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Digital TV deals target film buffs this Christmas (22-12-09)

Nine out of 10 Brits are looking forward to sitting down to watch a movie over Christmas, as digital TV providers target film buffs with special deals...

Brits are ‘digital TV addicts’ (17-12-09)

The British public’s appetite for TV has risen more than any other nation over the last 12 months, according to research by regulator Ofcom...

Channel 4 and TalkTalk join TV on-demand project (17-12-09)

Consumers are one step closer to receiving free, online on-demand content in their living rooms after TalkTalk and Channel 4 join Project Canvas...

BT Vision showing Prison Break on-demand (16-12-09)

BT Vision customers can now watch on-demand US series including 24, Prison Break and Buffy the Vampire Slayer after BT secured a deal with film and TV company Twentieth Century Fox...
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E4 goes high-definition on Sky (14-12-09)

Sky HD customers will get a high-definition simulcast of E4 at no extra cost, available from today...

ESPN secures rights to show FA Cup (09-12-09)

Footy fans will need a digital TV subscription to watch FA Cup ties following a deal between the Football Association and ESPN...

Tiscali TV offers high-definition Harry Potter marathon (08-12-09)

Tiscali TV customers will soon be able to watch pay-per-view high-definition films, including the UK television premiere of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince...

World Cup football to be shown in 3D (07-12-09)

Footy fans will be able to watch 25 of the 2010 World Cup matches in 3D, following a deal between sport’s governing body FIFA and electronics giant Sony...

Project Canvas launches information website (04-12-09)

Project Canvas, the on-demand TV partnership between the BBC, ITV, Five and BT, has launched a website, giving a first glimpse of what the service might look like...

Freeview on main TV set in 10 million homes

Freeview digital TV is main service in 10 million homes (03-12-09)

Households in regions where the digital switchover has happened have been choosing Freeview digital TV in droves...

Virgin Media offers free Disney Cinemagic channel (02-12-09)

Virgin Media is offering the Disney Cinemagic channel for free to all customers signing up to Sky Movies 1 and 2...

ITV Player coming to Freesat (30-11-09)

Subscription-free digital TV service Freesat will add the ITV player in the first half of next year as Freesat users await the imminent arrival of the BBC iPlayer...

Virgin Media digital TV to get set-top boxes with broadband (26-11-09)

Surf the web through your TV, thanks to Virgin Media’s TiVo tie-in which will create a one-stop shop for home entertainment...

Virgin Media’s on-demand TV to get adverts (25-11-09)

There’s no escape from the ads when you watch Virgin Media’s (www.virginmedia.com) on-demand TV...

Viewers may have to pay to watch ITV2, 3 and 4 (23-11-09)

ITV’s digital channels, ITV2, ITV3 and ITV4 could become subscription-only next year, according to reports...

High-definition Freeview ready for World Cup (16-11-09)

Around 50% of UK homes will be able to watch next year’s World Cup in high-definition as the BBC plans the roll-out of Freeview HD channels...

Nintendo Wii gamers to get BBC iPlayer (17-11-09)

Nintendo Wii owners will soon be able to catch-up on their favourite BBC programmes through a dedicated iPlayer channel on the games console...

Virgin Media offers 3D TV on-demand (16-11-09)

Cable giant Virgin Media is offering its TV customers a chance to watch Channel 4’s 3D content on-demand...

Half of Brits are scared of interactive TV (13-11-09)

Almost 20 million Brits have never used interactive TV services, and over nine million won’t press the red button through fear of costs...

Over 28,000 homes still have black and white TVs (13-11-09)

More than 28,000 people around the UK have shunned colour television and watch their favourite programmes on black and white sets...

Virgin Media offers free movies (12-11-09)

Film fans can watch real-life movies on True Movies for free until January 2010 with Virgin Media's cable TV...

Sky offers new customers free Sky+ box (11-11-09)

A free Sky+ box and a £50 Marks & Spencer voucher could be yours if you subscribe to a Sky TV package before Christmas...

Two months free Virgin Media bundles (11-11-09)

Cable broadband provider Virgin Media is offering new customers two months free when they sign up to one of its most popular triple play bundles...

Hulu and ITV set to sign on-demand TV deal (11-11-09)

British broadcaster ITV is ready to sign a deal with online TV platform Hulu, allowing the on-demand ITV programmes via the web, according to reports...

