![]() Īs of 17 September 2013, the website also offered a catchup service, providing listings for recently aired programmes from the UK's four largest broadcasters, and redirects viewers to their on-demand services. Users were able to view up to 17 channels live via the Internet. TVCatchup retransmitted free-to-air channels appearing on Freeview and Freesat within the UK. In August 2017, Bruce Pilley, a former director of the company, was banned from being a company director for nine years for failing to disclose that the company had a winding-up order against it when drawing down a loan. The service remained online, despite winding up and liquidation orders made in May 2015. On 4 June 2014 TVCatchup Ltd went into administration by order of London's High Court of Justice. As of October 2013, it had nearly 10 million active users, according to the company, with 2 million viewers tuning in to the service to watch the England versus Poland FIFA World Cup qualifier on 15 October 2013. The service was originally launched in 2007 as a personal video recorder in the cloud, before being redesigned as a live-streaming service. The service was funded by advertising, with advertisements preceding the live channel stream. Users were able to access the service via desktop browsers as well as smartphone and tablet apps. It operated as a cable service and retransmitted BBC, Channel 4, Channel 5, and ITV, amongst others, only in the UK. TVCatchup was an Internet television service for viewing free-to-air UK channels. ![]()
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