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Roku UK Deploys First-Ever FAST TV Channels to Streaming Platform

1st September, 2025 (4 Comments)

Streaming platform provider Roku UK has announced the imminent roll-out of their “first-ever” FAST (Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV) channels. A total of 40 FAST channels are due to go live across the company’s Apps, TVs and streaming boxes at no extra cost, starting from October next month.

Court Rejects Sky UK’s Challenge to Ofcom’s End of Contract Pay TV Notifications UPDATE

22nd August, 2025 (23 Comments)

The Court of Appeal (Civil Division) has dismissed Sky UK’s (Sky TV, Sky Broadband etc.) attempt to overturn an earlier decision by the telecoms regulator, Ofcom, which back in 2022 ruled that the provider had broken consumer protection rules by failing to send End-of-Contract Notifications (ECN) to their satellite-based Pay TV customers.

Virgin Media UK Preparing New TV 360 and STREAM Software Update

19th August, 2025 (0 Comments)

Customers of broadband ISP Virgin Media (O2) may like to know that the provider will shortly begin rolling out a new firmware update for their TV 360 and STREAM platforms (set-top-boxes), which is expected to introduce a number of new features (e.g. enhanced search functionality that will use image tiles instead of a text heavy display).

Discovery+ App Access to be Removed from Some Older EE and BT UK TV Boxes

14th August, 2025 (5 Comments)

Customers of broadband ISPs EE and BT who also take their Pay TV (IPTV) service, specifically those that continue to use older TV boxes, have been informed that their devices will lose support for the Discovery+ streaming app entirely from 22nd September 2025. This also impacts TNT Sports on-demand content (i.e. catch-up content, extended coverage etc.).

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Sky UK Increases its Premier League TV Sports Content and Coverage

12th August, 2025 (14 Comments)

Customers of Sky’s (Sky Broadband etc.) Pay TV services, such as Sky Glass and Sky Stream, may like to know that the UK provider has extended its partnership with the Premier League for the coming year and increased the exclusively live matches they carry from 128 to a minimum of 215. But that’s not all – new features are also coming to their streaming platforms.

BBC Looks Set to Build its Own “radically simplified” Freely TV Streaming Box

11th August, 2025 (50 Comments)

The BBC’s Controller of Digital Transition, Helen Burrows, has confirmed that the corporation is “exploring the idea” of building its own UK set-top-box device to support the new broadband-based live TV streaming service, Freely, which until recently lacked any support among existing steaming boxes and sticks.

Freely’s UK Broadband TV Service to Adopt Netgem Streaming Boxes

31st July, 2025 (37 Comments)

Broadband-based live TV streaming service Freely, which is supported by major UK TV broadcasters (BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and 5 etc.) and is an evolution – not a replacement – of the existing Freeview service (inc. Freeview Play and Freesat), has finally revealed that they’ll be launching on a streaming media device via the Netgem TV platform. But you’ll need a new box.

Ofcom – YouTube and Streaming is Slowly Taking Over UK TV Sets

30th July, 2025 (29 Comments)

The UK communications and media regulator, Ofcom, has today published its Media Nations 2025 report, which reveals how linear TV viewing continues to decline in favour of broadband-based video streaming platforms (particularly YouTube and Netflix). But broadcast TV currently still accounts for the majority (56%) of in-home viewing (down from 57% last year).

Virgin Media O2 Grow UK FTTP Premises by 114k in Q2 as Broadband Users Fall

30th July, 2025 (17 Comments)

The latest Q2 2025 results from Virgin Media and O2 today have revealed that their gigabit broadband network increased by 114,900 premises in the quarter to cover 18.53 million UK homes. But related customers suffered another fall to total 5,643,500 (down by -51.4k in Q2 vs -44k in Q1) and O2’s mobile base also suffered a fall (albeit with positive results in wholesale).

Ofcom Tell BBC, ITV, Channel 4, C5, STV and S4C to Improve TV Content on YouTube

21st July, 2025 (37 Comments)

Ofcom has today warned that “traditional public-service TV is endangered” as more UK broadband users turn to online streaming platforms like YouTube. The regulator has thus published a new six-point action plan to tackle this, which includes urging broadcasters to make their content “easy to find and discover” on third-party platforms.

Netgem TV Offers 250 FAST Channels to UK via Supporting Broadband ISPs

21st July, 2025 (6 Comments)

Digital entertainment platform Netgem TV has this morning announced that their IPTV box and service, which is usually bundled by broadband ISPs like Brsk, TalkTalk, CommunityFibre, Wightfibre and others, has expanded its range of FAST Channels to total 250 across the UK, France, Switzerland and Gibraltar.

Ookla Name Vodafone UK Best for 5G Mobile Video Streaming in H1 2025

15th July, 2025 (8 Comments)

Network benchmarking firm Ookla, which collects data from consumers via their popular broadband Speedtest.net website and App, have published the results of their Q1-Q2 2025 study into the video streaming performance of 5G mobile networks and awarded Vodafone the best on a score of 85.29 out of 100. But none of the operators performed particularly poorly.

Disney+ and ITV Deal to Exchange Streaming TV Shows and Movies

10th July, 2025 (7 Comments)

Internet video streaming provider Disney+ (Walt Disney Company) has signed a new strategic agreement with British TV broadcaster ITV, which will enable both platforms to exchange TV and movie content between each other’s respective broadband streaming services (e.g. ITVX).

Sky UK Relaunches its VIP Customer Loyalty Programme

10th July, 2025 (8 Comments)

Sky (Sky Broadband, Sky TV etc.) today claims to be “relaunching” their popular Sky VIP scheme, which typically offers special discounts and rewards to existing customers. The relaunch will deliver even more free treats, savings, and experiences – available to millions of UK customers via the My Sky app.

Virgin Media UK Waves Farewell to BBC iPlayer Support on TiVo TV Box

9th July, 2025 (17 Comments)

Customers of broadband and phone provider Virgin Media (O2), specifically those who take their pay TV service and continue to use one of the provider’s legacy TiVo set-top-boxes, have recently been informed – via email – that the BBC’s popular iPlayer service “will no longer be supported” from 23rd July 2025. But it’s not all bad news.

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Amazon UK to Close Freevee TV Streaming Service in August 2025

4th July, 2025 (6 Comments)

Internet retail giant Amazon has confirmed that its modestly popular ad-supported Freevee service, which has been running for around 5 years and is described on app stores (Android/iOS) as being a “premium free streaming service“, is set to be completely shut down in August 2025.

Broadband ISP EE UK Adds Stream Mode to WiFi Enhancer Service

1st July, 2025 (3 Comments)

Mobile and broadband ISP EE (BT) has today added the new ‘Stream Mode’ feature to their existing WiFi Enhancer service, which works by claiming to “intelligently prioritise a customer’s favourite streaming apps, helping customers enjoy smooth, high-quality streaming … even when the entire household is online.”