Broadband, TV and smart home technology
The BBC has promised to speed up the time is takes for TV programmes to become available on iPlayer. Cloud services will allow the the…
Google is reportedly set to ditch the Google TV brand and rename it Android TV. An unnamed source for a well-known TV manufacturer has apparently…
ESPN Player has launched on Samsung Smart TVs in the UK and will be coming to LG Smart TVs in the near future. The service will…
The high court has ruled that streaming website TVCatchup must drop over 20 channels broadcast by ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5. The major TV…
LiFi, an emerging technology that could turn standard light fittings into WiFi points, has taken a step closer to beaming down in your home. PureVLC…
BBC iPlayer downloads now work on five more Android devices, the Samsung Galaxy Note 2, S3 Mini and Tab 2 10-inch as well as the…
What is the Super-Connected Cities programme? Latest news for the UK Super-Connected Cities programmeThe government has earmarked the £150 million Urban Broadband Fund for 22 cities in…
Manchester conference centre Kings House is now enjoying speeds of 30Mbps thanks to ISP Metronet (UK). Using a £3,000 grant from the government’s Super Connected…
Chromecast, Google’s Android TV device, has appeared on Amazon’s UK site for £65. In what appears to be yet another case of Rip Off Britain,…
Plusnet will be offering the BT Sport channels to Sky TV customers at half the standard price for non-BT Broadband customers. Sky TV customers who opt…
Broadband users are more likely to complain about connection problems as they grow to rely on faster and reliable broadband, claims BT Openreach. The UK’s…
Sky has rebranded Multiroom; the service that lets you have multiple Sky+HD boxes in the home now goes by the name of Sky Multiscreen. To…
Hampshire County Council has published a map detailing the areas that will benefit from superfast broadband rollout under the government’s scheme and commercial rollout. The…
Virgin Media has stopped selling its ADSL-based National Broadband product to new customers. Existing customers will still be able to access the service, which will…
Hollywood studio DreamWorks offered Breaking Bad’s producers £47m for three new episodes of the cult series, snipped into six-minute daily webisodes for 60p each. Jeffrey…
Lovefilm Instant has snapped up the rights to Marvel Anime adaptations of X-Men, Wolverine, Iron Man and Blade. Marvel Anime is a collaboration between Marvel…
Liverpool City and Merseyside councils have signed a deal with BT that will see 98 per cent of premises benefit from superfast broadband connections. The…
Folk in Aberdeen, Bradford, Brighton, Middlesbrough and Milton Keynes will need to dial the area code first to make local landline calls from next October. …
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