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# M&S to sell TV with iPlayer
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## Marks & Spencer is to start selling television sets which will allow
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viewers to watch YouTube and BBC iPlayer without the need for any special
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equipment.
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![M&S television with BBC iPlayer][1]
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The BBC's catch-up television service, iPlayer, had an average of 1.4 million
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visitors a day in February, according to the latest figures
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[![Harry Wallop][2]][3]
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By [Harry Wallop][4], Consumer Affairs Editor 1:54PM GMT 08 Dec 2009
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[Follow Harry Wallop on Twitter][5]
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[Comments][6]
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Viewers simply need to plug in the set to a broadband socket and they can
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watch a number of internet television channels, most notably the BBC's catch-
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up service iPlayer.
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It is the first time that any television has gone on sale in Britain which has
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had internet television pre-loaded onto the set. Previously, if you wanted to
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watch YouTube you needed extra equipment, such as a games console, or the
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consumer needed to download complicated applications onto their computer
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before transferring them across to their set.
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M&S, which is attempting to make a name for itself as an electricals retailer
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as well as an upmarket food and clothing store, insisted it was the perfect
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television for technophobes.
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Gadget experts have been impressed by the simplicity of the iViewer television
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and the relative low price. There are two sets, with the 26" version costing
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£399 and the 32" television priced at £499.
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Michael Brook, editor of gadget of T3 magazine, said: "There has been talk of
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these televisions for some time. So full credit to M&S and the manufacturer
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for being the first with this landmark.
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## Related Articles
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* [Apple TV 3.0 software released][7]
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30 Oct 2009
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* [BBC iPlayer coming to Freesat][8]
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05 Nov 2009
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* [Xbox 360 iPlayer launch delayed indefinitely][9]
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28 Nov 2009
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"Next year there will be tons of connected televisions. But by coming out now
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with these sets, M&S throws down the gauntlet to television manufacturers to
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come up with models that can rival all the laptops young people use to watch
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their entertainment."
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Korean and Japanese manufacturers have been developing televisions with
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"embedded internet" for some time and in America it is possible to buy sets
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with YouTube or Netflix, a film rental service, already pre-loaded. However,
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none of them have made it over to Britain.
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The M&S television is assembled in North Yorkshire by a British company called
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Cello Electronics, from parts made in China. The company already makes
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televisions that include iPod docking stations.
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The television offers viewers the full range of terrestrial channels and
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Freeview channels along with the internet channels.
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The sets, available on the M&S website, go on sale on December 10. In the New
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Year they will be available in big M&S stores on the high street.
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Steve Hughes, Technology Buyer, M&S comments: "The iViewer offers pioneering
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new technology but we've worked hard to make sure that it's simple to set up
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and use so that even the biggest technophobe can enjoy all its features. This
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will be the technology item to have in 2010."
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