[2 May 2009 | 2 Comments | ]
HD content comes to BBC iPlayer on Virgin Media

The BBC and Virgin Media (NASDAQ: VMED) today announced the launch of High Definition (HD) content on BBC iPlayer on Virgin Media.

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[13 Mar 2010 | No Comment | ]
Sky1 now available for all customers

Since the 11th March every Sky Player users are able to watch Sky1 as a part of the entertainment pack.

What does this mean for us as users?

Well, this means we all can watch oour favourit tv shows like Lost Season 6, 24:Day 8, or Pineapple Dance Studio and much more when ever and where ever we want.

So this is a pretty cool advantage and Sky also promised to add more channels to the Sky Player over the next month.

Right now there are 28 channels available for you.

So if you are …

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[21 Feb 2010 | No Comment | ]

The Sky Player allows you to watch most of the Sky TV programmes with or even without signing up with Sky. If you have a Sky TV subscription you can watch the recorded programmes for one month. Also a limited number of channels are providing live broadcasts.

Which contents does Sky Player offer online?

They offer a wide range of programms including over 500 movies, culture and Lifestyle shows. There are also shows from National Geographic, Sky sports, entertainment pack and the BBC iPlayer programmes.

If you don‘t have a Sky TV subscription …

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[14 Feb 2010 | No Comment | ]
HDTV Demand Results in Sky Customer Increase

A booming demand for high definition TV has resulted in Sky nearly reaching the 10 million customer milestone.

The recent introduction of hi-def services on the Sky network has resulted in new customers almost doubling for Sky subscriptions compared to the year prior. Chief executive of the company, Jeremy Darroch, said that a total of 482,000 new subscribes has taken the total HD user base to almost 2.1 million and this rate is increasing quickly.

This figure represents a higher than expected growth for HD services of which only 310,000 subscribers were …

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[14 Feb 2010 | No Comment | ]

Eurosport have revealed that the HD channel will soon be included on the Virgin Media network and will be the first of many new HD channels to be added on the cable TV provider’s network over the next few months.

Eurosport HD launched on Sky back in July 2008 and is the high definition version of the main international Eurosport channel which includes the coverage of many high profile sporting events such as the Tour de France, World Touring Car Championships and the French Open Tennis Championship.

Access to Eurosport HD will …

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[23 Jan 2010 | No Comment | ]

Did you ever think about new products that you could be shopping for this year? What do you expect to be the new products and features in 2010?

I guess the ledge would be even more influenced by the LCD HDTV technology while at the same time the attention on plasma TVs will be shrinking. But this doesn‘t mean there won‘t be a niche market for LED and plasma TVs this year at all.

For the LCD TV niche experts expect the following features to go main stream this year: LED back-lightning; …