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 [...]

Just when you thought January was all dullness, diets and bad weather, along comes Lottie to brighten up your week.
Yes, it’s LocateTV’s second video blog, and in this episode Lottie demonstrates how to use the new MyPicks feature, which allows you to bookmark your top TV shows, movies and actors to build a custom-made page [...]

It’s that time of the week when we update you on the improvements made to LocateTV - some obvious and cosmetic, some behind-the-scenes tweaks which make it run more smoothly.
First up, we have the improved embedding pages. As always, you can search for any TV series, episode, film, actor or crew member and click on [...]

“Where do I find all my Jessica Simpson facts and photos?” we hear you cry plaintively. Well now Locate TV can provide you with your answer. Just head over to SweetKisses , where the lovely Joanna has compiled everything you could possibly need to know about the blonde bombshell. A recent convert to Locate [...]

Have you ever tried explaining something that seems really simple and brilliant to you, but others just don’t get it? Sure you have, everyone has, and all of us here at LocateTV central feel such pain on a regular basis. It can be incredibly infuriating to be describing our work to friends, family and unfortunately [...]

If you’re in the minority of web users who use Google’s eponymous Gmail service, you’ll perhaps be better positioned to understand why LocateTV exists. Let me explain.
For years, managing your email online followed a very traditional format. Whether you were a user of Hotmail, Yahoo or AOL – each service had only a few [...]

One of my few memories of pre-school involves me being unjustly dismissed to the cloakroom as punishment for saying that I was bored. I have no idea what this was intended to achieve but two decades later, I’ve become an armchair anarchist - it just goes to show, doesn’t it?
The reason I mention such a [...]

Back in the early days of online content distribution and peer-to-peer file sharing, it seemed that most films and TV programmes would soon be freely available to web users with less-than-scrupulous consciences. Defenders of illegal P2P activity such as CNET reader Bretbb0 claim that the money internet piracy costs the industry is insignificant compared to [...]

One of the ways in which we’re delighted to see web users embracing LocateTV in public beta is the uptake of embeds by fan sites based around specific shows and actors. We’ve always seen the embeds as a great strength of LocateTV, allowing bloggers and site owners to share content with their readers, be it [...]

Specialised TV and film search is certainly a growth market. With so much TV and film content out there and so many ways of watching it, it’s no wonder that companies are spotting an opportunity to help people navigate all the offerings to easily and quickly find what they want to watch.
But amongst all the [...]