Broadband, TV and smart home technology
Rollout Roundup has been a bit quieter on the Openreach front this week. With engineers still working on clearing up damage caused by the floods…
What’s the latest on TalkTalk’s East Anglia outage? BT Openreach expects to return all affected areas to full service by the end of today. TalkTalk…
In case you haven’t noticed, the London 2012 Olympic Games kick off this weekend. While this will spell congested tubes and commuter frustration (for some…
The 2012 London Summer Olympic Games are the most-televised Olympic games ever, with every event being televised in high definition, plus selected events in 3D…
What’s happened? If you’ve wondered if its worth paying a bit extra for an unlimited broadband service, then it looks like it is. A survey…
What’s happened? BT has soldiered on with its rollout of next-gen fibre broadband in the UK this year. A target of 10 million premises connected…
What’s happened? Sky is putting its subscription prices up after a 12-month freeze in 2011. The price rise affects TV and phone services, but not…
What’s happened? YouView’s terms and conditions reveal that the Humax DTR-1000 – on sale this week – collects data about you and returns it to YouView…
Service: BT Vision Essential What is it? BT DSL broadband and phone with the entry-level BT Vision TV Replay live and on-demand TV package included,…
YouView: What’s happened? Humax has announced that the DTR-T1000 – the first YouView box – goes on sale this Thursday the 26th of July. YouView…
Ofcom has announced that the 4G auction will finally begin this year. After months and months of wrangling (not to mention arguing) the regulator wants to…
Virgin Media cheerfully announced this morning that 1 million Britons are now tuning in to Virgin Media TiVo. In traditional ‘millionth customer’ fare, the celeb-happy…
TalkTalk has responded to the launch of Sky’s Now TV movies-on-demand service by offering a free 12-month subscription to LoveFilm for its top-tier broadband customers….
This summer sees the first public screenings of Super Hi-Vision TV in the UK, as the BBC gets together with Japan’s NHK for an ultra…
Who would imagine that broadband and TV reception could provoke so much passion? They’re things that we take for granted, but when they’re under threat…
Broadband Rollout Roundup this week comes with our peppering of regular BT Openreach announcements plus a couple of very big ones – BT’s bagging of…
Pure have launched the Sensia 200D Connect, a DAB digital radio that also plays music streamed from your iPhone or Android device. Coming in a…
There are lots of Freeview HD recorders, but not many you can control with your phone or that stream video to your mobile while it…
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