Category: TV
12 Apps to help you Survive the Christmas Season
[nextpage title="Next"] Christmas can be a stressful time for all of us, and it seems to arrive earlier every year. If it's not gifts to buy, it's family get-togethers to arrange, parties to attend, decorations to get up and a massive dinner to prepare. To help you get super-organised this year, here are 12 apps…
Vodafone planning to launch TV and home broadband services
Vodafone is planning to enter the TV and home broadband market next year, according to reports. The Telegraph says that the CEO Vittorio Colao has announced the plan - which is motivated by changes in the telecommunications industry. Essentially, the reason seems to be that everyone is expecting BT to enter the mobile phone market…
Top 10 Gadget Christmas Gifts for Him
[nextpage title="Next"] As Christmas fast approaches (we'd tell you how many shopping days are left, but we don't want to terrify you) it's time to think about what to get the man in your life. Forget the old reliable standby of a tie, underwear or socks - what your husband/boyfriend/son/dad/brother/uncle/secret lover really wants (and needs)…
Which UK streaming services have the Marvel movies?
Last night was a big night for film fans and comicbook geeks: Marvel announced its plans for "Phase 3" of the Marvel Cinematic Universe - and revealing who will be joining Iron Man, Captain America and company for Avengers: Infinite War in 2018. And this made us think: Before next year's Avengers: Age of Ultron,…
Amazon launches Fire TV Stick to rival Chromecast
Amazon has announced a new streaming media stick, to compete with Google's Chromecast as a budget TV streaming device. The Fire TV stick has just gone on sale on the US Amazon site for $39 (or $19 for the next couple of days) and can essentially do almost everything that its bigger brother, the FireTV…
Xbox One Digital TV Tuner launches in the UK
From today you can get Freeview HD TV directly on your Xbox One in the UK - by picking up the Xbox One TV Tuner. We've known about it since August, and it has finally landed. Essentially, Microsoft has cut out the middle-man, so to get the TV functions through your One without needing a…
Mean old Sky gives just £1 to the rainforest for every old satellite box donated
Sky has made a big deal of its charitable fundraising for "Sky Rainforest Rescue" - and perhaps rightly so, as the campaign has apparently raised over £4m - with Sky matching the funding and raising it to £8m. But then I saw this and thought that - surely - Sky can do a little bit…
HBO joins the 21st century – 5 takeaways
[nextpage title="Next"] HBO, the US premium cable channel that produces the likes of Game of Thrones and True Detective has just announced that it will soon be launching a version of its on-demand product "HBO Go" that doesn't require US customers to have a cable subscription and a cable HBO subscription on top of that.…
Amazon Instant Video can now play your videos too
Amazon has just made it easier to get your photos and videos on the big screen. The company has hooked up Amazon Instant Video (its Netflix-style service) with Amazon Cloud Drive (a bit like Dropbox) - so that if you have photos and videos uploaded there, you can now view them through the Instant Video…
8 of the best TV shows to watch on Amazon Prime Instant Video
[nextpage title="Next"] The TV selection on Amazon Instant Video is quite good indeed - a nice mix of classic shows, recent releases and their own original series. Here are eight of what we consider to be the best shows to sit back and enjoy on Amazon in the UK ... [/nextpage] [nextpage title="Next"] Star Trek:…
