
Digital switch leaves £300m spare for faster broadband and local TV launch
Rural broadband and local TV will get a £300m boost from a fund created to help the elderly and vulnerable switch to digital TV. The…
Rural broadband and local TV will get a £300m boost from a fund created to help the elderly and vulnerable switch to digital TV. The…
Wispa’s ‘Up To’ campaign for pay-what-you-get broadband charging has won its first MP as its petition to Ofcom passed 600 signatures. Tim Farron, MP for…
Catch-up TV and on-demand TV are the favourite TV tech upgrades for Freeview viewers but 3D isn’t drawing a crowd. The free-to-air terrestrial TV platform polled…
A lucky thousand trialists on O2’s 4G mobile broadband trial in London have been enjoying speeds of 20-50Mbps, with bursts of up to 150Mbps. The…
The BBC is launching an extra high definition TV channel for the Olympics on Freeview HD to include some of the extra HD coverage going…
World-wide web founder Sir Tim Berners-Lee has called for the government to withdraw its proposal to extend online state surveillance. Sir Tim, who’s also a…
Misleading claims in BT Infinity fibre-optic broadband ads have drawn fire from the UK’s advertising watchdog. The Advertising Standards Commission has told BT not to…
London’s analogue and digital TV channels will go off-air tonight as Digital Switchover in the capital completes – but digital TV will be back in…
Line rental – it’s never the headline charge but it often accounts for half of your regular phone or broadband bill. What’s the point in…
Pioneering local TV service Channel M has been closed down after 12 years broadcasting to Manchester. Owner Guardian Media Group said it had been waiting…
Rural north-of-England broadband operator NextGenUs is being sold to new operators after going into administration. NextGenUs operated superfast fibre-optic and wireless networks in Hull, Ashby…
The leader of a gang who pirated Virgin cable TV to more than 40,000 users has been ordered to pay back more than £7,000 of…
Broadband accessory farm Solwise has launched a range of HomePlug powerline network adapters for as little at £16. The Value Solwise range stretches from 200Mbps…
BT Business has installed the UK’s multi-office business fibre-to-the-premises installation delivering up to 100Mbps down and 15Mbps up. The new BT Infinity for Business connection…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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