Category: TV
Revealed: Brits spend almost £300 a year on online subscription services
New research by comparethemarket.com reveals online subscription services we can’t live without Netflix comes top, followed by Amazon Prime and Disney+ Brits spend nearly £300 a year on subscription services with Londoners spending the most, followed by those in Manchester and Birmingham With the average Brit spending three hours and 37 minutes online every day,…
Apple TV+ launches on Sky Glass
Apple TV+ arrives on Sky Glass, the streaming TV from Sky, as well as Sky Q today, Tuesday 14 December in the UK & Ireland. From multi-Emmy award-winning comedy Ted Lasso to The Morning Show, Sky customers will be able to stream Apple TV+ favourites as well as new and exclusive Apple Originals every month, completely…
Telly mad Brits watch 62 hours of festive TV over Christmas
Only Fools and Horses Xmas special, 1996. Image: BBC Aside from turkey and presents, sitting down together on the sofa to enjoy a festive TV special is undoubtedly one of the most popular Christmas traditions across the nation. A new survey looking into the nation’s Christmas TV viewing habits has shown…
Should I buy Sky Glass – Pros and Cons?
What are the pros and cons of Sky Glass? Image: Sky Last week, at an event in Greenwich, Sky launched its most innovative product to date: Sky Glass. A new range of QLED TVs, available in 43inch, 55inch and 65inch screen sizes, they enable you to watch satellite channels without a…
Spend through voice-enabled Smart TVs to hit $500 million in 2023
The new Sky Glass TV comes with voice control. Image: Sky A new study from Juniper Research has found that spend through voice assistant-enabled smart TVs will reach nearly $500 million in 2023 - a sharp increase from the $126 million expected in 2021. This growth reflects how voice assistants are…
Sky announces Sky Glass smart TV range – satellite channels without dish
At a glitzy event in London, attended by Tech Digest, Sky announced the launch of Sky Glass - an Ultra HD smart TV that can connect to a wide range of streaming services, including all the Sky channels, of course. Billed as a carbon-neutral TV, which uses up to 50% less energy than a conventional…
Measuring the success of British TV exports
We look at which British shows and formats have made the leap abroad to become our finest TV exports in recent years... Despite the success of platforms like Netflix and imported TV shows from the US, the UK still punches above its weight when it comes to exporting TV shows and formats across the world.…
Adults spend 6 hours watching TV and video, claims Ofcom report
Adults in the UK spent a third of their time watching TV and online video, according to Ofcom’s annual study of the nation’s media habits. With people across the UK under some form of lockdown restrictions for most of last year, more than 2,000 hours of it were spent watching TV and online video. That’s…
BT TV Box Pro offers 4K HDR, Dolby Atmos
BT has unveiled the BT TV Box Pro which it claims is its most advanced set-top box to date. The new box is designed to support the next generation of TV viewing, with features including 4K HDR viewing and Dolby Atmos. BT has also rolled out a new user interface to new and existing BT…
Sky needs to issue ‘end of contract notifications’, claims Ofcom
An initial investigation by telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today found “reasonable grounds to believe” that Sky UK (Sky TV, Sky Broadband) may have broken consumer protection rules over its apparent refusal to issue end-of-contract notifications to Pay TV customers. The regulator’s End-of-Contract Notifications (ECN) system requires all fixed broadband, mobile, home phone and pay TV providers to…
