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BT Vision Warns No Sky Sports TV Without Superfast Broadband.. Sort of

28th June, 2013 (22 Comments)

Some customers of the BT Vision TV (IPTV) service could this weekend lose access to the Sky Sports 1 and 2 TV channels unless they have a good standard broadband connection or take the operators superfast BTInfinity (FTTC) service alongside their package.

UPDATE2 BT and Sky in Fresh UK Competition Spat Over TV Sports Channel

19th June, 2013 (33 Comments)

The communications regulator, Ofcom, has opened a new competition probe after UK telecoms giant BT complained that the terms on which Sky (Sky Broadband) offered wholesale supply of its Sky Sports 1 and 2 TV channels to their rival YouView (IPTV) platform “amount to an abuse of dominance“.

UPDATE Rights Holders Want Big UK ISPs to Block EZTV and Yify-Torrents

19th June, 2013 (8 Comments)

Some of the country’s broadband ISPs have told ISPreview.co.uk that Rights Holders are putting pressure on them to prevent their broadband customers from being able to access two extra website (EZTV and Yify-Torrents), which have both been accused of facilitating internet copyright infringement (piracy).

Big Four UK ISPs Commit GBP1m to Help Tackle Online Child Abuse

18th June, 2013 (1 Comment)

Following this week’s controversial meeting with the government’s culture secretary, Maria Miller, four of the United Kingdom’s biggest broadband ISPs (BT, Virgin Media, TalkTalk and Sky Broadband) have agreed to collectively commit £1 million over the next 4 years to “crack down” on the creation and distribution of online child abuse content.

Sky Broadband Unlimited for 12 Months Half Price or FREE with TV Sport

14th June, 2013 (0 Comments)

Sky Broadband (BSkyB) has launched several new promotions including one that offers their unlimited broadband and free weekend calls bundle at half price (£5) for 12 months (6 months half price on their superfast FTTC package) or FREE if you take the Sky Sports pack. A £100 M&S Voucher is also available on their TV bundle.

Sky Broadband UK Plans for Price Cut Tempered by 10% TV Price HIKE

12th June, 2013 (4 Comments)

Rumours that Sky Broadband could be about to cut its internet and or phone prices (here) in order to counter the launch of BT’s new FREE TV Sport service (here) will have to be tempered against the sudden appearance of a 10% price rise warning for Sky TV subscribers.

Sky Broadband UK Poised to Slash Prices as it Takes on FREE BT Sport

10th June, 2013 (3 Comments)

Sky Broadband (BSkyB) is reportedly ready to slash the price of its internet, phone and TV bundles as part of an effort to counter the launch of BT’s Sport service (here), which effectively bundled free access to live weekly matches from the Barclays Premier League (Football) and Rugby alongside its broadband products.

ASA Bans UK ISP BE Broadband from Using Unlimited Downloads Claim

5th June, 2013 (7 Comments)

Internet provider BE Broadband (aka – BE Unlimited), which is now owned by BSkyB (Sky Broadband), has been told by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) that they can no longer claim to offer “unlimited downloads” after the ISP threatened to disconnect customers that make heavy use of their service.

Sky Broadband UK Prep IPv6 But Scrap Annex M for BE Broadband Users

30th May, 2013 (2 Comments)

Sky Broadband’s (BSkyB) Director of Communications Products, Lyssa McGowan, last night held an “Ask the MD” session on BE Broadband’s forum that revealed a little more about the operators plans for BE and O2’s fixed line broadband customers. Some of the news was good, some bad.

Big UK ISPs All Plan Network Level Adult Website Filtering

25th May, 2013 (30 Comments)

BT, Sky Broadband (BSkyB) and Virgin Media have all now confirmed that they plan to join TalkTalk (HomeSafe) in launching an automatic network level filtering service in the UK, which would block access to websites that contain “adult” content.

Virgin Media Business Detail UK £49m Fibre Capacity Deal with Sky Broadband

23rd May, 2013 (12 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media Business has detailed its new £49 million backhaul network capacity deal with BSkyB (Sky Broadband). Under the agreement Virgin will connect around a third of Sky’s unbundled (LLU) local UK telephone exchanges with Sky’s own wholly owned nationwide broadband network.

Sky Offers 3 Months FREE UK Line Rental with Unlimited Broadband

18th May, 2013 (2 Comments)

ISP Sky Broadband (BSkyB) has started offering 3 months free Sky Line Rental with its unlimited broadband package, which saves up to £43.50 off the normal price (£14.50 a month) and means you only have to pay from £10 a month for the broadband and free weekend calls part (£7.50 if you have Sky TV).

OFT Rubber Stamps O2 UK and Sky Broadband Fixed Line ISP Merger

17th May, 2013 (0 Comments)

As widely expected the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has today formally “cleared” Sky Broadband’s (BSkyB) £180m+ acquisition of O2 UK and sibling BE Broadband’s fixed line internet and phone customers.

Sky Broadband Tells Staff to Handle Fear of Rupert Murdoch with Sensitivity

15th May, 2013 (6 Comments)

Some of O2 UK’s fixed line home broadband and phone customers are reportedly refusing to be shifted onto the network of new owner Sky Broadband (BSkyB) because it’s partly owned by Rupert Murdoch’s infamous News Corporation.

Big UK ISPs Should Make Critical Support Contacts Easier to Find

13th May, 2013 (8 Comments)

At some point nearly all of us, for good or ill, will need to contact our broadband ISP or phone provider but how hard is it to find the correct details and what sort of support services are on offer? ISPreview.co.uk took a long look at ten of the UK’s best known providers to see how they compared.

SKY Sale Triggers Exodus of O2 UK Home Broadband Subscribers

8th May, 2013 (3 Comments)

The latest quarterly results from O2 UK (BE Broadband) appear to suggest that the ISPs fixed line home broadband customers have been climbing over themselves to escape the forthcoming migration to Sky Broadband (BSkyB) as subscriber figures fell by a staggering -40,700 in Q1-2013 to total 519,400.

Sky Adds GBP25 M&S Voucher to 6 Months Free Unlimited Broadband

3rd May, 2013 (3 Comments)

Sky Broadband (BSkyB) has added a £25 M&S Voucher to its current offer of 6 months free unlimited broadband with included weekend calls. In addition new customers who bundle in its Sky TV service will also benefit from a £100 M&S Voucher if they join online.