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Panasonic rolls out BBC iPlayer across all 2011 Viera Connect TVs

6 Apr 2011

Panasonic Viera G30

Panasonic has confirmed that BBC iPlayer will be available on all its 2011 Viera TVs equipped with Viera Connect, its cloud-based internet portal.

Previously iPlayer was available on Freesat Viera models and the company's Blu-ray/DVD Freesat recorders.

Now 70% of Panasonic's 2011 TVs get the BBC catch-up service, along with a range of other services including games, social networking, music and video.

Ustrream and SHOUTcast are among the new music and video services provided, joining existing ones such as YouTube, Acetrax and DailyMotion.

Social networking apps added to Viera Connect include Facebook and CineTrailer.TV, sitting alongside Picasa, Skype and Twitter.

And if games are your thing, there's black jack, chess, poker, solitaire and mahjong fruits.

You can get the full breakdown of Panasonic's 2011 product range in our dedicated blog.

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1000poundman Wed, Apr 6 2011, 5:02PM

Can you use a VPN on these Internet enabled tv's ?

Andy Clough Wed, Apr 6 2011, 2:13PM

Good question EMcG. The answer is that Viera Connect is only available on 2011 models, not earlier generation ones.

EMcG Wed, Apr 6 2011, 12:46PM

Does this mean that those of us with older models which can access VieraCast will now see Viera Connect?  Or will the two interfaces co-exist with 2011 device owners seeing 'Connect' and pre-2011 device owners seeing 'Cast'?