Andy Murray’s nail-biting victory yesterday made the second biggest audience in Wimbledon history behind Borg vs McEnroe in 1980, and the highest television rating of the year so far.
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NOW TV will provide PS3 users with access to Sky Movies and all six Sky Sports channels with no contract, set-up costs or installation.
The National Audit Office forecasts that the programme will complete its rollout 22 months later than planned, and only nine out of 44 local projects are expected to reach their original target of providing 90% superfast coverage by May 2015.
The BBC’s 3D project will go on a three-year hiatus at the end of the year, despite the recent announcement that the corporation will be broadcasting Wimbledon matches in 3D.
Superfast broadband services surpassed 4 million users in the UK in April, now accounting for 20% of all UK consumers and delivering 30 megabits of data per second.
Over 120 live performances and more than 250 hours of live coverage was broadcast across multiple screens, with mobile and tablet accounting for 42% of traffic.
EE will officially switch on double-speed 4G in twelve UK cities on July 4, seeing EE’s network reach a theoretical maximum speed of 150Mbps – rivalling mobile networks in Europe, the US, Japan and South Korea.
The matches will include both the men’s and women’s singles semi-finals and finals, free for those with access to a 3D TV set and to the BBC’s HD Red Button service.
The latest Screen Life study has revealed some key differences between watching TV live and on demand, and between different types of VOD.
The acquisition of Red Bee Media will increase Ericsson’s broadband services business to approximately 4,000 employees, as well as adding new operations in Europe and Australia.