TV recorder & set top box News

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  Sky’s Online PAYG Now TV Service Poised For Launch

  04 May 2012

  Sky is gearing up to debut the online pay-as-you-go movies and TV portal Now TV, and just-acquired Smart TV movie provider Acetrax to bolster its offerings.

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  TVonics Offers Freeview PVR for the Blind and Partially-Sighted

  03 May 2012

  RNIB and TVonics have plugged text-to-speech functionality into a Freeview PVR, to make it suitable for the blind and partially-sighted.

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  Sony's Google TV To Hit Europe In September?

  03 April 2012

  Google TV smart set-top boxes are due from Sony in Europe from September, according to a French news report.

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  Third Apple TV Unveiled

  07 March 2012

  The 2012 edition of the Apple TV box has been announced. It's small, it's affordable and supports 1080p.

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  New Apple TV Coming As Stock Runs Out

  23 February 2012

  A leading UK retailer is telling staff no more Apple TV units are available or when they may be back in stock.

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  New Apple TV Coming Next Month

  13 February 2012

  Retailers in the US are listing the current Apple TV as out of stock as the company prepares for an event early next month.

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  Roku Launching In UK And Ireland With iPlayer

  10 February 2012

  The streaming service is launching in the UK with set-top boxes costing as little as £50.

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  BT Announces Deal With Miramax

  31 January 2012

  Subscribers to BT Vision Unlimited will now get access to the back catalogue of Miramax movies.

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  Sky To Launch Internet TV Service

  31 January 2012

  Sky Go also coming to Android phones from HTC and Samsung next month.

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  Sky Anytime+ Expanding To All Broadband Providers

  30 January 2012

  BBC iPlayer and ITV Player also joining the video-on-demand service.

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  Lord Sugar Tells YouView Staff: You’re Fired

  28 October 2011

  The entire PR and marketing team at YouView has been let go ahead of next year’s launch.

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  Virgin Media Reports Return To Growth

  27 October 2011

  After losing 36,000 customers in Q2, Virgin Media has announced a return to growth in the last three months.

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  Free World-Title Boxing Coming To Freeview

  14 October 2011

  Freeview customers with the latest TVonics' boxes will get to see world-title boxing action for free.

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  Virgin Media Launches iPad TiVo App

  09 September 2011

  Hate your TiVo remote control? No problem, just buy an iPad and download the new TiVo app. Simple.

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  LG PenTouch PZ850T Lets You Draw On Your TV

  02 September 2011

  Ever wanted to draw a pair of horns and moustache on your favourite TV character? Well now you can.