It's good to see YouView making a spirited fightback under the tutelage of their fearsome new Chairman.
In the past few days they've at least raised their credibility by announcing a raft of industry and content partners. Of course, all that takes is a phone call or email. But the problem with YouView from the beginning was its BBC conceived protectionism in a world of open standards.
The involvement of Sky is particularly significant, even if they seem miles from getting their multiple walled gardens sorted out into a proper tv everywhere strategy.
So now the next two things for them to do are to embrace the second screen and throw open their door to developers.
Yes, this is a u-turn since I now believe that the UK needs a platform before it's over-run by imposed solutions, so now the other challenge is to get manufacturers and the international players involved.
In the past few days they've at least raised their credibility by announcing a raft of industry and content partners. Of course, all that takes is a phone call or email. But the problem with YouView from the beginning was its BBC conceived protectionism in a world of open standards.
The involvement of Sky is particularly significant, even if they seem miles from getting their multiple walled gardens sorted out into a proper tv everywhere strategy.
So now the next two things for them to do are to embrace the second screen and throw open their door to developers.
Yes, this is a u-turn since I now believe that the UK needs a platform before it's over-run by imposed solutions, so now the other challenge is to get manufacturers and the international players involved.