Category: TV
Chromecast updates lets you change the backdrop
Way back in June Google announced a bunch of updates that were coming for its Chromecast - and it appears the changes have finally arrived, with updated apps appearing in the iOS app store and Google Play on Android. The major update is the ability to customise the backdrops that appear on screen when your…
EE announce TV service and set-top-box
EE has today announced a new TV service that will take on the likes of YouView and BT TV - marrying up a Freeview box with streaming functions. The new box is entering a crowded market - there's already a tonne of different TV service providers, but EE is promising some interesting unique features. First…
More signs point to Apple TV becoming the centre of Apple’s “HomeKit”
Apple TV could become much more important in the future - if a recent software update is anything to go by. The set-top-box that Steve Jobs once described as his "hobby" could become your home's central node in controlling your connected devices. According to Apple Insider, a beta-release of the updated software for developers notes…
Tesco evasive on the future of Blinkbox streaming service
Speaking at the Tesco Hudl 2 launch this morning there was one topic that Tesco's Group Digital Officer Michael Comish clearly didn't want to talk about: the fate of Blinkbox, the on-demand video and music streaming service that the retailer owns. When asked directly by a Bloomberg journalist amongst the assembled hacks whether the service…
Ceefax would have been 40 today! Write BBC League Cup report to celebrate
Long before the days of the internet and email the only way you could get information quickly was via Ceefax. It used part of the analogue TV signal to transmit its pixellated stories directly to your TV screen in an age well before home computers and when the only electronic game was Pong - a…
Almost 1bn TV sets will be online by 2020
The world is becoming ever more connected, and it's not going to slow down any time soon. According to a new report from the company Digital TV Research, the number of TV sets connected to the internet will reach 965 million by 2020 - up from 103m at the end of 2010 and the 339m…
4K Blu-Ray discs on sale by Christmas?
We're starting to see loads of 4K TVs... and it looks like we might finally have something to watch on them. The Blu-Ray Disc Association reckons the first 4K BRs will be available the end of the year. TechRadar spoke to Victor Matsuda, who apparently confirmed that that the association will have the official specs…
Sky’s NowTV adds Chromecast support
Sky's streaming service for non-subscribers, NowTV has added another viewing option: Google's Chromecast Dongle. This seems like a good match - given how the Chromecast dongle has sold like wildfire, and NowTV doesn't need a satellite dish. The press release notes that this means that customers will be able to Cast on-demand movies, as well…
Sky+ software update takes its cues from Netflix
Today Sky is rolling out a software update to Sky+ customers - introducing a bunch of new features which seem to take inspiration from the likes of Netflix. Perhaps the biggest new feature is the introduction of a recommendation engine: Sky will now recommend TV shows to you based on your previous downloads and Sky+…
Britons still prefer to watch television live – on their TVs
As our "second" screens get smaller while our TV screens get larger, it seems that the old adage that "bigger is better" just might hold true. Some new research has shown that despite the growth in watching television via a PC, tablet or smartphone, 90 per cent of viewers still regularly use the TV to…
