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Sky TV UK Confirms Netflix and Ultimate On Demand for November

19th September, 2018 (10 Comments)

Sky (Sky Broadband) has today revealed the first details of their new ‘Ultimate On Demand’ (UOD) service on the Sky Q platform, which for a single monthly fee of £10 will bring together hundreds of Sky TV’s on-demand Box Sets from their various channels and also adds the full Netflix service.

BT Extend UKTV Partnership for TV Channels and Adds HD Shows

18th September, 2018 (0 Comments)

Broadband ISP giant BT has today signed a new “long-term deal” with UKTV, which extends the run for their existing line-up of ten TV channels (Dave, Gold, W, Alibi, Good Food and Eden) on the operator’s YouView based IPTV network and adds a wider selection of Video-on-Demand (VoD) content.

Virgin Media UK Launch First Dedicated 4K Ultra HD TV Channel

10th September, 2018 (27 Comments)

Cable broadband ISP and TV network Virgin Media has today announced the launch of a new dedicated Ultra High Definition (4K UltraHD) TV channel, which will be exclusively available for Virgin TV Full House and VIP customers with a V6 set-top-box from Monday 17th September 2018 “at no extra cost“.

Scotland’s HD STV Channels Come to Virgin Media’s Cable Network

3rd September, 2018 (0 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media has complemented the expansion of their UK ultrafast broadband ISP and TV network in Scotland today by signing a new 4 year strategic partnership with STV, which among other things will enable them to broadcast STV in HD in all cabled STV regions (Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee) on EPG slot 103.

90% of British Households Use the Internet and Email STILL Popular

7th August, 2018 (3 Comments)

The UK Office for National Statistics has released their ‘Internet Access – Households and Individuals 2018‘ report, which among other things reveals that 90% of households in Great Britain have internet access (up from 89% in 2017) and 98% of those have a fixed broadband ISP connection. Email is the most popular activity.

Now ITV Threatens to Pull TV Channels from Virgin Media UPDATE

27th July, 2018 (20 Comments)

Cable TV and broadband operator Virgin Media UK is facing somewhat of a double kick in the balls this week. After failing to reach a deal to keep the popular UKTV channels (here), it’s now emerged that ITV are allegedly also threatening to pull their channels from the platform (possibly as early as this weekend).

ISP Sky Broadband Prep New Router and Future 5G Mobile Launch

26th July, 2018 (4 Comments)

Sky (Sky Broadband) has released their latest results to the end of June 2018 (financial Q4 17/18), which reveals that “Fibre” (FTTC) penetration has risen to 38% (up from 33% six months ago) of their UK broadband base. Plus they’re planning an early Sky Mobile launch of 5G and have a new broadband router coming.

EE UK Add TV Casting and Inclusive Mobile Data to BTSport App

25th July, 2018 (5 Comments)

Customers of UK mobile operator EE with the BTSport App can now make use of a new TV casting feature from their Smartphone, which enables them to watch the content in HD on multiple devices. As a bonus the first 3 months of access will be offered free and won’t suck your data allowance.

UK Internet Video Streaming Services Overtake Traditional Pay TV

18th July, 2018 (0 Comments)

Ofcom has today published their annual Media Nations 2018 report and revealed that subscriptions to popular broadband based video streaming platforms (e.g. Netflix, NOW TV and Amazon) have for the first time overtaken those of traditional Pay TV in the UK. On top of that Pay TV revenues also declined for first time.

Broadband ISP TalkTalk Claim Britain’s Lowest Price for Sky Sports TV

13th July, 2018 (1 Comment)

Budget UK ISP TalkTalk has today claimed to be launching “Britain’s lowest price Sky Sports deal,” which enables customers of their YouView (IPTV) based Pay TV, phone and “Faster Fibre” (FTTC) broadband service to get Sky Sports for just £15 extra per month for 9 months (£34 thereafter.).

Virgin Media Sign UK Deal to Offer BT Sport TV in Full 4K UltraHD

11th July, 2018 (7 Comments)

Cable broadband ISP Virgin Media and BT have today signed a new multi-year agreement that, effective from 30th July 2018, will enable the former to add the BTSport TV channels in full 4K UltraHD resolution to its top triple-play bundles “at no extra cost“.

BT TV App Update Adds Content Download Feature and Multi-Device

9th July, 2018 (2 Comments)

Customers of BT’s pay TV platform in the United Kingdom should note that the broadband ISP’s related Smartphone app has just announced several new features, including the ability to download and access content on the go and multi-device support via ‘BT TV App Extra‘.

Gigaclear and EE Examine World Cup Impact on UK Internet Traffic

5th July, 2018 (12 Comments)

Rural fibre optic broadband ISP Gigaclear has claimed that fever over the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia is turning into “white-hot rage over terrible internet connections.” Meanwhile mobile operator EE saw broadband usage “drop drastically” throughout all matches, while 4G mobile traffic did the opposite.

BT TV Adds Amazon Prime Video to its UK Broadband IPTV Platform

21st June, 2018 (6 Comments)

Broadband ISP BT has announced that they’ve become the first major UK pay TV provider to offer access via their YouView (IPTV) powered set-top-box to Amazon’s Prime Video streaming service, which will show up as an app to customers of the service. But those with their Youview+ Ultra HD (4K) boxes have to wait.

Virgin Media TV Customers Who Take Netflix to Get Single Billing

18th June, 2018 (5 Comments)

Customers of Virgin Media’s cable based TV and broadband ISP bundles in the UK, specifically those who don’t yet have Netflix, will from October 2018 be able to instantly add and pay for Netflix’s popular internet video streaming service through their VM bill.

BT Sport Secure 20 Extra Premier League TV Footy Matches for £90m

7th June, 2018 (8 Comments)

Earlier this year BT splashed £295m per season to secure the rights to show 32 Premier League matches on BTSport UK for a further three years from the 2019/20 season (here). Today the broadband ISP and pay TV provider has added 20 additional matches to that total by spending another £90m (total cost of £975m).

40Mbps Broadband Required – BBC to Stream 2018 World Cup in 4K

31st May, 2018 (53 Comments)

The BBC has announced another UK iPlayer trial of their 4K (Ultra HD) and High Dynamic Range (HDR) video streaming quality, which will cover all 29 of their 2018 FIFA World Cup matches. Unfortunately to get the most out of this they’re recommending that users have “at least” a 40Mbps broadband ISP connection.