Broadband, TV and smart home technology
Four in five British premises are now in reach of superfast broadband, according to government figures. The various BDUK (Broadband Delivery for the UK) projects…
Mobile catch up and on-demand service UKTV Play is now available on Android devices. Content from Dave, Really and Yesterday is now available to stream…
GCHQ acted unlawfully when accessing millions of people’s personal messages, a tribunal has ruled. Citing a lack of transparency, the IPT (Investigatory Powers Tribunal) ruled…
Israeli modem maker Sckipio has challenged the world’s fastest man to beat its 500Mbps product to a 200m race. After venerable tech daily The Register…
Former BBC chairman Lord Grade has forced plans to decriminalise non-payment of the licence fee to be put on hold until 2017. A host of…
A Labour MP has blasted BT for letting small and medium businesses in Tech City wither on a superslow broadband vine. After receiving a petition…
BT’s first FTTP customer in Northern Ireland can now enjoy the delights of Netflix without batting an eye. Rowan Sheridan’s crusty old ADSL connection was…
Ofcom has disregarded Virgin Media’s request to halt the upcoming auction for broadcast rights to Premier League games. The telecoms watchdog is currently looking into…
BT has finalised terms for its £12.5 billion bid for EE, a move which will see the UK’s biggest ISP become the UK’s biggest mobile…
Newport could benefit from smarter traffic management, 4K CCTV and gigabit broadband, thanks to a new deal. Infrastructure provider CityFibre and IT managed services company…
Sky has let slip that it’s working on getting a new Now TV Box in the shelves later this year. Will it offer 1080p or…
Sony has announced that most of its 2015 range of Bravia TVs will include YouView. The new range of Sony sets, most of which will…
£60,000. For that kind of cash you could put down a deposit on a new home, buy a twatty clutch bag from Selfridges – or…
To the surprise of no-one, HBO’s breakout fantasy epic has topped Sky’s list of Most Watched Shows On Demand shows from 2014. The news comes…
Sky has announced that its bagged the rights to show golf’s oldest major for five years from 2017 onwards. All four days of the British…
A committee of MPs has called for the UK Government and BT to up their game and increase the basic broadband speeds available to all. …
TalkTalk’s latest set of figures show that ten per cent of its customers now take its mobile service. Last November, TalkTalk launched a new bundle…
BT has hired Sir Ian McKellen to take over as the voice of the Speaking Clock in aid of Comic Relief. The award winning star…
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