Telecoms
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YouView ad campaign debuts this weekend
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The first TV ad for YouView will premiere this weekend during the ITV 1‘s The X Factor, kicking off a “major” ad campaign for the service. Developed by BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, Arqiva, BT and Talk Talk, YouView combines broadcast channels with broadband delivered content from catch-up services such as the BBC’s iPlayer…
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BT to launch YouView based TV offering in October
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BT says it will launch its revamped TV service on 26 October, giving customers “super-fast fibre broadband” and a YouView box for just £18 per month. New customers who sign up to BT Infinity will receive the YouView box for free. Customers not in an Infinity enabled area will also be able to get a…
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UK Phone 5 only available on 4G from EE
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EE will be the only UK network capable of selling Apple’s iPhone 5 as a 4G device. Although Vodafone, 3, O2 Orange and T-Mobile will be offering the handset from September 21, only EE is currently able to offer 4G whcih gives ‘superfast’ mobile broadband speeds. EE, formerly Everything Everywhere, is the parent company of…
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EE to offer UK’s first 4G services
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Everything Everywhere, the parent company of Orange and T-Mobile, has rebranded as EE and says it will offer its new 4G services exclusively through the new brand. The new brand will co-exist alongside Orange and T-Mobile. Last month Ofcom allowed the company to launch 4G mobile data services using its existing bandwidth. Other networks must…
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Freesat announces new catch-up TV service
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Freesat has unveiled the next generation of its subscription free satellite TV service. New Freesat boxes will include a backwards EPG plus catch-up content from the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5. iPlayer and ITV Player will be available at launch with 4oD and Demand Five promised by Christmas. Viewers will also have access…
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How Sky and Virgin Media responded to the launch of YouView
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How have the UK’s pay TV giants responded to the launch the free TV & catch-up service?