Broadband, TV and smart home technology
The £31 million Superfast Dorset project has revealed the first three communities that will benefit from superfast broadband in the county. Bridport, Charmouth and Chideock will…
Netflix is looking to raise $400 million to fund plans for international expansion, especially in Europe. The streaming company is also looking to increase the…
Lovefilm has taken the wraps off of ten pilot episodes for future Lovefilm-exclusive shows. Produced by Amazon Studios exclusively for Amazon Prime Instant Video in…
The BBC and other broadcasters are reportedly planning to reduce the amount of money given to YouView. YouView’s seven partners – the BBC, ITV, Channel…
As severe flood warnings are issued for Somerset, BT engineers continue to reconnect customers blasted offline by the Christmas and New Years extreme weather. Engineers…
The Welsh Government’s superfast broadband plans could get a shot in the arm in the form of 320 kilometers of unused fibre optic cable. Superfast…
Poor, old and disabled customers in London are as likely to be on the wrong side of the digital divide as those living in rural…
BT has launched an Android-based home phone that blocks unwanted nuisance calls. The new Home SmartPhone S comes with BT’s Nuisance Call Blocking technology, which…
Consumer organisations Which? and Consumer Futures are demanding stronger consumer regulation and reform of Ofcom. In a email sent to Culture Secretary Maria Miller and…
BT could be broadcasting its sports programming in 4K Ultra HD should a trial prove successful. Gavin Patterson, chief executive of BT, gave the broadest…
There are some great value for money deals on home broadband at the moment and what’s on offer from ISPs including Tesco, TalkTalk, Direct Save…
BT has announced a new download to own movies feature for BT TV customers with a YouView box. Titles will be able to buy in…
Sky has launched a new Now TV Beta app which aims to bring Now TV to a greater range of Android phones and tablets. While…
Android owners will once again be able to stream images, videos and music stored on their devices as Allcast regains its Chromecast functionality. The app…
People in hard to reach areas of Britain unable to get fast broadband will be able to sign up for new broadband packages via satellite….
Virgin Media has bought Smallworld Fibre, a fibre optic network operator that serves 40,000 homes in north-west England and western Scotland. The terms of the…
Sky celebrates its 25th birthday today, so here are 25 ways Sky has changed British TV, for better and for worse. 1: Satellite TV Sky…
BT has announced that it will be greatly increasing the prices for its FTTP on Demand – also known as FoD (Fibre on Demand) – product. …
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