A Year in TV, the annual review from Thinkbox, the marketing body for commercial television in the United Kingdom, presents the impression that television viewing remains robust, indeed dominant. An end of term report from the BBC Trust, with little to lose as its supervision of the corporation comes to an end, portrays a more […]
TalkTalk updates YouView to next-gen softwares TalkTalk has been steadily rolling out its next-gen YouView update to its customer base. Currently, over 150,000 customers have already received the free update, and more will be getting it soon. What’s different? When choosing what updates to prioritise, TalkTalk used customer feedback to determine the number one priority […]
Updated 25 May 2026: This post was originally published in 2017, when Discovery announced plans to launch a second free-to-air channel in the UK. At the time, the details were limited. We now know that the channel was Quest Red, which launched on 15 March 2017 and became part of Discovery’s growing free-to-air presence alongside […]
Right from its launch we reckoned the new Sky Q system sounded like just what we needed at the Automated Home so we placed our order the first day it became available. It’s been 10 days since it was installed, so is this the 21st Century TV experience we were hoping for or is it all a bit of a […]
(Article updated November 2025) The BBC iPlayer TV licence rules have changed dramatically since the original announcement back in September 2016, and you may be surprised at just how different the landscape looks today. When the first story broke, the focus was tightly centred on catch-up viewers suddenly needing a licence. Now, nearly a decade […]
Now TV Smart Box review Are live TV and the Now TV Combos enough to justify an upgrade? Sky first gatecrashed the TV streaming party back in 2012 when it launched Now TV. A year later, it launched the Now TV Box, a £10 box of tricks that made any TV into a smart TV. […]
BT Sport is to launch a new football results show ‘BT Sport Score’ ahead of live Saturday evening Premier League action from Saturday 13th August. The programme kicks-off at 2.30pm and will be presented by Mark Pougatch. He’ll be joined by a host of new BT Sport pundits including former England international Jermaine Jenas, former […]
Viacom-owned Channel 5 (C5) in the UK is ditching its catch-up channel and launching a free-to-air network in its place that will air shows from sister stations including the UK version of Spike. My5, which will start broadcasting early next month, will replace the time-shifted Channel5 +24 and will offer content from the broadcaster’s VoD service […]
LET’S TALK TV Freeview launches Catch Up Hotline to chat about TV whatever and whenever you’re watching New research reveals that we are a nation of TV lovers, with the average person spending 8.8 years in a lifetime watching shows New research shows we don’t just love watching TV, but talking about it too […]
Not only has Sky released a new Now TV Smart Box, but also offers a new contract-free home connectivity package. The Now TV Combo from Sky encompasses a streaming service pass, unlimited broadband and a phone line. Releasing such an all inclusive package without the need for a contract is a big move for Sky. […]
