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Sky Puts NOW TV Price Rise on Hold – Gives No Reason

4th May, 2014 (5 Comments)

Sky’s broadband-based NOW TV video streaming service, which includes access to ten major live premium TV channels like Sky One and Sky Atlantic via the Entertainment Pass, has put their 29th May 2014 plans for a 40% price hike on hold.

Sky’s Broadband NOW TV Entertainment Pass Sees 40 Percent Price Hike

1st May, 2014 (6 Comments)

Customers who pay £4.99 per month for the Entertainment Pass on Sky’s broadband-based NOW TV video streaming service, which includes live access to ten major channels like Sky One and Sky Atlantic, are about to be hit by a 40% price hike. The Sky Movies Pass will also suffer an increase.

BT Sport TV Content to Remain FREE for Broadband ISP Customers

30th April, 2014 (14 Comments)

BT’s consumer ISP division has confirmed that their new and re-contracting broadband subscribers will continue to benefit from free access to BTSport TV content for a second season and the operator also revealed that around 5 million UK homes now view the service (3 million come direct from BT and the rest via wholesale partners).

ASA Ban TalkTalk TV Advert for Misleading Catch Up Content Availability

23rd April, 2014 (6 Comments)

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned a television advert for TalkTalk’s broadband TV (YouView) service after it failed to make clear that “some catch-up [TV] content is excluded from the on demand services“.

Sky Told to Stop Exaggerating Availability of Live Channels on NOW TV

23rd April, 2014 (5 Comments)

The Advertising Standards Authority has told Sky (BSkyB) to stop exaggerating the availability of paid live TV channels (Entertainment Pass) via their Internet-based NOW TV service.

BT to Scrap BT Vision Broadband IPTV Box and Replace it with YouView

11th April, 2014 (9 Comments)

Customers of the BT TV service have been told that the operator intends to “close” their original silver BTVision broadband IPTV box service. Owners of the related set top box devices will instead be offered an upgrade to the new YouView based STB kit “at no extra cost“, but you’ll have to re-contract both your TV and broadband for another 18 months first.

Broadband Demand for Game of Thrones Knocks Sky NOW TV Service Out

8th April, 2014 (16 Comments)

Customers who pay £4.99 a month for the Entertainment Pass on Sky’s broadband-based NOW TV service now have more than those annoying “Rights Restrictions” messages (here) to worry about after the live broadcast of popular TV show Game of Thrones (Season 4 : Episode 1) caused a surge in demand that disrupted connectivity.

BT Sport Grabs Former Sky Broadband UK Boss Delia Bushell to be its MD

7th April, 2014 (5 Comments)

The battle for broadband and TV dominance between BSkyB and BT took another twist today after it was revealed that the latter had nabbed the former Director of Sky Broadband and voice services, Delia Bushell, to take the new role of Managing Director at its TV and BTSport division.

All 7 UK Partners Agree to Fund YouView’s Broadband IPTV for 5 Years

28th March, 2014 (3 Comments)

The future of YouView’s broadband based TV (IPTV) platform, which has recently come under pressure from a similar Freeview Connect proposal, has been given a boost today after the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, BT, TalkTalk and Arqiva, as equal shareholders, all agreed a guarantee of funding for “at least” the next 5 years.

BT TV Waves Goodbye to Chief Executive Officer Marc Watson

26th March, 2014 (5 Comments)

Marc Watson, CEO of the BT TV Group and one of the architects behind the operator’s storm into the United Kingdom’s broadband-based Pay TV market, has announced his decision to leave the telecoms giant in pursuit of a “fresh challenge“. The announcement comes before the next round of a battle with BSkyB over ownership of TV sporting rights.

Sky to Launch UK Internet Download-to-Keep Movie Service

20th March, 2014 (5 Comments)

Sky (Sky Broadband) has confirmed that in the coming weeks their existing Internet-based on-demand movie rental service – Sky Store – will also begin taking on Apple’s iTunes, Google Play and Amazon Prime (formerly Lovefilm) by offering movies which you can download to Buy-and-Keep.

UK ISP TalkTalk Cuts Essentials TV and Broadband to £5 Per Month

6th March, 2014 (0 Comments)

Budget communications provider TalkTalk has reduced the price(s) of their triple-play Essentials TV and Plus TV (YouView) broadband bundles to £5 and £10 per month respectively for the first 6 months of service (£7.50 and £15.50 thereafter). A £50 Love2Shop voucher has also been included.

Sky’s Internet Based NOW TV Service Hampered by UK Rights Restrictions

3rd March, 2014 (14 Comments)

Customers that spent £4.99 a month to purchase the Entertainment Pass for Sky’s broadband-based NOW TV service, which is supposed to include access to 10 of their top pay-tv channels (e.g. Sky Atlantic, Sky 1, Discovery etc.), have been left disappointed because many of the shows are blocked due to “Rights Restrictions“.

BT TV Reveal Spec for Smallest YouView+ Set Top Box DTR-T2100

25th February, 2014 (0 Comments)

Customers of BT’s YouView (IPTV) and broadband powered TV service have today been introduced to a much smaller version of their set-top-box (DTR-T2100) device (partly because it doesn’t need a fan), which adopts a similar style to the operators Home Hub 4 and Home Hub 5 routers. But still no built-in WiFi connectivity.

BBC, C4 and ITV Moot Internet Catch Up TV Service Freeview Connect

11th February, 2014 (4 Comments)

Who needs YouView (IPTV) anyway? The BBC, Channel 4, ITV and Digital UK appear to be considering a third bash at the Internet based catch-up TV game (aka – Freeview Connect) after their last attempt, YouView, ended up becoming more of a commercial customer retention tool for the big broadband ISPs (e.g. TalkTalk and BT).

BT Looking Towards Trials of 4K Ultra HD TV Broadband Video Streams

5th February, 2014 (6 Comments)

The CEO of BT Group, Gavin Patterson, has confirmed that the operator is already conducting trials of 4K video streaming (Ultra HDTV – 3840 x 2160 pixels) technology for its BT TV and sport content. But you’ll need a good broadband connection to benefit.

UK ISP BT Tops 1.9m Retail FTTC Users as Broadband Customers Hit 7.11 Million

31st January, 2014 (7 Comments)

The retail division of BT has ended 2013 with a total fixed line broadband ISP subscriber base of 7,111,000 and that represents a stable growth of +150k in Q4 2013 (down slightly from +156k in Q3). The figure includes 1.9 Million superfast BTInfinity (FTTC) customers (up by +228k in Q4 vs +195k added in Q3).