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Virgin-Media-O2-UK-Stream-TV-Box

6th September, 2024 (1 Comment)

Customers of UK broadband ISP Virgin Media (O2), specifically those who take their pay TV service via one of the operator’s TV 360 or Stream platforms, may like to know that the Rakuten TV App is now available on their service at no extra cost – offering an array of content (8,000+ titles on demand, including new releases to rent and buy, 150+ FAST channels and more).

sky_q

4th September, 2024 (68 Comments)

Sky (Sky Broadband) has confirmed that they will, from today, be temporarily “phasing out” their old satellite-based Sky Q Triple Play packages, which means they’re “no longer available for purchase on Sky.com“. Existing customers will continue to be supported. Sky’s focus is on their newest internet-based streaming products.

EE-TV-Service-Kit

27th August, 2024 (19 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile operator EE are preparing to trial delivery of their TV content via a new Content Delivery Network (CDN) technology in the “coming months“, which reflects BT’s effort to integrate their “world’s first” MAUD (Multicast-Assisted Unicast Delivery) solution into Edgio’s CDN.

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sky net zero carbon building

21st August, 2024 (20 Comments)

Customers of Sky’s (Sky Broadband) older Standard Definition (SD) TV service and devices (i.e. Digibox and Sky+ set-top-boxes) have been given a final warning to upgrade their service before October 2024 or face automatic cancellation. The warning appears to represent a slight delay on the original August 2024 deadline.

EE-TV-Service-Kit

19th August, 2024 (19 Comments)

Customers of UK broadband ISP BT and EE, specifically those who also take their internet-connected pay TV service and use the Pro Box in ‘Internet Mode‘ (i.e. streaming live channels rather than using an aerial), will find that they face new limitations on their ability to record and re-watch BBC content from 21st 27th August 2024.

Sky Stream Box and TV Set

5th August, 2024 (11 Comments)

Sky UK (Sky Glass, Sky Stream etc.) has today announced the expected launch of their new Sky Sports+ service, which will become available nationwide from Thursday 8th August 2024. Sky Sports+ is to be included with Sky Sports “at no extra cost” and brings a bunch of new features and content.

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Netflix logo on smartphone

5th August, 2024 (6 Comments)

In an unsurprising development, both Sky TV (Sky Broadband) and EE (BT) have now confirmed their separate plans for withdrawing the old Netflix Basic (£7.99) plan from their various bundles. The move follows on from last year’s decision (here) by the video streaming giant to replace Basics with their “Standard with adverts” plan.

Virgin-Media-O2-UK-Stream-TV-Box

5th August, 2024 (0 Comments)

Customers of UK broadband ISP Virgin Media (O2), specifically those who take their Pay TV services (i.e. TV 360, STREAM or v6 box platforms), may like to know that the provider is offering TV customers who don’t currently subscribe to Premier Sports “free access to the channels for the whole of August”.

NOW-TV-Ultra-Boost-Features

1st August, 2024 (15 Comments)

The Sky-owned broadband ISP and UK video streaming provider, NOW TV, has finally put right one of its biggest weaknesses by introducing support for 4K (UltraHD – 3840 x 2160 pixels) and HDR (High Dynamic Range) video quality via the launch of their new Ultra Boost. But this is a Sky company, so it’s not cheap, and device support may be an issue for some.

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Sky Stream Box and TV Set

31st July, 2024 (5 Comments)

Customers of Sky’s broadband-based Sky Glass and Sky Stream pay TV platforms may like to know that the provider has just added the new Xumo Play app to their platform, which offers an additional 70+ “free” streaming channels including Dateline, Reuters and American Classics.

NOW_Logo_Broadband_and_TV_2021

31st July, 2024 (1 Comment)

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a website advert for internet streaming and broadband provider NOW TV (aka – NOW Broadband), which is a sibling of Sky UK, after it was found to have failed to clearly set out that their basic TV plans (subscriptions) included ads (unless you paid extra for the ‘Boost’ upgrade).

Sky-Broadband-Max-Hub-with-Coloured-Lines

26th July, 2024 (1 Comment)

Comcast-owned internet, TV and mobile provider Sky UK has published an interesting new report, which reveals a lot of new details about their network and TV usage, which we haven’t previously seen. For example, ISP Sky Broadband now has 1.5 million FTTP customers and internet traffic peaked at 24.35Tbps on 9th April 2024.

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Virgin-Media-O2-Office-Building-Logo

26th July, 2024 (12 Comments)

The latest Q2 2024 results from Virgin Media (O2) have today been published, which reveals that they’re now home to 5,710,700 fixed broadband customers (down by -12.2k in Q2 2024 vs +5.3k in Q1) and built another 295,300 full fibre (FTTP) premises – mostly via nexfibre (up from 194k last quarter). Both VM and nexfibre now cover 5m premises via full fibre.

EE-TV-Service-Kit

24th July, 2024 (2 Comments)

Broadband ISP and UK mobile operator EE (BT) has today announced that customers of their pay TV service will be able to access discovery+’s extensive coverage of the Olympic Games Paris 24, regardless of what package they’re on and “at no extra cost” until 12th August.

EE-TV-Service-Kit

19th July, 2024 (3 Comments)

Broadband ISP and mobile operator EE (BT) has today announced that UK customers of their internet-connected pay TV service can now, finally, gain access to the YouTube App on their TV Box Pro and TV Box Mini set-top-box hardware.

Football player kicking ball over uk internet laptop screen

15th July, 2024 (2 Comments)

Telecoms giant BT has released some new internet traffic statistics from the final UEFA Euro 2024 football match between England and Spain (8pm) on Sunday 14th July 2024, which saw a 142% increase in customers streaming the game compared to England’s semi-final against the Netherlands.

video gamer playing on computer

10th July, 2024 (3 Comments)

Software and internet giant Microsoft have announced that they’re increasing the monthly price of their online Game Pass service for multiplayer Xbox and PC gamers. On top of that, they’re soon be replacing the standard sub for Xbox users, which means you’ll have to stump up for ‘Game Pass Ultimate‘ to access new games on release day.

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