Broadband, TV and smart home technology
Vice UK has won an appeal against video on-demand regulator ATVOD, which tried to make the site cough up for fees – only to learn…
Sky has snapped up the rights to show clips of every Premier League game and stream them online across its various digital platforms. Starting from…
Deezer has launched an IFTTT channel, letting smart home owners change the colour of their Philips Hue bulbs with the power of music. The latest…
Israeli start-up GreenIQ has launched an IFTTT channel, letting smart watch owners turn on the sprinklers with some assiduous wrist action. Support for Apple Watch…
BT’s Fibre on Demand product will be available anywhere firms in Wales can get FTTC (Fibre to the Cabinet) broadband, the Welsh Government has confirmed. …
Netflix prices will gradually increase as more original content is commissioned, according to CEO Reed Hastings. Shows like Orange Is The New Black, House of…
BT’s inviting ISPs to test out its ultrafast G.fast broadband technology as part of a series of live trials. Tests in lab conditions have already…
Now TV has finally launched a Monthly Pass for Sky Sports content, letting sports fans stream Premier League content without needing a Sky TV subscription. …
BT has announced how much you’ll pay to watch select Premier League and Champions League games in 4K Ultra HD – £15/month. Europe’s first live…
Virgin Media has revealed the full costs of getting the new BT Sport pack, including BT Sport Europe, with its TV service. The new BT…
Your Philips Hue lights will now flash and change colour to match the on-screen action of co-op platformer Chariot. Chariot’s makers Frima say that this…
Pure fibre provider CityFibre has signed up a string of new business customers in Edinburgh and Aberdeen as it expands its footprint in Scotland. Customers…
While it’ll be years before we enjoy gigabit speeds on Galaxy S11’s while bombing down the motorway, Samsung’s leading the charge on defining standards for…
Humax has launched the new HDR 1100S range of Freetime Freesat boxes. The smart new boxes are roughly a third smaller than the previous 1000S…
It’s been over a year since Hive first landed in UK homes and now British Gas has announced an update; the Hive Active Heating 2…
Folks who sign up for TalkTalk’s Plus TV bundle can now get six months of Netflix for free. Customers signing up between now and July…
EU laws on net neutrality could see content filters applied by the UK’s leading ISPs kicked to the kerb. Proposals to create a single digital…
Sky reveals that the great majority of its broadband customers continue to use its Broadband Shield content filter and parental controls system. Introduced to new…
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