
Currently, the BBC offers three smart TV apps: BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport and BBC News. It also unveiled plans to consolidate the range of apps it offers on smart TVs. The Beeb said it will remove the text-based element of its red button service - which currently allows users to access text-based news and other information by pressing the red button on their TV remote control. The BBC has unveiled a number of changes to the interactive services it offers on UK TV which it is set to introduce next year.įrom the end of January 2020, the British broadcaster will make three significant changes to its interactive services on TV, accessed in the UK through the “red button” on TV remotes. Red button: BBC to revamp interactive services
