Aug 16 2016
Sky has launched Sky Fibre Max, giving its customers access to what it desribes as a “super reliable fibre broadband” service. Sky Fibre Max offers download speeds of up to 76Mb and totally unlimited usage and is available to customers for £25 (€28.71) a month, plus Sky Line Rental. Sky Fibre Max allows customers to […]
Aug 1 2016
Ofcom is proposing to make switching pay TV providers an easier process, under new proposals that will affect customers of landline, broadband and pay TV services. The regulator has launched a consultation about ways consumers can be helped during the switching process – for both standalone and bundled landline, broadband and pay TV services – […]
Mar 7 2016
Britons now spend more time online than they do asleep, with the average Briton now spending 10.5 hours a day connected to the web – over two hours longer than the average eight hours night’s sleep – according to a poll of 3,000 UK residents. Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband provider Hyperoptic, commissioned the research to gain […]
May 8 2015
Virgin Media’s broadband subscriber numbers have increased from 4,625,800 in the previous quarter, to 4,969,700 in the first quarter of this year (40,200 of which are still on ADSL rather than cable – up 7 per cent. Of those 4.9 million net subscribers, Liberty-owned Virgin reports that 36 per cent are on 100Mbps or faster […]
May 6 2015
The UK could be forced to introduce Internet rationing, following warnings it could consume the nation’s entire power supply within 20 years. Experts say the UK is close to “filling up” its network of optical fibres, with the demands of video-streaming websites like YouTube, iPlayer and Netflix putting an unprecedented strain on communications infrastructure. Industry […]
Oct 15 2009
Consumers who want to avoid having a satellite dish stuck to their house will be able to receive Sky programming, from drama and movies to Premiership football, through a Freeview set-top box under a deal to be announced today. BSkyB’s partnership with London-based IP Vision forms part of a gathering land grab in the world […]
Nov 6 2006
Freewire TV is set to deliver broadcast quality TV channels over multicast broadband networks, offering multi-channel entertainment to the ‘digitally disenfranchised’ who are currently unable to receive digital TV services by other means. Freewire TV will initially be available to up to half a million students who will be able to access the service through […]
Channel launches and updates on Freeview
ITV announces closure of CITV
BBC switch from SD to HD on satellite
Joint UK/international BBC News service from March
Loss of channels on Freesat 4K TV Boxes after a reset
Digital UK becomes “Everyone TV”
Rollout of BBC One HD for the English regions
ITVX launch month delivers 55% increase in ITV’s streaming viewing and 65% increase in online users
New Broadcast 2040+ researchBBC to switch off all SD satellite channels
Mar 27 2017
BT fined £42m for Openreach contracts breach
BT is to be fined £42 million (€48.5m) for what regulator Ofcom describes as a “serious” breach of its rules, after the company reduced compensation payments to other telecoms providers for late installations. The penalty is a result of an investigation by Ofcom into BT’s infrastructure arm, Openreach. BT has apologised “wholeheartedly” for the mistakes. […]
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By Expat • BT • Tags: Broadband, BT Openreach, Ofcom