Telecoms

  • TalkTalk predicts 1m TV customers

    TalkTalk predicts 1m TV customers

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    TalkTalk has added a further 167,000 TV subscribers in the 6 months to September, taking its TV customer base to 557,000. The company offers a selection on Pay-TV channels via broadband and a YouView box and says it now expects total TV subscriptions to reach 1m by year end. It also added 5,000 new broadband…

  • Three offers 7” Android tablet and MiFi for just £99

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    Three is offering an entry-level Android tablet and MiFi mobile data hotspot for a combined price of just £99. The Wi-Fi only Gemini D7 is a 7” tablet running Google’s Android Jellybean operating system and includes access to Amazon’s Appstore which offers users a paid app or game for free every day.
 Three’s MiFi allows…

  • Despite the initial media negativity, BT Sport is paying off

    Despite the initial media negativity, BT Sport is paying off

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    Back in August, amid frantic media coverage of BT Sport’s low audience figures, I explained why these were only one of the criteria by which BT would judge the channels’ performance and success. Last week doubters and the conventionally minded were made to confront their wrongness when BT announced its best broadband, phone and TV…

  • Virgin Media loses 12,600 TV customers, blames BT Sport

    Virgin Media loses 12,600 TV customers, blames BT Sport

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    UK cable company Virgin Media lost 6,800 customers in the third quarter of its financial year. Results posted by Virgin Media and parent company Liberty Global show TV subscribers fell by 12,600 and phone customers by 24,400. In the same period the firm signed up 30,200 broadband customers. In a statement the company said performance…

  • Gemma Arterton joins EE Rising Star Award judging panel

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    Actress Gemma Arterton and a host of film industry experts are to draw up the shortlist for the 2014 EE Rising Star Award, the only BAFTA gong voted for by members of the public. The award was created in honour of Mary Selway, the highly respected BAFTA-winning casting director, and recognises emerging talent. It is…

  • Nokia Lumia 1020 review

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    The Nokia Lumia 1020 is a smartphone built entirely around a single feature – a 41 megapixel digital camera capable of capturing full HD video and high resolution stills. The device features a large, 4.5” touchscreen wrapped in a durable feeling polycarbonate shell and is available in three colours – white, black and the eye-catching…