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EE UK Sees Positive Result from Trial of New Content Delivery Tech for TV Services

11th March, 2025 (13 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile operator EE has today revealed the results from last year’s trial delivery of TV content via a new Content Delivery Network (CDN) technology, which reflects BT’s effort to integrate their “world’s first” MAUD (Multicast-Assisted Unicast Delivery) solution into their CDN (originally Edgio).

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Confusion Surrounds Sky UK’s Position on End of Contract TV Notifications

10th March, 2025 (19 Comments)

Ofcom’s rules require that all “phone, broadband and pay-TV providers” must “warn customers when their current contract is ending, and what they could save by signing up to a new deal” (usually sent between 10-40 days before the end of your contract). But an ongoing legal challenge makes the situation for customers of Sky TV a bit more confusing.

Virgin Media UK Add 2 New FAST TV Channels to Service for Free

7th March, 2025 (0 Comments)

Customers of broadband ISP Virgin Media (O2), specifically those who take Pay TV services via one of the provider’s TV 360, Stream or v6 box platforms, may like to know that the company has just added two new FAST (Free Ad-Supported Streaming Television) channels to its TV service “at no extra cost“.

Virgin Media Find Tuesdays are the Biggest for UK Broadband Usage

4th March, 2025 (2 Comments)

Network data from broadband ISP Virgin Media has revealed that Tuesday is the UK’s new “big night in“, with evening peak (between 8-10pm) internet traffic pushing higher than on any other day of the week – usually driven by online video gaming (mostly big update/patch downloads) and TV sports events (streaming).

Netgem TV to Deliver Free FIFA+ Content via Supporting UK Broadband ISPs

19th February, 2025 (0 Comments)

Digital entertainment platform Netgem TV has today announced that their IPTV box and service, which is typically bundled by broadband ISPs like Brsk, TalkTalk, Connect Fibre, CommunityFibre and others, will benefit from a new collaboration with the FIFA+ streaming platform that will bring “unparalleled access to free, high-quality football content” to users of the service.

Virgin Media O2 Sees UK FTTP Broadband Builds Surge and NetCo On Track

19th February, 2025 (21 Comments)

The latest Q4 2024 results from Virgin Media and O2 have been published, which saw their fixed broadband base grow by +12,000 in the quarter (vs 16.2k in Q3) to total 5,738,900. The provider’s full fibre (FTTP) network also built to another 485,500 premises, primarily via nexfibre (up from 281k in Q3), while mobile connections grew to total 45.7 million.

Sky UK Launches New Broadband-based Sky Glass Gen 2 TV Sets

11th February, 2025 (31 Comments)

Customers of Sky’s broadband-based pay TV streaming service and devices may be interested to learn that the company has today introduced the first of their next generation Sky Glass Gen 2 televisions, which features an even brighter 4K HDR screen and an enhanced seven-speaker Dolby Atmos® sound system built in. This will be followed by SkyGlass Air “later this year“.

Netgem TV Adds UK Support for Fox’s New Tubi Streaming Service

10th February, 2025 (1 Comment)

Digital IPTV platform provider Netgem TV has today announced that their broadband-based TV box and service, which is typically bundled by ISPs like Brsk, Connect Fibre, TalkTalk, CommunityFibre and a few others, has added UK support for Fox’s free (ad supported) Tubi video streaming service.

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Three UK Picks Ericsson to Build New Cloud Native Core Network

17th January, 2025 (14 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has this morning announced that they’ve selected Ericsson to build their new cloud-native core network, which it claims will be the “largest in Europe” and one that will end up “more than tripling its core capacity” to 9Tbps (Terabits per second).

Sky UK Shifts Sky Cinema Customers to Paramount+ Basic (with ads) Plan

17th January, 2025 (24 Comments)

Customers of Sky’s TV (Sky Broadband) service, specifically those with their Sky Cinema plan, have been told that their included Paramount+ subscription will be “moved” to the lower value Paramount+ Basic (with ads) plan from 21st January 2025. Some customers will no doubt see this as a downgrade, given that the overall plan price remains the same.

Netgem TV Adds Sports Channels via Supporting UK Broadband ISPs

16th January, 2025 (5 Comments)

Digital entertainment platform provider Netgem TV has today announced that their IPTV box and service, which is typically bundled by broadband ISPs like Brsk, TalkTalk, Connect Fibre, CommunityFibre and a few others, will benefit from a new partnership with Sports Studio that adds more than 40 free sports channels from its Free Live Sports streaming platform their TV Guide.

Sky Stream Box Briefly Gains Option to Add Terrestrial UK TV Channels UPDATE

14th January, 2025 (8 Comments)

Some customers of Sky’s broadband-based Sky Stream TV devices (puck) have, over the past week, noticed the surprise addition of a new “TV Input” App that appears to activate the previously unused TV aerial port (tuner) on the back of the box – making it possible to add terrestrial Freeview channels via the old-fashioned method. But it may only be temporary.

Broadband ISP TalkTalk UK Starts Phasing Out NOW TV on Bills UPDATE

8th January, 2025 (2 Comments)

Customers of budget internet provider TalkTalk, specifically those who take their Pay TV service, have had it confirmed that the ISP will be phasing out their single billing integration of Sky’s NOW TV streaming service (i.e. customers will no longer be able to add NOW TV Plans to a single bill from the ISP). Netflix integration was also removed last month.

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ISP Zen Internet Reveals its UK Network Traffic Peaks for 2024

30th December, 2024 (6 Comments)

Rochdale-base broadband ISP Zen Internet has revealed that they saw their busiest ever period for network traffic on 4th December 2024, when streaming of live Premier League Football caused usage on their network to peak at 17% higher than 2023’s record and 10% above the average for a typical December evening. This was a 4% increase over their previous record high in September 2024.

Sky Glass and Stream UK Customers Get New Ad-Skipping Feature

19th December, 2024 (11 Comments)

Customers of Sky’s broadband-based Sky Glass and Sky Stream pay TV streaming devices have finally got access to the provider’s new Ad-Skipping feature, which is an add-on pack that appears to have been introduced alongside Sky’s latest firmware update (e.g. QS34.022.00P on Sky Glass).

Virgin Media UK Offers UltraHD TV Channel Free for Christmas

11th December, 2024 (1 Comment)

Broadband ISP Virgin Media has confirmed to ISPreview that, as a “festive treat for our customers“, they have temporarily opened up access to their Virgin TV Ultra HD (4K) channel (Ch 175 and Ch 999) to all their V6, TV360 and Stream customers at no extra cost until 1st January 2025.

Sky UK and NOW TV Users to Get Free Access to New Max Streaming Service in 2026

9th December, 2024 (11 Comments)

Sky (Sky Broadband etc.) has this afternoon announced that they’ve signed an expanded partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery in the UK and Ireland, which means that existing Sky TV and NOW TV customers (e.g. Sky Glass, Sky Stream) will gain free (non-exclusive) access to the new ad-supported streaming service (app), Max (HBO Max), when it launches in 2026.