Broadband, TV and smart home technology
A rural broadband project in the Scottish Borders is seeking partners to help bring residents out of the superslow dark ages. The Ettrick and Yarrow…
TalkTalk is signing up TV customers to test drive a software update which will combine its broadband streaming TV channels with Freeview channels in the…
Sky viewers are again missing out on high definition extras as the BBC broadcasts 12 nights of The Proms via the Red Button HD. The…
Luxury home cinema Kaleidescape is hoping to tempt high-end film fans with a media server that will rip, manage and play your movie collection without…
Councils who remain secretive and tight-lipped about superfast broadband plans could be delayed access to extra funding. Culture secretary Maria Miller is reportedly considering slowing…
Gigabit fibre broadband provider CityFibre has opened up its network in Bournemouth, letting businesses sign up for leased lines. CityFibre’s full FTTP (Fibre to the…
S4C is planning a raid from the borders of Wales to the Marches of the Internet, with on demand catch-up via the web, a YouView…
Demand 5, Channel 5’s catch-up platform, has finally arrived on Freesat’s Free Time smart TV platform. At launch there will be more than 600 programmes…
Al Jazeera, ART, JSTV and kykNET are just a few of the international channels now available in TalkTalk TV’s World TV boosts. The three new…
Businesses in five ‘test’ cities can now apply for vouchers to subsidise connection costs for next-gen ultrafast broadband. Firms in Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Manchester and…
Superfast Cymru, Wales’ ambitious fibre broadband plan, has announced that it aims to have 100,000 properties connected by 2014. The project, undertaken by BT, has…
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) has noted an increase in the numbers of legitimate business sites being hacked and used to distribute child abuse images. …
More than 200,000 viewers tuned in to BT Sport’s free-to-air opening night of Bayern Munich versus Manchester City and JP Morgan Asset Management rugby 7s….
BT has announced that it’s signed two superfast broadband contracts that will see it connecting the majority of Oxfordshire and Worcestershire to superfast broadband. Both…
BT Openreach has lifted emergency status from its engineers in Luton, Lancashire, Stoke and Chester, and Belfast. Engineers remain hard at work repairing flood and…
Lovefilm Instant, to the relief of parents everywhere, has done a deal which brings kids favourites like Curious George, Rastamouse to UK screens. Barbie: Princess…
The BBC and Sky have announced plans to collaborate on the UK UHD Forum, a group that will coordinate developments and set standards for 4K…
Plusnet has taken a leaf out of TalkTalk’s book by announcing that it will increase broadband, line rental and phone costs in October. Prices of…
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