Apparently we all know what Freeview is (a package of free channels on the digital terrestrial platform right). But not many of us are yet aware of digital TV recorders (or PVRs) which can be used for recording digital TV…

Never mind the move to HDTV, according to a new survey, awareness of the switchover to digital TV in the UK is "alarmingly low", with 38% unaware of the government’s intention to switch off the analogue signal and only…

At the CES Innovations bash this evening we had a very interesting chat with the folks from Scientific Atlanta – the company that makes cable boxes like this for Telewest. It has just unveiled a new box which features…

We've lost count of the number of Telewest/NTL merger stories we've run over the past few months, but now it's finally happened. NTL is set to acquire Telewest for about $6 billion, paying close to $24 a share – both…

We've said before that cable company Telewest has been a bit slower rolling out Video on Demand (VOD) services than its rival NTL. But now it seems the Woking-based company is fighting back with the launch of a new…

While Telewest seems to have been a little tardy on rolling out VOD (that's Video on Demand), rival ntl just keeps adding new areas to its On Demand service. Latest to get the instant video at your fingertips service is…

Long before it became the law to use the 'i' prefix for every piece of consumer electronics, in fact way back in 2002, French firm Netgem introduced the iPlayer. It's essentially a digital terrestrial (Freeview) box but it can…

Let's face it, in the battle for the digital TV high ground, cable has always come out second to Sky. But now it seems Telewest is fighting back, announcing that it is to launch a High Definition TV service this…

Panasonic has announced the upcoming release of their its Freeview PVR box. The TU-CTH100 comes with an 80GB integrated hard drive, which you can use to record all those episodes of Joey that you'd otherwise miss. It features dual…