Tag: Sky
LG pull flagship 3D TV launch
3D TV was a huge part of LG's CES line-up this year. But though the Korean tech company promised an April launch in the UK for its flagship LG LD360 LED TV range, that has now apparently been cancelled. A…
Sky TV app headed to Nokia's Ovi Store
Sky TV have just launched a Symbian compatible TV streaming app on the Ovi Store. The Sky TV app will let Sky subscribers watch live Premiership football on their Symbian handsets, check the Sky news headline feed and remotely program…
TV viewing at its highest since 1992
Perhaps it's a knock on effect of the global rescession, but the latest report by the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising has found that TV viewing is at the highest it has been in 18 years. Viewers watched an average…
3D Sky Sports headed to UK pubs this weekend
Sky and TV manufacturers LG have teamed up to deliver the first 3D broadcasts to UK consumers. But it wont be coming into your living room. Nope, you're going to have to take a trip down to your local to…
Sky offer old Sky TV Guide back to visually impaired viewers
The message boards over at our Shiny friends HDTVUK have been alight with readers venting their spleens over the new-look Sky + HD Guide, which completed its nationwide roll-out last week. Many of you have been complaining that the new…
Sky and Google's YouTube partnership talks fall through
BSkyB will go no further towards making their content available free on Google's YouTube, the Daily Telegraph have revealed today. The news comes as another twist in the saga between Richard Murdoch's News Corp (majority stakeholders in Sky) and YouTube…
Sales of internet connected TVs set to rise?
2009 saw the first wave of internet connected TVs and Blu-ray players hit shelves. New research from Futuresource Consulting now shows that as many as 20% of TVs shipped in Europe in 2010 will feature internet capabilities. "In Europe, four…
3D football broadcasts by Sky in 2010
For all its merits, there are a couple of players we think wont benefit much from the jump to 3D.
Virgin Media to bring TiVo back to the UK
Not a great deal has been offered by Virgin as to how the arrangement will work, however company CEO said "Our fibre-optic network combined with TiVo's capabilities will allow us to offer consumers the most significantly advanced and compelling TV service available in the UK."
In the US TiVo boasts a few features that aren't available in the UK on any DVR, such as the ability to search for shows by actors and the option of accessing music services like Rhapsody though a TV set. It'll be interesting to see how many of them make it to the UK box.
Revised BBC iPlayer headed to Wii
Does the new-look Wii iPlayer stand up well against its PS3 and console counterparts?
