Monthly Archives: July 2009

ESPN recently bought the rights to Setanta’s 46 live FAPL games for the new season, as well as the SPL games in Scotland.  This followed Setanta’s bankruptcy earlier in the summer.  ESPN took the decision not to retail their new channel directly (as Setanta had done), but instead chose… Read the rest...

With the new academic year heading this way, those moving to their own accommodation will need to think about getting their broadband, digital TV and home phone services sorted out pretty quickly.  Broadband and TV services particularly are pretty… Read the rest...

After a period of speculation about the future direction of digital TV service BT Vision, the new BT Vision CEO Marc Watson has come out on the front foot. First is a move to boost the range of on-demand content available to users with… Read the rest...

Ofcom today published the results of its research into fixed-line broadband speeds in the UK and the results make for very interesting reading. In a nutshell, the report confirms what consumers have known for a long while – namely that the broadband speed you receive is inevitably quite a… Read the rest...

The BBC continue their commitment to broadcasting in high definition TV (HDTV), with the news that the 12th IAAF World Athletics Championship from Saturday 15th to Sunday 23rd August, will be broadcast in HDTV on the BBC HD channel. BBC HD is available on the three platforms that carry HDTV… Read the rest...