Broadband, TV and smart home technology
Mobile broadband contracts could come with an automatic €50 limit to stop users getting a nasty surprise in their bill. Communications regulator Ofcom claims roaming…
More than a quarter of Cornish homes and businesses can now sign up to over-20Mbps broadband services. The Superfast Cornwall partnership claims about 66,000 Cornish…
Virgin broadband users in Newcastle, Ashford, Ipswich, Dundee, Belfast and Cambridge are among the first to see their broadband speeds doubled from this week. March…
Not happy with your TV service or has pay-TV just got too expensive? Switching TV’s a bit different from mobile phones and broadband, because there’s…
Three is testing an update which will double the speed of its mobile broadband network, but it’s not the real ‘4G’ boost that mobile operators…
Freeview HD receivers will soon be able to run a TiVo-style ‘backwards’ programme guide and set up recordings from the web like Sky+. The enhanced…
Whether it’s Mark Webber, Sebastian Vettell, extreme sports or staying up late, Red Bull’s app on Samsung TVs is a window on the brand’s high-octane…
TVs from PC World and Currys will come with an exclusive video-on-demand service featuring films and TV shows. KnowHow Movies launches on Thursday through the…
If you’re looking to jump out of sub-20Mbps league into the lower tiers of fibre-optic broadband, then your first choices may well be Virgin Media…
Sky+, TiVo, Freeview+ and Freesat+: what do they all have in common? They’re all DVRs, or digital video recorders. This is the digital TV version…
Thousands of homes in Hampshire, Berkshire and Surrey have completed their digital switchover. Analogue TV was switched off and the three ‘core’ Freeview multiplexes on…
Advertising watchdogs have rapped Sky for telling Anytime+ users they could get a free wireless network dongle. The promotion claimed Sky customers could get a…
Panasonic’s connected LED and plasma TVs for 2012 can run up to six applications at the same time, from Skype to streaming video. Viera Connect,…
Orange and T-Mobile have promised LTE high speed 4G broadband as Orange stemmed the loss of its home broadband subscribers. Everything Everywhere, the parent company…
Mobile broadband operators will have to pay out £180m to protect Freeview viewers from losing their signal when 4G mobile broadband services start. The fund…
Panasonic has dropped Freesat HD recorders from its product line-up as it concentrates on better-selling Freeview HD boxes. It’s not a complete farewell to Freesat,…
Sky Go has arrived on the top seven Android handsets, but there’s no joy for owners of tablets or anyone who’s upgraded to Android 4.0….
Panasonic owners are being encouraged to swap their remote controls for tablets and smartphones to control TVs, recorders and home cinema systems. Panasonic’s also shipping…
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