Virgin Media trials on-demand 3D TV(10-11-09)

Virgin Media cable customers may soon be able to watch on-demand 3D programmes from the comfort of their living room, following successful trials by the telecommunications giant...

Sports with ‘national resonance’ could go free-to-air (09-11-09)

The Ashes and international football qualifiers should move to free-to-view TV, according to a paper to be presented to government this week....

Three months free BT Broadband bundles (06-11-09)

BT Broadband is offering customers three months free broadband when they sign up online...

New Tiscali TV customers get free digital recorder (06-11-09)

Get a free digital TV recorder worth £100 when you sign-up to Tiscali TV before 31 December...

Digital switch to blame for rise in dumped TVs (06-11-09)

The number of televisions being left at waste centres has increased by 70% over the last 12 months, according to Cumbria county council...

BBC iPlayer is coming to Freesat (04-11-09)

Freesat customers may soon be able to watch catch-up episodes of their favourite BBC shows on the iPlayer, through their digibox on their TV...

Virgin Media goes wild with free National Geographic channel (03-11-09)

Nature-loving Virgin Media customers can now watch National Geographic wildlife programmes and documentaries for free...

Virgin Media offers Halloween horrors on-demand (30-10-09)

Virgin Media customers can stay in for a horror-fest this Halloween weekend, with films starting from 99p per view...

Sky newcomers will get £50 M&S voucher (29-10-09)

New customers who subscribe to a Sky TV package online before Christmas will get a free £50 Marks & Spencer voucher...

Sky Player heading for PS3 (28-10-09)

Sky boss hints that the TV giant’s catch-up service may soon be available for PlayStation gamers, following the launch of the Sky Player on the Xbox 360...

BT Vision offers blockbusters for 1p (26-10-09)

It’s just 1p to watch some movies on BT Vision until 1 November in a “try-before-you buy” promotion...

Sky boosts number of high-definition homes (26-10-09)

More than 1.6 million homes now subscribe to satellite TV giant Sky's high-definition service...

Sky serves up a weekend of free films (22-10-09)

Sky customers who don’t already have a subscription to the Sky Movies channels are in for a treat next weekend as the digital TV giant offers free films for all...

Tearjerker TV is better in HD (21-10-09)

Tearjerker movies and television programmes are “more emotive” in high-definition than standard definition, according to new research by digital TV giant Sky...

Freeview HD gets December London roll-out (19-10-09)

Freeview households in London will be able to receive high-definition Freeview by the end of 2009, says the BBC...

YouTube to broadcast C4 shows (16-10-09)

Fans of Channel 4 programmes Skins, The Inbetweeners and Peep Show will soon be able to watch full-length episodes online on YouTube...

Freeview customers vent anger over retune fiasco (15-10-09)

Hundreds of households are angry after being left without ITV3 and ITV4 following the nationwide Freeview retune last month...

BBC iPlayer planning global service (14-10-09)

The BBC’s internet TV catch-up service, iPlayer, could soon be available anywhere in the world on a pay-per-view platform, says BBC Worldwide...

BT plans to boost number of Vision households (13-10-09)

Telecommunications giant BT has said it plans to launch a huge marketing campaign in an attempt to get more customers to sign-up to its digital TV service, BT Vision...

Sky slams BBC over internet TV funding (13-10-09)

TV giant Sky has blasted the BBC for investing licence-fee payers’ money into Project Canvas, the planned internet TV replacement for Freeview...

Online England game was ‘a success’ despite score (10-10-09)

England’s internet-only World Cup qualifier against Ukraine aired without a hitch on Saturday, despite a mediocre performance from Fabio Capello’s boys...

England Under-21s match on Chelsea TV and online (09-10-09)

Fans will only be able to watch England’s Under-21s championship qualifier against Macedonia tonight if they have a subscription to Chelsea TV or stream it online...

New Sky customers get £25 M&S voucher (07-10-09)

New customers signing up with satellite TV giant Sky online before the end of October will get a free £25 Marks & Spencer gift voucher...

England vs Ukraine will be online, not on TV (05-10-09)

It will cost you at least £4.99 if you want to watch the World Cup qualifier between England and Ukraine live online...

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