Broadband News: IPTV

A newly-released report on European IPTV has highlighted the challenges facing the young market. Continue reading…

Orange is preparing to offer broadband TV services as part of its packages, according to new reports. Continue reading…

The Miss World beauty contest is to launch its own broadband TV channel. Continue reading…

An IPTV system has been implemented at the Grand Hotel Jersey in the Channel Islands, signalling what is set to be a growing trend in the hospitality industry. Continue reading…

Channel Five is pressing ahead with the launch of its broadband TV catch-up service. Continue reading…

The number of Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) subscribers around the world is on the increase according to newly-released figures. Continue reading…

A significant proportion of those watching popular comedy shows are doing so online through broadband video players such as the BBC’s iPlayer, a new report has highlighted. Continue reading…

The BBC has announced that it has chosen the Nintendo Wii to deliver video content to gamers using broadband connections. Continue reading…

Virgin Media set-top box users could soon have access to BBC programmes over their broadband connection, it has emerged. Continue reading…

A new UK poll has found that the demand for free online video content could increase dramatically in the future. Continue reading…

The UK is lagging far behind the rest of Europe when it comes to the introduction of Internet Protocol television (IPTV) a new report has claimed. Continue reading…

Cable & Wireless (C & W) announced yesterday a ground breaking wholesale deal with Inuk networks to offer a national IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) service via broadband.
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A recent survey of 2,400 UK broadband users revealed that only a few are downloading full length films on demand. Continue reading…

After much delay the BBC’s on-demand broadband TV catch-up service, named the iPlayer, is to launch on July 27th. The new service will offer broadband users access to TV and radio programmes from the BBC which have been broadcast over the past seven days.
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The number of people receiving a broadband television service has increased by over 40% for the first quarter of 2007 according to recent research by Ofcom.
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It has been reported that Channel 4, the BBC and ITV are in talks to create a one-stop shop for on-demand broadband TV services. Continue reading…

BT is launching a multi-million TV ad campaign in order to launch their new digital TV service BT Vision. The £10 million plus campaign goes live this Saturday, uses the tag line of ‘TV on your terms’, and feature Kris Marshall and Esther Hall who currently play partners Adam and Jane in BT’s current advertising. Two new 60 second clips will develop their story as they race home to watch TV.
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ITV, the major commercial UK broadcaster, has revealed a new broadband service allowing users to watch all their favourite shows from ITV channels for free.

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Hull-based Telecoms Company, Kingston Communications has reported a big increase in its broadband customer base and looks set to achieve its targets for this year, a whopping 49% increase on last year’s numbers. This would take their broadband clientele up to 180,000 customers. Continue reading…

BT’s struggling Pay-TV service, BT Vision, is in the process of brokering a deal with betting firm Ladbrokes, which will enable subscribers to be able to bet during actual sporting events.

BT aim to give BT Vision a spark of life as since it’s launch in December 2006, only 5,000 subscribers have been obtained, of which is believed that 40% of this total is BT employees. Continue reading…

New research has indicated that by 2010 four out of five homes will have broadband, especially as the increase of IPTV is expected. The research undertaken by the Centre for Telecoms Research Ltd, believes that increased knowledge of services (and demand for IPTV) means Continue reading…

Following pressure from customers, the media and particularly uSwitch, Toucan on Wednesday agreed to stop advertising ‘unlimited broadband’.

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Virgin have announced that in May this year (2007), they are expanding their XL package from 10Mb/s to 20Mb/s. Rumours had been circulating for quite a while, however it is now confirmed that this will happen in May. This is a drive to attract new customers, particularly after the ongoing fiasco between them and Sky. Although Continue reading…

Many customers are getting frustrated at the moment with many more being mislead about the service they are being provided by ISPs. Many broadband providers are offering ‘unlimited broadband’ so users can download as much content as they wish. However Continue reading…

Well what a month it’s been in the world of broadband. There’s been new legislation, new technology and big arguments to settle. There was Ofcom’s new regulations on MAC codes, the launch of IPTV and Virgin Media’s and BSkyB’s now notorious disagreement. Continue reading…

This morning it was confirmed that Virgin Media has removed some of the BSkyB channels from its service after a bitter feud over TV rights. Virgin Media have accused BSkyB of raising their prices too high, with BSkyB claiming that the rises are justified. Continue reading…

According to research undertaken by thinkbroadband.com, the average speed at peak time (6pm to 10pm) for all broadband providers combined is 2079 Kbps (2.03 Mb/s). This is compared with similar figures in 2003when the average was just 500 Kbps.

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The new phenomenon to hit the UK this year will be downloading TV content via the internet, according to the site uSwitch.com.

The daily quotation heard throughout homes every day of ‘what’s on tonight?’ will be replaced by ‘what shall we watch tonight?’as the emergence Continue reading…