Broadband, TV and smart home technology
BT Openreach has announced that its deployed an extra 700 engineers in addition to the 1000 currently out in the field working had to restore broadband…
Press invites for a YouView product announcement, due to take place next Wednesday the 4th of July, have just been sent out. The non-subscription TV…
HTC Connect is a new wireless certification program for AV units and speakers that promises seamless compatibility with HTC phones and tablets. The idea is…
Yesterday afternoon we caught up with Dana Pressman Tobak, Managing Director of Hyperoptic for a quick chat. We talked about Hyperoptic’s current areas of service…
Online privacy is a debate that’s been raging for years. With Ofcom’s new changes to its proposed code landing today and the UK Communications bill…
Everything Everywhere’s live trial of 4G LTE in Cumbria has succeeded in providing broadband speeds of 20Mbps downstream to a number of local businesses. The…
Your ISP could be required to monitor your web use and send out letters if you’re suspected of illegally downloading copyrighted material, according to draft…
Brits leaving TVs, computers, routers and other gadgets plugged in and switched on at the mains is costing us £1.3 billion a year, according to…
Microsoft released the SmartGlass SDK over the weekend, meaning that partners so development on apps for the Xbox 360-cum-Smart TV platform can begin. Major partners…
£120 million is to be spent on upgrading the broadband infrastructure of Scotland’s Highlands and Islands, the Scottish Government announced today. Highlands and Islands Enterprise,…
LoveFilm subscribers in the UK will be able to get instant on-demand access to Twentieth Century Fox movies from next March, as part of a…
Virgin Media is planning to rent out its Wi-Fi network after the London 2012 Olympic Games has finished. The Wi-Fi network, which is rolling out…
Sony has announced that its first Google TV device will be hitting UK shelves next month; Monday the 16th of July to be precise. The…
The BBC has given the iPlayer’s undercarriage a major overhaul ahead of a Summer of major sporting and cultural events to take the load off…
Welcome to this week’s installment of Digital Voices, the round up of all the best banter from below the line and beyond on Recombu Digital’s…
This week’s been a quiet one on the #rolloutroundup front but that’s not to say there’s been no activity. BT’s continued apace with its big…
BT’s cables-and-poles division Openreach has warned that it will be working flat out to deal with repairs caused by this summer’s ongoing bad weather. Openreach…
The BBC Radiophonic Workshop, perhaps most famous for birthing the original Doctor Who theme, will be brought back to life online. Unlike the original Maida…
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