Broadband, TV and smart home technology
Sony has launched its Crackle app in the UK, bringing on-demand movies and TV shows to connected Bravia TVs, Blu-Ray players and network media devices….
Toasters will end up shopping us to the man if we’re not careful. Here’s a brief guide to the slow rise of these bread-burning back…
In the future, the fridge, the toaster and the microwave will all inform on you. They’ll be ‘smart’ gadgets, you see. As well as being…
Welcome Broadband Rollout Roundup, Recombu Digital’s weekly summary of faster broadband arrivals and announcements in the UK. BT upgrades fibre network for up-to-80Mbps connections All…
Valve looks to be mulling a move into the living room; a job posting on Valve’s blog has reignited rumours of a so-called ‘Steam Box’….
Plusnet punters who like their email web-based can now make use of Roundcube webmail with their broadband package. The new webmail platform boasts a simpler,…
Northern Ireland’s 650,000 homes have six months to go until Digital Switchover begins in the UK’s final switch-off of analogue TV. Digital Switchover will start…
TalkTalk’s up to 80Mbps fibre optic service is due to come online this month. Following BT’s rollout of faster downstream and upstream speeds across its…
Today sees the launch of BT Infinity 2, the turbo-charged fibre optic broadband service from BT. As we reported yesterday, BT Infinity 2 gives you…
Satellite broadband provider Avanti has been awarded £1.1 million from the UK Technology Strategy Board to develop a portable ‘suitcase’ broadband terminal. Sounding like a…
Sky’s up-to-38Mbps fibre-optic broadband goes on sale on April 13, but the communications giant said it has no plans to hurry into 80Mbps broadband with…
Wispa, the pressure group campaigning for 20Mbps broadband in Wales, has launched a new petition, calling for customers to pay ‘up to’ prices for ‘up…
Dutch tech brand Eminent has launched its e-Domotica wireless home automation system that can be controlled and communicate with you via the internet. The e-Domotica…
Vodafone has launched the Mobile Wi-Fi R205, a mobile broadband dongle that lets you connect up to five devices via Wi-Fi on the go. The…
Broadband speeds in the UK range hugely from around 1Mbps to 100Mbps, and sometimes they’re all described as broadband, which isn’t much help. It’s partly…
Broadband users in Gloucestershire and Herefordshire have branded their counties broadband blackspots, with many getting less than 2Mbps from their connection. Nearly half of businesses…
BBC Sport, a new on-demand app, kicks off on Virgin Media TiVo boxes and connected Smart TVs today. BBC Sport is a new service accessible…
BT’s top-tier fibre-optic broadband speed will be up-to-76Mbps for new sign-ups from tomorrow with an upstream speed boost for its basic fibre package. The April…
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We’ll keep you up to date on the latest from Britain’s broadband and digital TV providers, like Sky, Virgin Media, TalkTalk, BT, and EE, as well as the free services like Freeview, Freesat and YouView.
We’re watching the news that affects broadband, home phone and digital TV and making sense of what it means for consumers – in plain English – whether it’s new technology or government policy.
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