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Subtitles need a better spellcheck, says Ofcom
24 minutes ago | POSTED IN News
Ofcom wants UK broadcasters to monitor TV subtitles to cut down the number of on-air bloopers. The regulator is proposing that broadcasters keep a note of the amount of content that’s produced without subtitles in...
BT Wifi lights up 752,000 hotspots across North East and East Midlands
2 hours ago | POSTED IN News
BT has revealed where 752,000 of its 5 million BT Wifi hotspots are situated across the North East, Yorkshire and the Humber and the East Midlands. BT Wifi, the new name for both BT Openreach and BT Fon, is available in...
Movie2k and Download For All to be blocked by UK ISPs - UPDATED
20 hours ago | POSTED IN News
File sharing sites Movie2k and Download For All could be the next big sites to be blocked by UK ISPs. Sources have tipped us off to a court ruling issued in late April will come into effect on Monday, May 20, 2013. The...
BT: Race To Infinity in Caldecote to finish in June 2013
20 hours ago | POSTED IN News
The BT Race To Infinity project for Caldecote in Cambridgeshire, due to be finished in April, will be done by June. According to the latest statement from BT, all premises in Caldecote connected to the Madingley...
Sky Sports for iPad 360 update adds goal line camera plus 20 angles
23 hours ago | POSTED IN News
The Sky Sports iPad app has just updated, adding multiple camera angle feeds to live games, letting you see what the linesmen sometimes can’t. Making use of EVS’ C-Cast second-screen delivery platform, the...
The Cloud WiFi comes to Lords Cricket Ground for the next five years
yesterday | POSTED IN News
The Cloud has announced a deal with Lord’s Cricket Ground that sees Test Match attendees able to make use of free WiFi for the next five years. Just in time for this weekend’s England versus New Zealand...
Rural broadband group B4RN bring gigabit fibre to Newton, Lancashire
yesterday | POSTED IN News
Lancashire-based rural broadband project B4RN have connected the village of Newton to their all-fibre network. The village joins the likes of Abbeystead, Arkholme and Quernmore that are already on the network enjoying...
Call centre shortcuts site could save you 30 minutes and £2.40/year
yesterday | POSTED IN News
Brits could save around half an hour and £2.40 a year taking short-cuts through call centre phone menus provided by a dedicated explorer of tone-dial tedium.Please Press 1 founder Nigel Clarke began mapping...
BT can finally start work on superfast broadband in Cumbria, says EU
yesterday | POSTED IN News
BT has finally been given the go-ahead to start work on the superfast broadband project in Cumbria thanks to a long-awaited green light from the EU. Competition regulations and a subsequent investigation by the EU saw...
More superfast lines for Scotland, don't tell Nigel Farage: Broadband Rollout Roundup 18/05/2013
3 days ago | POSTED IN News
The latest edition of Broadband Rollout Roundup details the latest burst of BT activity in Scotland, specifically Forfar and Grangemouth and Burnham-on-Sea in Somerset, England. Thousands of homes and businesses in the...
Pure Avalon 300R Connect review
3 days ago | POSTED IN News
IntroductionThe Pure Avalon 300R Connect is the first Freeview set top box from Pure, a brand better known for their high end designer DAB radios. With YouView now here offering a well integrated library of on-demand...
How can I watch BT Sport on Sky, Virgin Media, Freeview, BT Vision, TalkTalk TV and YouView?
3 days ago | POSTED IN News
How can I watch BT Sport on Sky, Virgin Media, Freeview, BT Vision, TalkTalk TV and YouView? BT Sport has been announced it's kicking off August. You'll be able to access up to six channels - BT Sport 1, BT Sport 2 and...
BT Sport won’t be on TalkTalk at launch
4 days ago | POSTED IN News
While talks are still ongoing concerning BT Sport coming to TalkTalk TV, it’s been revealed that the channels won’t be on TalkTalk from launch. BT Sport 1, BT Sport 2 and ESPN will be landing on Sky TV, BT...
PPI calls top source of nuisance calls, say Ofcom
4 days ago | POSTED IN News
The latest research from Ofcom on nuisance calls reveals that PPI-related calls are the main source of nuisance calls suffered by UK residents. A sample of 1136 residents with landline phones revealed that Payment...
Freeview wants more 4G interference tests despite successful London trial
4 days ago | POSTED IN News
Tests to gauge the levels of disruption that 4G will cause to Freeview broadcasts have so far yielded encouraging results, but Freeview’s boss wants more to be done. Isle Howling, managing director of Freeview...
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