Broadband, TV and smart home technology
You can’t look for on-demand and catch-up services in 2014 – they’re literally everywhere, on smart TVs, on phones, tablets, connected Blu-ray players and games…
We haven’t been able to move for broadband, TV and phone bundles for years and 2014 has been no exception. With the launch of new…
Smart home services and ‘the Internet of Things’ have been buzzphrases for a few years now but 2014 has been the year of the smart…
Smappee, the system that works out which appliances in your home are using the most energy, is working on integrating with Apple HomeKit. The smart…
Virgin Media has announced its broadband subscribers base rose to almost 50,000 in Q3 this year, bringing the total up to 83,000 over the whole…
Sky could be forced to let BT sell Sky Sports channels on its YouView-based TV service following a ruling from regulator Ofcom. The interim ruling…
The Welsh Government has been busy installing superfast broadband in 275,000 homes across the country, with three new towns connected in the last week. Lampeter,…
Gigabit broadband provider CityFibre is bringing next-gen services to thousands of West Yorkshire businesses. The so-called ‘Kirklees CORE’ network will see firms in Huddersfield, Dewsbury…
If the idea of winning a free HD TV before Christmas grabs you, read on to find out how you could win a Toshiba 40L2433DB…
The BFI Player has been updated with a sharp new look making it easier to find on-demand arthouse movies and archive TV. Taking cues from…
Just in time for the festive season, TalkTalk has cut the price of its TV, broadband and calls packages to half price for a whole…
Vodafone is offering 4G Pay Monthly customers free access to Now TV’s entertainment channels for the duration of their contracts. In other words, if you…
Sky Go and Now TV users might want to hold fire on updating to Android 5.0 as the streaming services don’t work with the new…
Is this a dagger I see before me? No my thane, t’is Globe Player, an on-demand service that’s serving up more than 50 Shakespeare productions. …
Popular on-demand service Netflix has started rolling out to YouView boxes. Owners of Humax YouView boxes including the DTR-T1000 – the original YouView box –…
Three is rolling out free 4G upgrades to Belfast customers later this month. Unlike rival networks which charge a premium to access next-gen services, Three…
Streaming site Vimeo is expanding its subtitling and translation services, bringing more content to wider audiences. As well as launching a Japanese-language version of the…
Fancy getting a Sony PlayStation Vita Slim for free? All you’ll need to do to be in with a chance of winning one is to…
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