Welcome to Broadband Rollout Roundup BT has been busy this week starting superfast broadband services and promising it to 73 exchanges from Aberdeen to Wolverhampton….
Every Friday, Recombu Digital rounds up news of the latest live launches of broadband TV services around the UK, in our imaginatively-titled Broadband Rollout Roundup….
This year will see the launch of YouView, a new TV service which has been touted as either the future of free TV or the…
Freeview HD’s last channel is being opened up to commercial broadcasters who could launch a new HD channel or a brace of standard-definition channels later…
BT Vision is adding UKTV shows such as Choccywoccydoodah, Bridezillas and Tool Academy to its on-demand service, with extra live streaming channels due later in…
TalkTalk heads Ofcom’s customer complaints chart for the second year in row with billing and customer service its leading problems in both landline and broadband….
Sky has upgraded its flagship 1TB has been upgraded so there’s more space to download films and TV shows from Sky Anytime+. The twin-tuner HD…
Sky Anytime+ is now open to Sky+HD owners via any broadband provider, with ITV Player set to arrive on the service tomorrow. Anytime+, Sky’s on-demand…
Farmers in Northern Ireland are having to use WiFi in supermarket car-parks to meet government demands for online reports. Now the rural broadband not-spots are…
Sky will launch a pay-as-you-go film, sport and TV service online this Summer, called Now TV, in a direct assault on Netflix and Lovefilm. The…
Sagemcom has unveiled a ‘TV ecosystem’ based on Android, with a compact set-top box, tablet and wireless HDMI connector. The French electronics manufacturer expects the…
Fibre to the home isn’t all that common in the UK, but those fibre-crazy folks at the Fibre To The Home Council Europe have produced…
Landline rentals could be tagged with a 10p annual phone number charge to stop Britain running out of new phone numbers. Fixed line phone users…
On-demand film channel Picture Box is testing ahead of a launch on Freesat HD and Freeview HD. The channel is already testing on Humax Foxsat-HD…
Opera, the slimline browser favoured for low-power PCs and portables, demonstrates its latest web browser for TVs this week. Opera is already used on Philips NetTV…
Broadband providers will have to use real speeds and restrict ‘unlimited’ download or phone call claims from April 1. Broadband speeds will have to be…
Apple TV is very much the bastard child of the Apple family: even The Great Jobs once relegated it to ‘hobbyist’ status. Sure, it’s a…
YouView has broken a four-month silence as TalkTalk starts to recruit customers for a closed trial of smart TV service. TalkTalk is promoting YouView through…
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