The Looking Local Starter Kit allows publishing of Local Authority content on five interactive platforms

TV Keys via Miniweb:

The access path to Looking Local on Miniweb is: 

• Press the Interactive button on your Sky remote control
• Select TV Keys from the menu (option 9)
• Enter the word 'LOCAL' with the remote control and press 'select'

For screen shots click here.

Sky:

- Press the Interactive button- Press 9 for TV Keys- Enter 'LOCAL' (56225)

Virgin Media:

Virgin have now added a second, access path to Looking Local.  Feel free to use either in any documentation:  

VIRGIN INTERACTIVE BOXES- Press the Interactive button- Select News & Info- Select Looking Localor: 

• Press Interactive
• Select Your Community
• Select Looking Local

VIRGIN NON-INTERACTIVE BOXES (e.g.: V-Box on Telewest and all V+ Boxes)- Press Home button- Select Interactive (7)- Select News & Info- Select Looking Localor: 

- Press Home button

• Press Interactive
• Select Your Community
• Select Looking Local 

For screen shots click here.

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 - www.digitv.gov.uk/digitv/cds/lookinglocal/mobile/home

As this URL is not memorable, some microsite owners have set up redirects from their own website and advertise simple and memorable mobile URLs such as www.medway.gov.uk/mobile .

Nintendo Wii:

The access path for a Nintendo Wii is:

• Select Internet Channel
• Select WWW
• Type in the URL using the Wii remote lookinglocal.gov.uk/[microsite name] (note that this short URL will only work correctly on a Nintendo Wii)

Please contact the DigiTV Technical team for details of the correct microsite name to use.

For help connecting your Wii to the internet please view the help video here

For help installing the Internet Channel on the Wii please view the help video here