Broadband, TV and smart home technology
Lovefilm Instant has announced its latest content deal which will see shows from MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon hitting the streaming service in the UK. …
Sky is rolling out a new update to its Sky+ for Android app which adds smart Google Instant-style search that combs for results right from…
Virgin TV Anywhere has added ITV, ITV2, ITV3 and ITV4 to its line-up of live streaming channels. This means programmes including Coronation Street and The…
UK ISPs will be ordered to block proxy sites that provide access to file-sharing sites like The Pirate Bay, Fenopy and KickassTorrents. High Court orders handed to ISPs…
One of the many questions that lands in the Recombu inbox is ‘Do I need to pay line rental for my broadband?’ The answer, in…
BT has upped the cost of its Line Rental Saver plan to £141 a year. This one-off fee works out cheaper than the standard rate…
Broadband providers KC, Hyperoptic and Plusnet will be competing to take home the most prizes from next month’s ISPA Awards ceremony. The Internet Service Providers’…
BT Sport has announced its latest high-profile signings, Danny Baker and Danny Kelly. The pair will host Baker and Kelly’s Vaguely Sporting Phone-Out, a new…
Traffic management is a fact of life. If you buy Internet services from someone, chances are you’re going to be affected to a degree by…
Vodafone has announced that it expects its 4G mobile broadband services to be live by ‘late summer’ this year. Guy Laurence Vodafone UK chief executive…
Budget broadband company Direct Save Telecom has launched an unlimited broadband service for £1.95/month plus line rental. That’s £11.90/month with advance line rental, on a…
TalkTalk has removed traffic shaping restrictions from its Essentials and Plus products. This means they’re now truly unlimited broadband offerings. Previously, peak time traffic shaping…
Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Yahoo! and Twitter have knocked back attempts to revive the government’s controversial online ‘Snoopers’ Charter’ in a leaked letter. The letter to…
BT has been selected to roll out superfast broadband to the majority of homes across East Sussex and Brighton and Hove. The Go e-Sussex project,…
Virgin Media has launched its new next-generation Super Hub wireless router that makes use of dual band technology. Thanks to multiple antennas, the Virgin Media…
BT’s rollout of superfast broadband in North Yorkshire has suffered a sett-back, thanks to engineers running into a series of badgers’ homes. The animals have…
Virgin Media TiVo customers stand to get the closest to the action with this year’s Glastonbury coverage. The BBC’s six live feeds will be accessible…
YouView customers who’ve bought an unbranded, non-BT box will need to call BT if they want to get BT Sport. The forthcoming sports channels will…
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