Netflix has secured carriage on the connected TV platform YouView. As a result, YouView now offers all the major UK on demand players, which include BBC iPlayer, 4OD, ITV Player, Demand 5, Milkshake, UKTV, Quest from Discovery, NOW TV from Sky and Sky Store.
Netflix can be accessed on YouView from BT set-top boxes and Humax set-top boxes purchased from a retailer.
BT TV customers who sign up for Netflix alongside BT broadband and TV offers will have the added convenience of paying for Netflix via their BT bill.
Meanwhile, YouView from TalkTalk set-top boxes and Huawei retail set-top boxes will receive this update early in the New Year.
Commenting on the launch, Richard Halton, CEO, YouView said: “Netflix is a brilliant addition to our already impressive line-up of TV programming. We are really excited about Netflix and giving YouView audiences even more choice.”
Bill Holmes, head of business development at Netflix, added: “We’re very excited to bring the Netflix app to YouView boxes and hope to make it even easier for Netflix members with YouView to watch Netflix on their television sets.”
YouView has already passed over one million homes and has a long-term target of 10 million.
