YouView
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YouView is a UK-based hybrid television platform that combines Freeview digital terrestrial channels with on-demand and catch-up services from broadcasters such as the BBC.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| YouView canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T632798 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: YouView Context triple: [BBC iPlayer, supportsPlatform, YouView]
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A.
Roku
Roku is a popular digital media player platform that streams internet-based television, movies, and other content through apps and channels on connected TVs.
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B.
Nvidia Shield TV
Nvidia Shield TV is a high-performance streaming media player and gaming device that runs on the Android TV platform and supports 4K HDR content.
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C.
Freesat
Freesat is a free-to-air digital satellite television service in the United Kingdom offering a wide range of TV and radio channels without subscription.
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D.
Sky Q
Sky Q is a premium television and entertainment platform from Sky that offers multi-room viewing, on-demand content, and integrated streaming services.
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E.
Fire TV
Fire TV is Amazon’s digital media platform and line of streaming devices that let users watch online video, use apps, and access Alexa on their televisions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: YouView Target entity description: YouView is a UK-based hybrid television platform that combines Freeview digital terrestrial channels with on-demand and catch-up services from broadcasters such as the BBC.
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A.
Roku
Roku is a popular digital media player platform that streams internet-based television, movies, and other content through apps and channels on connected TVs.
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B.
Nvidia Shield TV
Nvidia Shield TV is a high-performance streaming media player and gaming device that runs on the Android TV platform and supports 4K HDR content.
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C.
Freesat
Freesat is a free-to-air digital satellite television service in the United Kingdom offering a wide range of TV and radio channels without subscription.
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D.
Sky Q
Sky Q is a premium television and entertainment platform from Sky that offers multi-room viewing, on-demand content, and integrated streaming services.
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E.
Fire TV
Fire TV is Amazon’s digital media platform and line of streaming devices that let users watch online video, use apps, and access Alexa on their televisions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hybrid television platform
ⓘ
subscription-free TV platform ⓘ |
| basedOn | Freeview ⓘ |
| businessModel | no mandatory monthly subscription ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| hasEPGDuration |
7-day backward guide
ⓘ
7-day forward guide ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasPartner |
Arqiva
ⓘ
BBC ⓘ BT ⓘ Channel 4 ⓘ Channel 5 ⓘ Huawei ⓘ Humax ⓘ ITV ⓘ Sony ⓘ TalkTalk ⓘ |
| industry |
broadcasting
ⓘ
television ⓘ |
| launchCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| offersService |
catch-up TV
ⓘ
electronic programme guide ⓘ live television ⓘ on-demand TV ⓘ scroll-back TV guide ⓘ |
| operatingArea | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| requires |
aerial for Freeview channels
ⓘ
broadband connection for on-demand services ⓘ |
| serviceType |
IPTV platform
ⓘ
set-top box platform ⓘ |
| supports |
IP-based video on demand
ⓘ
digital terrestrial television ⓘ |
| supportsBroadcaster |
BBC
ⓘ
BT Sport (various periods) ⓘ
surface form:
BT Sport
Channel 4 ⓘ Channel 5 ⓘ ITV ⓘ NOW TV ⓘ
surface form:
Now TV
STV ⓘ UKTV ⓘ |
| supportsDeviceType |
set-top box
ⓘ
smart TV (via integration by some manufacturers) ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
Dolby Digital
ⓘ
surface form:
Dolby Digital audio (on compatible content)
high-definition channels ⓘ pause and rewind live TV ⓘ personal video recorder ⓘ series recording ⓘ |
| supportsStandard |
DVB-T
ⓘ
DVB-T2 ⓘ HbbTV-like hybrid functionality (proprietary implementation) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: YouView Description of subject: YouView is a UK-based hybrid television platform that combines Freeview digital terrestrial channels with on-demand and catch-up services from broadcasters such as the BBC.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.