LocateTV Blog

So, the long days of summer sun and socialising are over and if you’re in the USA it’s time to grab a blanket, hit the couch, and dig in to the feast of pilots and new seasons on offer from the networks this fall.
The choice can be overwhelming. How do you make sure you get [...]

As you would imagine, the vast majority of searches on LocateTV are for when a specific TV programme, film or actor is next showing on TV, online and on DVD.
However, there are times when searching for content by director is a better bet. This is pretty common for someone like Hitchcock or Scorsese, famous directors [...]

Another update from the world of region-specific, multi-media, TV and film searchorama.
The great news is that our triallists seem to love the new search page - it’s ironed out many of the problems people have had searching for their favourite shows and actors, and we’ve had some very positive comments.
Of course, we’ve noticed some less [...]

The era of the Bush/Blair love-in may seem but a distant memory, but The Emmys were proof that transatlantic ties hold strong, with Brits Ricky Gervais and Helen Mirren both scooping prizes at the US awards show this week.
Less surprising was the dominance of The Sopranos, garnering awards for oustanding drama, best writing and best [...]

Health warning: the DVD price comparison feature on LocateTV can seriously raise your blood pressure. There are few things more irritating than realising that the Rome Season One box set you bought last week (life just ain’t the same without all that sex, blood and brawn) from the BBC website at £36.49 could have been [...]

Shout it from the rooftops: the latest site updates are now live. In addition to the amendments in the change log there is a new (hidden) search page for you to use which is trialling our improved search function.
I almost want to put this whole post in bold, with lots of exclamation marks, but I’ll [...]

It’s been interesting to see how our private beta users are using LocateTV’s multi-region coverage. For example, some testers are switching to US mode to find out about the early DVD releases already available there, or because they have a Region 1 DVD player. This has lead to a request for users to see [...]

So the private beta feedback is flooding in - much of it extremely positive, thank goodness! - but also, as we suspected, one of the main issues concerns the range of our data: the listings and DVD/online download info on TV shows, films and actors which is currently covered by our database. It took us [...]

Repeats and LocateTV make natural bedfellows. Missing a key episode of your favourite show, but scouring the listings for a chance to see it again to no avail (Sunday afternoon? Surely it’s repeated on Sunday afternoon) – is exactly the kind of scenario in which Locate will be a godsend.
Moreover, the launch seems particularly timely, [...]

They’ve become national icons, really. They seem to be all over the web. Steve at the Low Culture blog has greeted them back like old friends. JauntyEmma wants to know if Kirstie’s written a parenting guide. House-hunter Trousers and his partner have developed something of a crush.
I can go one better: they have trodden my [...]