Broadband, TV and smart home technology
Broadband Rollout Roundup for this week takes on a bit of a wireless flavour – EE has rolled out 4G mobile broadband to parts of…
Hyperoptic, provider of high speed gigabit fibre broadband, has revealed that its connected Chelsea residents to its hyper-fast next-gen network. Earlier this week it was…
Thanks to the internet we’re never stuck for things to watch. Whether it’s entire seasons of Breaking Bad or the latest YouTube viral, there’s enough…
BT has declared an emergency in the Isle of Arran, Northern Ireland and North Wales after winter conditions caused thousands of extra repairs to phone…
Freeview users can get a taste of YouView’s backwards programme guide with a personalised online guide that links to web-based catch-up services. The upgraded Freeview…
BT Vision has racked up the most complaints in Ofcom’s latest survey on pay TV customer satisfaction. Something of a David to Sky and Virgin…
What is YouView? Latest news about YouView YouView combines Freeview HD with catch-up from BBC iPlayer, ITV Player (including STV), 4oD and Demand Five via…
YouView will revamp its programme guide this summer to make room for broadband TV channels, starting with BT Sport and TalkTalk’s pay-TV channels. The hybrid…
Orange has yet again topped Ofcom’s complaints chart for its broadband service, followed by TalkTalk. Ofcom’s latest figures for complaints registered about broadband and pay…
As well as Disney movies arriving on Sky Go, programmes from the Syfy and Star Plus channels are also available from today. Shows from Crime…
Amazon has expanded its IMDb-powered X-Ray movies feature to select TV shows. The X-Ray service allows Kindle users to tap on an actor on screen and…
The Sky Movies Disney channel is launching today, bringing the likes of Bambi and Brave to Sky Movies customers, Sky Go users and Now TV…
The Wachowski siblings have made their foray into television with Sense8 new series that will air exclusively on Netflix. Sense8 will stream to subscribers late next…
The BBC has released a toolkit as open source software that will allow the television industry to build apps for smart TVs. Developers working at…
BT has revealed plans to connect 98 per cent of homes and businesses in rural Rothbury to superfast connection. Details of the latest regional broadband…
BT has been selected to deliver superfast broadband to 93 per cent of Shropshire. The new Connecting Shropshire project will see the majority of families…
Virgin has cut the speed restrictions on heavy downloaders but promised to keep promoting unlimited broadband after a clash with advertising watchdogs. The Advertising Standards…
Humax’s latest Freesat FreeTime box is a 1TB white WiFi wonder and we’ve just spent some time getting to know it better. During a press…
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