Broadband, TV and smart home technology
Netflix has given the go-ahead for a second season of Orange is the New Black before the first series has even begun. The first 13…
VideoBrowser is a new iPhone app that lets you sling videos and web pages to your Samsung Smart TV. It’s the latest stream-stuff-to-your-TV-from-a-phone app we’ve…
Lovefilm is seeking budding short film directors to create their 15 seconds of fame with a promo for its Norse swords-and-seamen drama Vikings. Instagram Video…
Ultrafast Underriver, the rural broadband project based in Kent, has been shunned by Kent County Council, who have declined to list the project on their…
BT claims its takeover of Saturday lunchtime Premiership football will force Sky to change its pricing for pubs to remain competitive. Marc Watson, CEO of…
Spectrum Internet, the Cardiff-based broadband provider has connected its 700th rural customer to superfast broadband. The ISP, which mainly serves homes and businesses in South…
Virgin Media has confirmed that filtering of legal adult content will not be the default option. Contrary to reports that appeared in yesterday’s Sunday Times…
TVXflix has become the first adult on-demand TV service to join YouView with a library of 18-rated HD films available 24 hours a day. Based…
BBC iPlayer has launched eight new BBC Three comedy pilots exclusively online. Tucked away on the BBC iPlayer homepage, the shows are all accessible after…
TalkTalk and Recombu are giving away a Samsung UE32F4000 32in LED TV to one lucky reader. This £349 TV has a built-in Freeview tuner and…
Ofcom has ruled that Sky Sports F1, 4Seven, Nick Jr five other channels will have to provide subtitles, sign language and audio description from 2014…
Who’d have thought a year ago that much maligned deputy PM Nick Clegg would’ve been nominated a hero? ISPA, the Internet Service Provider’s Association, has…
This week’s edition of Broadband Rollout Roundup features the latest data on availability of FTTC (Fibre to the Cabinet) and FTTP (Fibre to the Premises)…
The Shetland village of Walls* has one thing in common with Britain’s many broadband and mobile not-spots: it’s a small place where the networks traditionally…
BT has been selected to pump superfast broadband across 89 per cent of properties across North and North East Lincolnshire. The North Lincs Broadband Programme…
Start-up outfit Valta promises to not congest user’s home WiFi networks with its forthcoming smart home energy products. The project, which is still in…
British holidaymakers rejoice, the EU has just announced the latest prices for data roaming in Europe. From July 1 onwards, data will cost no more…
Direct Save Telecom, the UK’s low-cost ISP provider has launched an unlimited Broadband Family deal that offers a flexible contract with no connection or set-up fee. …
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