May
28

BSkyB attacks iPlayer plans

The plans released by the BBC for the catch TV service the iPlayer have been criticised by broadcasting rival BSkyB. The plans are to offer a search service with a difference,.. more
May
28

£150000 to install BT broadband

When pensioner Beverley McCartney asked BT to connect her home in Salem, near Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire in Wales to the broadband network she could never have known that BT would quote her.. more
May
28

BBC HQ to become arts centre

With the BBC effectively moving out of the famous BBC Television Centre in west London, there are plans the sell the twenty three acre site to developers, who can bring new.. more
May
28

BBC has no time for religion

Once again, the subject of religion and the BBC is coming up, with claims from some sources that the executives in charge of religious content at the BBC are sceptical and secular, that find the whole issue of religious programming to be a “Tiresome Obligation”... more
May
28

63″ inch Samsung 3D Ready TV

There was a time a 42” television was the maximum that you could expect to reasonably have in the home, but flat screen technology has changed all of that and until now the 50” TV has become the TV of choice. However, Samsung are about.. more
May
28

TV to the desktop with OneLAN

With the World Cup only a couple of weeks away, die hard football fans will be worrying about missing out on those essential England matches, employers may be a little anxious too as the nations sick leave figure will surely rise. However, a new product.. more
May
28

BSkyB and VM close to deal

It may have gone all quiet on the sale of Virgin Media TV, but behind the scenes, there has been a lot of work going on: an announcement of an agreement between BSkyB and Virgin Media is imminent. Virgin Media put the channels up for.. more
May
28

DMGT fined for closing down Teletext

Holding a public service broadcasting licence is a serious business, as the Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT) has found, when it was fined by the media regulator Ofcom for closing down the Teletext TV service in December. DMGT have run the Teletext service for.. more
May
28

Ofcom makes workings of Digital Economy Act known

Ofcom has published the draft code for how the Digital Economy Act will operate in practice. Those who are caught allegedly downloading illegal files three times – the three-strikes-and-you’re-out rule – will be put on an blacklist kept by ISPs, identified by their IP address... more
May
28

US iBookstore opens doors to self-publishing

Apple has opened the doors to authors who wish to self-publish their titles in the US iBookstore. In these days when the sheer amount of authors and manuscripts mean that it’s becoming increasingly difficult to find a publisher or agent, self-publishing is a very tempting.. more