Category Archives: broadband

Beeb embraces social networks

As reported by BBC News, BBC Worldwide announced today that it intends to start distributing its catalogue of old tv programmes through Zudeo, a partnered social video network. Users will be able download high-quality episodes of Red Dwarf, Doctor Who and the League of Gentleman, and classic series such as Fawlty Towers will also be [...]

Online video ‘eroding TV viewing’

A recent ICM survey of 2,070 people for the BBC suggests that online video is slowly eroding traditional television broadasting. Almost 43% of Britons who watch video from the internet or on a mobile device at least once a week said they watched less normal TV as a result. However, online video viewers are still [...]

Carphone Warehouse acquires AOL ‘Broadband’

As reported by Sam Sethi over at Techcrunch UK, mobile telephone giant the Carphone Warehouse has just acquired the internet “access” business from AOL UK. The purchase from AOL’s parent, Time Warner was reported to come in at around £370m making Carphone Warehouse (CPW) the third largest ISP in the UK with over 1 million [...]