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Rural areas in the UK will soon receive a ‘superfast’ broadband boost after the UK government received approval to pump £530m into its Broadband Development UK (BDUK) upgrade scheme.As the scheme was considered state aid, the plans had been on hold while the UK government waited for approval from Brussels. Upgrade projects in Wales and… Continue reading ‘Superfast’ broadband boost for UK’s rural areas

BT has secured two EPG slots on the Sky platform in preparation for the launch of its sports channels next year. The broadcaster, which has secured rights to air FA Premier League football, international football and Aviva Premiership rugby packages, acquired the placeholders on the pay TV platform, which it has temporarily branded as Sailing… Continue reading BT to launch sports channels on two Sky slots next year

The first large-scale test of EE’s new 4G network has indicated less than half of Manchester city centre is able to take advantage of its high speeds, reports the BBC.Data collected by mobile coverage firm RootMetrics reveals just 40.2% of its test locations had access to the 4G network.Outside the city centre there was no… Continue reading 4G tests reveal patchy urban coverage

Viggle Inc. has purchased GetGlue for $25 million in cash and 48.3 million shares in stock, with the goal of making the merged companies the dominant force in social TV. Together, the two companies will have more than four million users.Viggle Inc., a reward-based site that launched in January, will operate both brands. GetGlue founder… Continue reading GetGlue acquired by Viggle in push for social TV dominance

Andy Eardley, director and co-founder of the TV App Agency, on smart TV connectivity and how to encourage users to interact.

New research from Harris Interactive shows that over half of Americans have streamed TV programming across a variety of devices.While streaming may not be currently overtaking traditional TV viewership methods, 30% of Americans have the ability to watch streamed programming on their TV sets (19% via set top boxes or game systems, 17% via Internet-compatible… Continue reading 53% of Americans have watched TV shows via streaming

Leichtman Research Group has revealed that the 13 largest multi-channel video providers in the US lost about 53,500 net additional video subscribers in Q3 2012.This figure compares to a net gain of about 17,000 in Q3 2011, and a net loss of 28,000 in Q3 2010. The 13 largest multi-channel providers account for 94% of… Continue reading US multi-channel video providers lost 50k subs in Q3 2012

Nintendo has announced that a key application for the Wii U will not be available at launch, with owners having to wait until December to activate Nintendo TVii. The next-generation console is due for release in North America this Sunday (18 November) among industry hype and expected high demand.Nintendo TVii was only announced in September… Continue reading Nintendo’s second-screen experience delayed

A new report from Informa Telecoms & Media claims that the over-the-top TV market will be worth $37 billion by 2017. This global amount will be made up of the three key video-revenue streams of advertising, subscriptions and transactions. Advertising will still be the largest revenue stream in 2017, as it is in 2012.Accroding to… Continue reading OTT market to be worth $37b in 2017

British Sky Broadcasting and internet TV firm Roku plan to create a set-top box to distribute to subscribers of its internet-television service.The box will connect to TVs, enabling owners to view films, sports and other content from NOW TV, the digital pay on demand launched by Sky in July. This has been seen as a… Continue reading BSkyB and Roku to create set-top box