Home » UK ISP News Archive » Article Tag: Internet Video Streaming (335 Posts)
You are viewing a news and article archive for the Internet Video Streaming tag (category), where older items are stored for readers to access and view.
Articles for Category Tag - Internet Video Streaming
17th March, 2020 (37 Comments)
A decision by Universal Pictures (NBCUniversal) means that, as part of their response to the new Coronavirus (COVID-19), Sky UK (ISP Sky Broadband) will join Comcast in the USA, and a “variety of on-demand services,” to release new films at the same time as they become available in the cinema.
16th March, 2020 (27 Comments)
Broadband ISP BT has kindly decided to open up the remote record functionality within their TV app so that all users with a UK YouView (IPTV) set-top-box, even if they don’t have a Pay TV subscription with the operator, can access it once support for YouView’s own app is removed at the end of March 2020.
16th March, 2020 (14 Comments)
Mobile operator O2 has today signed a new deal that will make them the “exclusive UK mobile [network] distributor” of the Disney+ video streaming service, which is due to launch this side of the pond on 24th March. New and upgrading Pay Monthly customers will be able to select 6 months free Disney+ when they purchase online.
18th February, 2020 (13 Comments)
Broadband ISP BT will today soft launch a new range of “flexible” TV packages on 24 month contract terms, which gives subscribers a choice of content bolt-ons that can easily be changed. As part of that the platform has also completed its promise to fully integrate Sky’s NOW TV service via a single bill.
11th February, 2020 (3 Comments)
Mobile operator EE (BT) has today announced that they’ve become the exclusive partner for the new BritBox video streaming service, which among other things means that customers of their existing Pay Monthly mobile and tablet (4G and 5G) plans will receive a free 6 subscription to the service (starting on 13th March 2020).
10th February, 2020 (1 Comment)
In an unsurprising development Virgin Media’s parent company, Liberty Global, has announced a 3-year extension to their existing distribution deal with Netflix’s popular internet video streaming service. The TV and broadband provider was one of the very first UK ISP’s to fully integrate Netflix into their platform and offer a single bill.
6th February, 2020 (15 Comments)
The YouView platform, which develops hardware and software to support the broadband-based TV (IPTV) services supplied via UK ISPs BT and TalkTalk (as well as retail set-top-boxes), has announced that they’re “refocusing development away from ‘direct to consumer’ products.” Say goodbye to their mobile app!
22nd January, 2020 (7 Comments)
Customers of broadband ISP TalkTalk, specifically those who take their YouView (IPTV) powered TV service alongside the premium ‘Entertainment Boost‘ add-on, may be displeased to learn that they too will now be removing the Universal Channel from display (BT confirmed the same last month).
20th January, 2020 (16 Comments)
Microsoft has just made their new Xbox Console Streaming feature more widely available, which means that anyone with an Xbox account (and on the Xbox Insider program) in the UK can now try their new remote play video gaming service (streamed from your console to a remote device). But you’ll need a reasonable broadband ISP speed.
20th January, 2020 (1 Comment)
Sky (Sky Broadband) has today signed an extension agreement with Netflix’s popular internet video streaming service, which we assume means that customers will continue to have the option of adding Sky’s Ultimate On Demand (UOD) service to Sky Q for an extra £12 a month (includes seamless integration of Netflix into one bill).
17th January, 2020 (26 Comments)
Broadband ISP BT has today become the first UK and European distribution partner for Google’s new cloud-based online video gaming platform, Stadia, which enables gamers to remote play video / computer games – on almost any device – by streaming them live to you from a huge data centre.
9th January, 2020 (3 Comments)
Communications provider and UK ISP BT, which through their TV division have established a sizeable broadcasting business, has today moved to tackle the rising piracy of premium content transmitted via satellite by harnessing technology from video infrastructure company ATEME.
30th December, 2019 (15 Comments)
It’s that time of the year again when we take a look back to see how video streaming speeds by different broadband ISPs have changed for UK users of Netflix’s popular internet movie and TV service, which this year adds the impact from Vodafone’s fixed line service and oddly splits TalkTalk’s “fibre” and “DSL” connections.
27th December, 2019 (30 Comments)
Customers of broadband ISP TalkTalk gobbled less data on Christmas Day 2019 (25th Dec) than a normal Wednesday. Overall internet traffic on the provider’s network peaked at 4.107Tbps (Terabits per second) this year (3.35Tbps in 2018), which compares with 5.876Tbps on the first Wednesday of this month (3.96Tbps in 2018).
27th December, 2019 (7 Comments)
Customers of BT’s broadband and Youview (IPTV) based pay TV packages are currently being informed that the popular Universal SD and HD channels will be removed from their TV platform on the 27th January 2020. Meanwhile any recordings that users have made will follow on Sunday 23rd February 2020.
12th December, 2019 (16 Comments)
UK ISP BT has announced that they will make their BTSport TV content available via a separate flexible monthly pass, which means that customers no longer have to bundle it in with the provider’s own broadband or another service in order to receive it. However such a pass will set you back £25 per month.
5th December, 2019 (2 Comments)
Video streaming and IPTV company netgem.tv has announced that over the past 6 months they’ve been able to sign partnership agreements with 12 “Ultrafast Fibre” ISPs in the UK, which all told could enable their platform to reach over a quarter of a million UK homes.
Cheapest Superfast Broadband ISPs
- Hyperoptic £22.00
Avg. Speed 50Mbps, Unlimited
Gift: None - Onestream £22.49 (*29.99)
Avg. Speed 45Mbps, Unlimited
Gift: None - xln telecom £22.74 (*47.94)
Avg. Speed 66Mbps, Unlimited
Gift: None - Plusnet £22.99 (*35.98)
Avg. Speed 36Mbps, Unlimited
Gift: £50 Reward Card - Vodafone £23.00
Avg. Speed 35Mbps, Unlimited
Gift: None
Prices inc. Line Rental | Compare More ISPs
Sponsored
Copyright © 1999 to Present - ISPreview.co.uk - All Rights Reserved - Terms , Privacy and Cookie Policy , Links , Website Rules , Contact