Broadband, TV and smart home technology
G.fast, a developing broadband standard promising speeds of 1Gbps over copper lines, is a step closer to being defined by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). …
Ofcom has awarded Arqiva a licence that could add as many as 10 HD channels to the Freeview line up. The regulator granted a single…
The BBC has announced that it plans to launch five new HD channels, BBC News HD, BBC Three HD and BBC Four HD along with…
The government has met with BT and local action groups to resolve the impasse which has led to a number of small rural broadband projects…
Nintendo has push out an update to its next generation console to improve the Wii U’s stability. The latest version of the console, 3.1.0, improves…
When is a CCTV camera not a privacy violating public safety guaranteeing device? When it’s also a public WiFi hotspot. The Department for Culture, Media…
The BBC’s Technology site has posted a leaked letter that’s been sent to the UK’s biggest ISPs by the Department of Education. The government wants…
BT Wi-fi will soon be available in Young’s and Geronimo pubs alongside your real ales and gastro chips. Rolling out to over 140 pubs across…
BBC iPlayer for Android is in line to get programme downloads soon, a BBC mobile developer has revealed. David Berlin, who heads development for BBC…
Villages in the Yorkshire Dales have won a grant to help them build out a fibre broadband network. The Fibre GarDen project is looking to…
Children may get a version of social TV provider Zeebox for themselves as a way of helping them talk about the show they are watching….
Openreach engineers have overcome a number of challenges to bring fibre broadband to a Cornish village that previously had limited access to broadband. The work…
BT Broadband customers can now access an extra 11.6 million WiFi hotspots across the world. Thanks to a deal done between BT’s WiFi partner Fon…
BT Sport has launched a series of beer mats, bar towels and t-shirts designed to work with augmented reality company Blippar’s software. Punters will be…
The BBC’s big reveal of its plans for the first ever digital Glastonbury is a timely reminder that Festival Season is almost upon us. With…
Xbox 360 owners who want to soak up the glitter-encrusted Lovebox Festival atmosphere can do so from the comfort of their living rooms. Action from…
KC, the Hull and East Yorkshire-based ISP has connected over 20,000 premises to its superfast fibre broadband network. The Lightstream product has been rolled out…
BT could be forced by telecoms regulator Ofcom to lower the prices it charges other IPS to make use of its Openreach network. In a…
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