Broadband, TV and smart home technology
BT Sport has set up shop in over 19,000 pubs, clubs, betting shops and other commercial premises across the UK. According to independent research commissioned…
Sony’s latest 4K Ultra HD media player, the FMP-X10, has been announced, allowing early adopters of 4K TVs upgrade their kit and make use of…
British Gas’s Hive smart heating control system is now available through high street and online retailers including the Apple Store. The move puts Hive into…
TalkTalk has broken the million-home barrier just 18 months after launching its YouView-powered TV service – a goal that took BT seven years. May 12…
RBS and NatWest customers will be able to access free WiFi at all branches across the UK in the next four months. The service is…
TalkTalk will take on BT with a Google-style competition to identify the British cities where it will reach up to 10m homes using 1,000Mbps pure…
US reality TV channel TruTV is headed to Freeview, Freesat and YouView this Summer. The home of shows such as Fear Factor, Container Wars and Hardcore Pawn:…
Smart energy firm Heatmiser has launched a Windows Phone version of its Neo app, making it the first company to give Nokia Lumia owners remote control of…
BT TV will be boosted by multi-room and entry-level boxes while BT Broadband users will see a Home Hub combining 4G with WiFi. The telecoms…
BT, Sky, Virgin Media and TalkTalk have launched Internet Matters, a new online safety website. The UK’s four biggest ISPs supply the majority of British homes with broadband access…
Female entrepreneurs in England are to be given financial help to access superfast broadband. The Government is setting aside £1 million to help businesswomen pay…
Smart heating company Tado has launched a Kickstarter campaign for its Tado Cooling smart air con system. Like its heating product, Tado Cooling lets you control the…
US series including Dracula, The Tomorrow People, Intelligence, Almost Human and Believe won’t return for a second season. The cull by US networks ahead of…
YouView has launched a major recruitment drive that will see its technology team grow by half over the next year. The platform, which offers a…
Virgin Media and Sky have locked out BT with a deal that gives cable viewers HD sports and mobile streaming channels. In addition to all…
Customers visiting branches of HSBC will now be able to get free WiFi access while they bank. Provided by BT Wi-Fi, the hotspots will be available…
A quadruple-whammy of football and F1 was too much for Sky Go and Now TV as the broadband TV services again folded under viewer pressure….
BT, Sky, Virgin Media and TalkTalk are expected to start sending out polite ‘stop being naughty’ letters to users suspected of illegal file-sharing in 2015. The…
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