Broadband, TV and smart home technology
Defra’s Rural Community Broadband Fund (RCBF) deadline has been extended, giving local authorities and communities more time to apply for cash. The £20 million fund…
Last week there was much fanfare to accompany the signing of the West Sussex BDUK contract as it marked half time for the government’s superfast…
Nottinghamshire County Council has secured an extra £2.7 million in funding for superfast broadband from Europe, but there’s a catch. The sum earmarked for infrastructure…
Sky has announced that its shutting down Acetrax, the on-demand movie service it acquired last year. From June 21 onwards, Acetrax will cease to operate….
Ofcom wants UK broadcasters to monitor TV subtitles to cut down the number of on-air bloopers. The regulator is proposing that broadcasters keep a note…
BT has revealed where 752,000 of its 5 million BT Wifi hotspots are situated across the North East, Yorkshire and the Humber and the East…
The BT Race To Infinity project for Caldecote in Cambridgeshire, due to be finished in April, will be done by June. According to the latest…
The Sky Sports iPad app has just updated, adding multiple camera angle feeds to live games, letting you see what the linesmen sometimes can’t. Making…
The Cloud has announced a deal with Lord’s Cricket Ground that sees Test Match attendees able to make use of free WiFi for the next…
Lancashire-based rural broadband project B4RN have connected the village of Newton to their all-fibre network. The village joins the likes of Abbeystead, Arkholme and Quernmore…
Brits could save around half an hour and £2.40 a year taking short-cuts through call centre phone menus provided by a dedicated explorer of tone-dial…
BT has finally been given the go-ahead to start work on the superfast broadband project in Cumbria thanks to a long-awaited green light from the…
The latest edition of Broadband Rollout Roundup details the latest burst of BT activity in Scotland, specifically Forfar and Grangemouth and Burnham-on-Sea in Somerset, England. …
Introduction The Pure Avalon 300R Connect is the first Freeview set top box from Pure, a brand better known for their high-end designer DAB radios….
While talks are still ongoing concerning BT Sport coming to TalkTalk TV, it’s been revealed that the channels won’t be on TalkTalk from launch. BT…
The latest research from Ofcom on nuisance calls reveals that PPI-related calls are the main source of nuisance calls suffered by UK residents. A sample…
Tests to gauge the levels of disruption that 4G will cause to Freeview broadcasts have so far yielded encouraging results, but Freeview’s boss wants more…
Sagemcom RTI95-320 T2 recorder review Introduction Good things come in small packages. Size matters not. It’s not how big it is, it’s what you do with…
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