Quick Steps

The Shape-it.org DigiTV Microsite is accessable through your Interactive services on your Television and Mobile phone services. Look below and find out the best way to navigate to Shape-it.org DigiTV through the services applicable to you. 

Sky

Path to find Local Authority microsites on Sky:• Press the Interactive button on your remote
• Select SKY Active from the menu
• Select Interactive Services
• Select Local Services
• Select Looking Local

Or: 

• Press the Interactive button on your remote
• Select SKY Active from the menu
• Select A-Z & More
• Select Info & services
• Select Looking Local

Virgin TV (ntl:Telewest)

Path to find Local Authority microsites on Virgin TV (ntl:Telewest).

Following the merger between ntl and Telewest and the subsequent takeover by Virgin TV there are a number of access paths for 'Virgin TV'.  Virgin are aiming to have all customers on their own user interface  (called UK2) by the end opf June 2007.

  • Service branded Virgin TV but using the Telewest interactive interface
  • Service branded Virgin but using the ntl: interactive interface
  • Service in ntl: areas only, simulating the Telewest service but branded Virgin (referred to as UK1 within Virgin TV) and with a new separate interactive interface
  • Virgin TV with a new separate interactive interface (referred to as UK2 within Virgin TV)

Telewest

Path to find microsites using Telewest interactive interface:• Press Interactive 
• Select News & Info 
• Select Community 
• Select Looking Local

ntl

Path to find microsites using ntl: interactive interface:• Press Interactive 
• Select ntl: Interactive
• Select Community
• Select Local & Government
• Select Looking Local 

Path to find microsites using UK1 interactive interface:• Press Home
• Select Interactive
• Select Local Services
• Select Looking Local 

Path to find microsites using Virgin TV (UK2) interactive interface:• Press Interactive
• Select Home and Away
• Select Find It...
• Select Looking Local 

3 Mobile

The access path for a 3 Mobile handset is:• Services
• Websites
• Look up Stuff
• Looking Local

You can however type in the URL to any GPRS/WAP phone: -

http://www.digitv.gov.uk/digitv/cds/LookingLocal/3/home

 

What to expect!

Once selected you will be promted that this service is charged at a local rate, to proceed press Green or to not enter the Shape-it.org DigiTV microsite press Red . Remember once you are have accessed Shape-it.org it is FREE, no phone charge at a local rate - so take your time and browse the menu's as long as you wish, enjoy!

Hopefully you have successfully entered Shape-it.org and are looking at a Home Screen identical to that of the example below. Please take a moment to familarise yourself with the Shape-it.org home page, understanding its menu and the information that is available.

 DigiTV Menu Screen