Broadband, TV and smart home technology
Virgin Media has agreed to pipe 120Mbps fibre to the villages of Habrough and Stallingborough, where speeds weigh in as low as 0.5Mbps. The community…
Jury’s out on whether or not Team GB will walk away with 95 medals but the UK can at least expect to start climbing the…
The Samsung ES9000 was unveiled in New York last night and it’s a monster it’s got a huge 75-inch screen, Full HD (1920×1080) resolution and…
Smart TV ownership is growing fast but set-top boxes, games consoles and PCs are still the most popular way to watch TV and films over…
Everything Everywhere expects 4G speeds on phones to be around 5-7 times faster than 3G once launched in the UK. Speaking to Recombu Digital, Tom…
Virgin Media has launched a Dark Knight Rises app to coincide with the launch of the latest Batman flick in cinemas. The Dark Knight Rises…
Less than 20 per cent of games console owners with smart TV functions like BBC iPlayer and LoveFilm apps make use of them, according to…
Superfast broadband reaches 60 per cent of UK homes, but just 6.6 per cent of Brits have signed up to a service. BT’s aggressive roll-out…
A breakdown in BT’s mainland network was responsible for Shetland losing its emergency communications system – the second time this has happened within a month….
More than one-fifth of the UK are ‘internet refuseniks’ who don’t have an internet connection and aren’t tempted by online activities like email, social networking…
More than half of British homes now get their digital TV, phones and broadband through a bundled deal instead of separate contracts. Bundles have almost…
LoveFilm’s audience share for people streaming video leapt by 50 per cent in March, according to Ofcom. Figures from the annual Communications Market Report show…
Virgin Media has been ticked off twice by the ASA, once over an advert for its TiVo service and again over a complaint raised about…
Hyperoptic has struck a deal with City Nites which sees 1Gbps fibre broadband piped into luxury apartments in Canary Wharf. 29 of City Nites’ luxury…
BT Openreach has beaten Fujitsu to launch the UK’s first rural broadband pilot scheme, supplying fibre broadband to 90 per cent of North Yorkshire. The…
Residents and businesses in three Essex villages are due to benefit from BT’s fibre broadband rollout plan. Kirby-le-Soken, Kirby Cross and Great Holland were initially…
One of the UK’s four rural broadband pilot schemes is being held up because European regulators are worried there wasn’t enough competition between BT and…
SmartKey TV is another portable TV device that slots into the HDMI port of your telly, instantly upgrading it to an Android 4.0 ICS-running smart…
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