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Disney+ Internet Video Streaming Service Hikes UK Prices for 2025

1st October, 2025 (30 Comments)

Internet video streaming provider Disney+ has followed its usual annual trend by once again hitting new UK customers with a fresh round of price hikes, which are due to all be introduced from on or after 4th November 2025 (or 25th November 2025 if you have an annual plan).

Humax to Release PVR Set Top Box for Freely’s UK Broadband TV Service

29th September, 2025 (32 Comments)

Set-top-box manufacturer Humax appears to be preparing to launch its first box with video recording capabilities for the new broadband-based live TV streaming service Freely, which is supported by several of the major UK TV broadcasters (BBC, ITV etc.) and is an evolution – not yet a full replacement – of the existing Freeview service (inc. Freeview Play and Freesat).

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Virgin Media UK Deploys New TV 360 and STREAM OS Software Update

25th September, 2025 (7 Comments)

As first hinted at last month (here), broadband and TV provider Virgin Media (O2) has now begun the process of rolling out the latest firmware update (v5.21) for their TV 360 and STREAM platforms (set-top-boxes). The change introduces a new search feature and some smaller changes / fixes, but nothing major.

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Vodafone, Meta and Google Show Impact of Video Compression on Mobile Networks

24th September, 2025 (3 Comments)

British-registered mobile operator Vodafone has today published a new white paper with Meta and Google, which shows the benefits of advanced video compression technology, via the AV1 video codec, for Smartphone users on their mobile broadband networks. But it also notes that many people use budget handsets, which often lack full support it.

Channel 4 Prep Exclusive UK Streaming Channels for Freely’s Broadband TV Service

24th September, 2025 (15 Comments)

Public service broadcaster Channel 4 has this morning announced the launch of three new streaming channels – 4Reality, 4Homes, and 4Life, which are to made exclusively available via the new broadband-based live TV streaming service – Freely – in the UK.

Sky UK Informs Workers that up to 600 Staff Face the Chop

16th September, 2025 (25 Comments)

Sky UK (Sky Broadband, Sky TV, Sky Mobile – Comcast etc.) has today begun notifying their workforce that up to 600 of them are likely to be made redundant by the end of this year, while around 300 more may be impacted by a wider business reorganisation. Many of those expected to be cut appear to come from Sky’s tech and networking teams.

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BBC Expands Low Latency Video Streaming Trial on iPlayer Service

12th September, 2025 (10 Comments)

The BBC’s Research & Development division has extended the testing period and increased the number of devices able to take part in their beta trial of “low latency streaming” on their iPlayer service. This aims to reduce the delay on live TV shows/events that exists between terrestrial broadcasts and streamed content.

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Parliament Debates Broadband and the Future of Terrestrial UK Television

5th September, 2025 (56 Comments)

The topic of UK broadband coverage and the future of TV came up for debate in Parliament yesterday, which did a good job of highlighting the challenges. On the one hand, some MPs believe that the “switch-off of terrestrial TV in the 2030s is completely premature and unrealistic“, while the government warned that as terrestrial TV audiences fall, the cost of keeping it would eventually become unsustainable.

BT Group Moves to Improve UK Video Streaming with New Delivery Network

3rd September, 2025 (16 Comments)

Broadband and telecoms giant BT Group has today announced a new partnership with edge video delivery network MainStreaming, which they hope will deliver a smoother and “more resilient streaming experience” for UK audiences by integrating it directly into their nationwide mobile and fixed networks.

Consumer Activist Proposes to Sue Sky UK Over TV End of Contract Notifications

3rd September, 2025 (8 Comments)

A self-proclaimed “consumer rights litigant“, Marc John, claims to have notified the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) of his plan to launch a £2bn opt-out collective proceedings claim against Sky UK (Comcast). The claim appears to focus on Sky’s alleged failure to issue end-of-contract notifications (ECNs) to millions of its satellite TV customers.

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.