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UK ISP TalkTalk Adds 90 Free HD Channels to Pay TV Service UPDATE

29th September, 2022 (25 Comments)

Budget broadband ISP TalkTalk has today announced that they’ve added over 90 “new” HD (High Definition) TV channels for “free” to their Netgem powered pay TV (IPTV) platform and its related “TV 4K Box” device, which means that customers should be able to access a total of up to 210 channels.

Sky UK Unveil Broadband Based Stream TV Box Without Satellite

27th September, 2022 (64 Comments)

As expected, Sky (Sky Broadband) has today announced the launch of their new standalone ‘Sky Stream‘ product, which uses your home broadband ISP and WiFi connection to stream Sky’s on-demand video content and live TV channels directly to your existing TV set without any satellite dish or installation being required.

Sky UK Denies Plan to End Satellite TV Dish Installs in 2023 UPDATE

23rd September, 2022 (60 Comments)

Sky (Sky TV, Sky Broadband etc.) has denied a recent report claiming it had informed its trade suppliers that they would cease installing “new” satellite TV dishes on customer homes by the end of 2023, which was believed to reflect their increasing adoption of broadband internet based IPTV (video streaming etc.) delivery methods.

BT TV Box Pro Customers in the UK Get Aerial-Free TV Access

26th August, 2022 (46 Comments)

Owners of UK ISP BT’s latest TV set-top-box hardware (TV Box Pro) for their broadband-based Pay TV (IPTV) service may be pleased to learn that they’ve added a new “internet mode“, which enables you to access TV shows, browse channels and apps all in one place, without the need for a TV aerial. BT also added a multiroom box.

Virgin Media O2 UK Finally Adds Disney+ to TV 360 Service UPDATE

2nd August, 2022 (17 Comments)

Broadband ISP and Pay TV provider Virgin Media (VMO2) has today announced another improvement to their Virgin TV 360 platform by making the long-awaited Disney+ streaming app available on the service for customers. Naturally, you’ll need to be an existing subscriber in order to use the app (£7.99 a month or £79.90 a year).

Virgin Media O2 UK Update Improves TV 360 User Interface

30th July, 2022 (13 Comments)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) has, over the past couple of weeks, begun to issue a new firmware update (v4.41) for their Virgin TV 360 service (platform), which introduces a number of cosmetic “improvements” to the Horizon software based User Interface (UI) and also some functional changes.

Sky Go Video Streaming App Now Available to UK Apple TV Users

28th July, 2022 (10 Comments)

Sky UK (Sky TV, Sky Broadband) appears to have quietly taken the beta tag off their popular Sky Go video streaming app for Apple TV devices, which means that regular customers of their Pay TV service should now be able to download and use it.

Virgin Media O2 Add 114,000 New Premises to UK FTTP Coverage

28th July, 2022 (16 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile operator Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) have published their joint Q2 2022 results, which saw fixed broadband reach 5,612,000 customers (up by 16,000 in Q2 2022 vs -1K in Q1) and their FTTP coverage reach another 114,000 premises. The fixed line network now covers 15.9m premises (54% of UK).

Internet Streaming Takes Hit as Amazon Prime Hikes UK Prices

26th July, 2022 (42 Comments)

The UK market for broadband-based video streaming services, which is already under pressure from the ever-increasing problem of content fragmentation across too many platforms, looks set to suffer another blow today after Amazon announced that prices for their Prime Video would be hiked for the first time since 2014.

Competition Authority Clears BT Sport TV and Eurosport UK Joint Venture

22nd July, 2022 (3 Comments)

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has today cleared BT Group’s agreement with Warner Bros. Discovery, which is intended to result in a 50:50 Joint Venture (JV) company between BT Sport and Eurosport UK that will create a new TV sports offering for the UK and Ireland.

Sky UK Coy on Delay and Future Release of Sky Go for Apple TV

16th July, 2022 (10 Comments)

Last October Sky (Sky TV, Sky Broadband) announced that customers in the UK would be able to access their popular Sky Go video streaming app on Apple TV devices during the “first half of 2022“, yet it’s now July and the operator has declined to say when it will launch or why they’ve delayed it.

BT Secures TV Rights to UEFA Football Leagues as Amazon Takes Slice

1st July, 2022 (19 Comments)

Broadband, mobile and broadcasting giant BT has announced that their Sport TV streaming business has secured the rights to the majority of UEFA’s Champions League games, plus all the Europa League and the Europa Conference League exclusively live, for a further 3 seasons. But Amazon’s Prime Video service has also taken a slice.

Virgin Media UK Gift LG 4K TV or £200 Credit with Broadband Bundle

27th June, 2022 (9 Comments)

New customers looking to take one of Virgin Media‘s (VMO2) top broadband and Pay TV bundles, specifically their’ Bigger + Sports’, ‘Bigger + Movies’ or ‘Ultimate Volt’ bundles, may like to know that – for three days only – they’ll come with a 43″ LG 4K Ultra HD Smart TV (worth £479.99) at no extra cost or £200 bill credit.

BT Sport TV Make 2022 UEFA League Footy Finals Free to Watch

13th May, 2022 (6 Comments)

Broadband ISP BT has informed us that their BTSport TV streaming service is making the 2022 UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League finals available for everyone in the UK to watch – for free – whether on TV, online (BTS YouTube Channel) or on mobile.

Virgin Media O2 Begin UK FTTP Upgrade Project as Customers Fall

11th May, 2022 (56 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile operator Virgin Media and O2 (VMO2) have today published their combined results for Q1 2022, which confirms that their plan to upgrade existing Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC) network areas with Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) technology has now begun. But their fixed line broadband base took a hit.

CoD Pushes TalkTalk Broadband Traffic to New 8.71 Tbps Record UPDATE

28th April, 2022 (17 Comments)

Internet traffic across UK broadband ISPs surged last night as people tuned in to stream the Champions League semi-final and to download the latest 40GB (GigaByte) ‘Season 3’ update for the popular ‘Call of Duty Warzone’ video game. As a result, TalkTalk set a new peak traffic record of 8.715Tbps (Terabits per second).

Virgin Media O2 UK Finally Launches New Stream TV Service

26th April, 2022 (26 Comments)

After a lot of beta testing, broadband ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) UK has today officially launched their new TV streaming (IPTV) product – called ‘Stream‘ – that makes popular TV channels, on-demand apps, and movies available to customers via a single small set-top-box – all via your internet connection on a 30-day rolling contract.