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Voneus bundles netgem.tv

Voneus, the superfast wireless broadband provider for the UK’s rural communities, is now offering its residential customers can access to netgem.tv’s free and paid TV offering The netgem.tv bundle provides Voneus customers with access to over 120 free channels, including 15 in HD, which they can also stream on any of their devices, using Voneus’s […]

February 11, 2020

Study: Rising satisfaction in UK T&M sector

There was good news for the telecommunications & media sector in the UK Customer Satisfaction Index (UKSI). Although the average customer satisfaction (CSAT) score across all sectors dropped by 0.8 points YoY to 76.9 points, the T&M sector saw an average rise of 0.4 points – the only sector to see an increase. The media […]

February 10, 2020

Google Fiber dropping linear TV

Google Fiber, part of the Access division of Alphabet Inc, which provides gigabit fibre broadband Internet and IPTV to a number of locations in the US, will no longer be offering a traditional linear TV product to its new subscribers, saying it is happy to help everyone explore other options to get their favourite programming […]

February 6, 2020By Colin Mann

DCMS Committee Chair sets out priorities

Following his election as Chair of the UK House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, Julian Knight MP has set out three areas he sees as priorities during his tenure. He said he was “delighted” to have secured the support of the House to lead the DCMS Committee in the new Parliament. “Having […]

January 31, 2020By Colin Mann

Virgin scheme gives rural broadband boost

Virgin Media reports it has transformed rural homes and businesses in Test & Dun Valley with ultrafast broadband speeds after a local campaign group lobbied the company for faster broadband.  Residents living in 12 villages in Test & Dun Valley, which stretches across Hampshire and Wiltshire, previously experienced some of the slowest broadband speeds in […]

January 30, 2020

Virgin calls “bulls**t” on BT speed claims

Virgin Media has called out BT’s “unsubstantiated” advertising with a  provocative stunt that it says “highlights the strength of Virgin Media’s network and its continued speed superiority over the UK’s telecoms incumbent”. BT’s billboards, which are currently deployed in Bristol, claim that residents in the area shouldn’t “settle for Virgin”. Virgin Media has responded with […]

January 29, 2020

BritBox launches on netgem.tv

Hybrid TV platform netgem.tv is now offering the BritBox SVoD service through its growing network of ISP operators and enabled netgem.tv devices in the market. To mark the deal with BritBox, the service created by the BBC and ITV, netgem.tv is also adding an extra 15 HD channels to its existing line-up, which already features […]

January 28, 2020

Gigacable selects Telia Carrier

One of Mexico’s leading broadband and Cable TV providers, Gigacable, has selected Telia Carrier’s IP Transit and backbone services to provide dedicated Internet access to its consumer and enterprise businesses in Mexico. The partnership will give Gigacable access to Telia Carrier’s global network, supporting consumer demand for the increasing need for scalable, high performance connectivity […]

January 23, 2020

BT bundles Google Stadia with broadband offers

BT has become the first European distribution partner for Stadia, Google’s new cloud gaming platform. The partnership will see BT and Google deliver cloud gaming via this new-generation platform to more UK consumers as well as see the two companies work together on initiatives designed to build awareness, access and availability of it in the […]

January 17, 2020

Sky’s Darroch renews Internet regulation call

Writing in The Times, Jeremy Darroch, CEO of Sky, has renewed his call (first made in the same paper in July 2018) for the UK government to act to curb the “flow of hate, abuse and offensive, illegitimate and even dangerous content online”. Darroch wrote: “This week Lord McNally presented his own bill in the […]

January 16, 2020