Broadband, TV and smart home technology
Where once Philips Hue had the smart lighting scene to itself, Kickstarter is now swarming with new takes on smartphone-controlled lighting. While LEDs have got…
Smart lighting systems are certainly the thing to back on Kickstarter at the moment, but the LightFreq takes this one step further with an integrated…
If you’re sick of the football hype and prefer an oval ball, don’t despair – BT Sport and Sky have both announced their line-ups for…
If you have a Asus, Netgear, Belkin or Trendnet router, you may want to make sure you’ve updated it to the most recent firmware. Fifteen ‘zero…
It’s official: Netflix is the most-used video streaming service in the UK, with one in 10 households using the film and TV service. The reasearch…
The Xbox One will be updated this year to include a digital TV tuner, DLNA support and streaming to SmartGlass. The new Media Player app…
Sony has announced its Playstation TV service will be hitting UK shores on November 14 and it’ll set you back €99 (£78) with three games…
The Xbox One, Virgin Media TiVo, YouView boxes and crusty old BT Vision are all set for new versions of the BBC iPlayer this year….
Local TV’s return to the UK has lost its first runner, with Birmingham’s City TV going bust months before it due to air its first…
Your cat’s random wandering could be useful, with one innovator coming up with a collar your itinerant pet can wear to find open WiFi networks….
BT TV customers with a BT Vision+ box can now get Sky Sports 5 along with Sky Sports 1 and 2. A last minute deal…
How can I get all of the UEFA Champions League games on Sky, Virgin Media, BT TV, TalkTalk TV, Freeview, YouView and Freesat? With the…
TalkTalk TV is offering a half price Sky Sports TV Boost – £15/month – for three months. The service is only available in standard definition rather…
Ron Perlman, Steven Soderbergh, Adam Brody, Chloë Sevigny and Mena Suvari are among the Hollywood talent hoping for public approval in Amazon’s third pilots season. The line-up…
BT Openreach is giving customers the chance to rate engineers when they visit properties to fit and fix broadband. The scheme will be trialled in…
The cost of Sky Sports on Now TV has been temporarily slashed ahead of the Premier League kick-off. Previously, sports fans would have to shell…
The BBC’s latest iPlayer is now on more smart TVs, but it’s bidding farewell to the Bigscreen iPlayer service in September. Launched more than five years…
Sky Sports susbcribers can now track their favourite Barclays Premier League team via a dedicated catch-up area in Sky On Demand. You’ll be able to…
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