Monthly Archives: October 2009

After Sky’s quarterly results earlier this month, it was Virgin Media’s turn this week.  Virgin Media offers a “quad play” proposition of fibre-optic broadband, home phone, mobile phone and digital TV.  It currently offers its services to approximately 50% of UK homes, covered by its fibre-optic cable network… Read the rest...

Freesat offers the only way of watching high definition TV (HDTV) free to air in the UK.  Sky leads the way in HDTV with over 1.6 million HD subscribers, but they all pay for the privilege of watching up to 34… Read the rest...

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is currently investigating allegations of dubious advertising and confusing prices at comparison websites.  The main focus is energy, financial services and insurance comparison sites – but digital TV, broadband and home phone… Read the rest...

Sky has just released “serious research” in conjunction with Portsmouth University’s “Centre for the Study of Emotion”.  The research, which is not an April fool, apparently shows that you cry more if you watch a movie in Sky+HD. The study by Sky+HD and Professor Kim A. Bard from the University… Read the rest...

On the whole, Digital Switchover has been very well managed, as it started in the Borders and worked its way down to the South West, (and is about to hit the Granada TV region next month). But it has not been without the odd mishap.  As part of the Digital… Read the rest...