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Virgin Media strikes deal with BT for sports channels 15 Aug 2013 | 04:38 pm
BT and Virgin Media have struck a three year deal to allow access to BT’s sports channels to Virgin Media’s customers. Customers on Virgin’s XL TV package will be given access to the three sports chan...
BBC to launch five new HD channels 16 Jul 2013 | 04:02 pm
The BBC has announced plans to expand the Freeview service with five new HD channels, to be launched by early 2014. There will be high definition versions of BBC News, BBC Three, BBC Four, CBeebies an...
Now TV coming to the PS3 5 Jul 2013 | 10:25 pm
Sky and Now TV have today announced that their service, including Sky Sports and Sky Movies will be coming to the PS3. The service can be watched from £9.99 per day for streaming, and can be instantly...
BBC 3D Programming On Hold 5 Jul 2013 | 07:07 pm
The BBC is to suspend their 3D programming for an indefinite period, citing a lack of public interest in the technology. The BBC has been running a 3D trial since 2011, with events and shows including...
More on Demand content coming from Sky – Sky Go updates 27 Jun 2013 | 02:11 am
This summer Sky’s Go service will expand to include loads of new content from Fox, Universal and SyFi. This is on top of the expansion with Disney too. Later this year, Sky’s Go service will be gettin...
BT allows subscribers to watch premiership football matches FREE 9 May 2013 | 11:05 pm
BT are trying to get in on Sky’s turf with football coverage, having taken over ESPN’s broadcast rights recently. They have now announced that they are going to recoup those huge costs… by giving the ...
Netflix and Amazon producing their own shows 24 Apr 2013 | 02:59 am
Recently, both Amazon and Netflix have announced they are piloting their own creations of various TV programs. Is this a sign of things to come? Content distributors actually producing shows. On the s...
Tesco Clubcard TV – Now Gets BBC 3 Apr 2013 | 04:39 pm
Recently Tesco brought us BlinkBox, a subscription free streaming service where you only pay for what you want to watch. Now, that has expanded to cover TV as well as films, this is being launched fre...
BT buys ESPN’s UK and Ireland Channels 25 Feb 2013 | 11:23 pm
Not to be left behind by Sky, BT have purchased ESPN’s UK and Ireland channels to secure its footing in the pay to view sports arena. To be able to purchase rights to sporting events, it needed a chan...
BBC2 Goes HD in March 20 Feb 2013 | 04:40 pm
The BBC are bringing BBC2 into full HD glory from the 26th of March, however this is coming at the expense of the BBC HD channel. The BBC HD channel has been a bit of a playground for HD content since...
