Broadband, TV and smart home technology
BT has been taken to task by the ASA over misleading customers about the availability of superfast broadband services. A postcode checker on BT’s site,…
Got a second-gen Apple TV or an iOS device incapable of updating to iOS 7? Say goodbye to YouTube – Google’s pulling the plug at…
Marvel films are crazy popular right now, as shown by the stunning profits they pull in and the fact that a new one comes out…
Sky’s latest set of quarterly figures show that 7 million of its TV customers in the UK and Ireland are now making use of Sky…
Plug and play ISP Relish is calling time on the humble landline, saying it’ll be dead within ten years. According to the ‘How evolving technology…
The SNP manifesto calls for an extra £100 million of BBC licence fee money to be spent on Scottish local and regional programming. Arguing that…
BT is planning to test out 500Mbps services in Swansea, using the emerging G.fast technology. The Welsh city will become the third place BT is…
The Conservative election manifesto promises to preserve the BBC’s status as a ‘world class service’. Thomas Newton thinks they’ve done anything but, and will more…
Middle Ages hack and slash fest Vikings will wrap up its third season exclusively on Prime Instant Video in the UK this Friday. Amazon’s answer…
Veteran newscaster Jon Snow has signed up to present a new YouTube series to help first time voters cut through the spin ahead of May’s…
Sony’s latest smart TVs will feature Google’s Android TV OS and on selected models, support for HDR (High Dynamic Range) 4K content. The high-end X930C…
If you want to be among the first to (legally) watch Game of Thrones in the UK, you’ll need to get Sky or Now TV……
UKIP’s manifesto calls for both the decriminalisation of licence fee evasion and for making it cheaper. Despite the annual cost of the TV Licence being…
Virgin TV customers with Sky Sports and Movies are facing a price rise this summer – £2 more a month for sports and 50p extra…
Both the Green Party and the SNP are calling for everyone across the UK to have equal access to broadband services. In the run up…
The Liberal Democrats have pledged to bring high-speed broadband to 99.9 per cent of UK premises. While details on exact plans are sketchy, this amounts…
Former Jedi Knight Ewan McGregor is to star in a new ad campaign for BT TV. The Star Wars, Trainspotting and Moulin Rouge star has…
Google has finally canned support for Silverlight, meaning Now TV customers can’t stream their favourite shows and movies using Chrome. Whenever Now TV customers try…
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