Broadband, TV and smart home technology
TalkTalk’s chief executive Dido Harding has compared the competition to ‘the Death Star’ and TalkTalk to the ‘Rebel Alliance’ in an interview outlining the company’s…
Samsung has announced the launch of a ITV Player app for its Smart TVs. Access to the last seven days’ worth of ITV programming can…
LG and Philips have announced the Smart TV Alliance to make Smart TV apps cheaper and more readily available. The mission statement of the Alliance…
The first week of July has been fairly muted for #DigitalVoices though there’s been plenty of headline grabbing stories. ACTA has been soundly rejected by…
It’s been a funny week for Broadband Rollout Roundup. With rural broadband projects grinding to a halt as talks with BT and Fujitsu break down,…
As with proposals on adult content filters, the UK Government wants to hear your thoughts on the draft edition of the Communications Data Bill. Members…
BT’s not very happy with Ofcom’s recent proposals to cap prices of its BT Wholesale lines over the next three years. Yesterday the telecoms regulator…
Hauppauge’s Broadway is a streaming TV device similar to a SlingBox which lets you watch live TV from anywhere in the world. Now, the Broadway…
Sky is rumoured to be interesting in buying TalkTalk, according to market analysts. If the merger went ahead it could see Sky overtaking BT as…
Taxi service Green Tomato Cars has installed Wi-Fi in its 300-strong fleet of London cabs. Access to Wi-Fi networks in Green Tomato taxis is free…
The European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly to reject ACTA, the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. The 478 votes against dwarfed the combined 39 votes in favour…
BT’s measures to cut down on cable theft have proved so effective that BT Openreach is to let other ISPs use its RABIT technology for…
Thought Teletext had gone the way of the dodo? Not quite; Teletext Holidays has emerged in app form over on Virgin Media’s TiVo box. Teletext…
Ofcom has announced new price proposals for BT Wholesale business broadband. The telecoms regulator wants to put price caps on BT leased lines to “ensure…
Sky has updated its Sky Sports app for iPad, letting petrolheads follow the action from two different angles from a split screen. Formula 1 fans…
YouView, the latest standard of subscription-free digital TV launched today at the London Film Museum. A fitting venue perhaps for a new product that’s promised…
Today was the day that YouView was finally announced to the world. The long-awaited, oft-delayed digital TV platform is now very much a real thing….
A surprise announcement alongside YouView’s big Lord Sugar-endorsed fanfare was that Sky’s Now TV catch-up service would be coming along for the ride. Now TV…
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