Lord Sugar unveils set-top box YouView after years of delays July 4, 2012 AFTER years of delays, new set-top box YouView was yesterday unveiled by proud chairman Lord Alan Sugar. A joint venture by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, BT, TalkTalk and Arqiva, digital channel provider YouView will allow the user to flick back through seven days of missed TV shows as well as browse extra [...]
YouView…. Well, you might. July 4, 2012 Digital TV service YouView was finally unveiled by Lord Alan Sugar yesterday, albeit long after its slated 2010 release date. The joint venture between the BBC, ITV, BT, Channel 4, Channel 5, Arqiva and TalkTalk offers a host of catch-up, on demand and streaming services and it promises more partners are ready to join. But [...]
YOUVIEW’S RIVALS July 4, 2012 Freeview Freeview might be a slightly spurious inclusion, but YouView has to convince people they need to shell out a pretty big sum to upgrade their current set-top box. Lots will stick with what they already have. Google TV Google TV has been something of a disaster in its native US, with the major networks [...]
Sir Stelios calls for Rake’s head over the fiasco July 2, 2012 EASYJET founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou yesterday weighed in to the furore surrounding the Barclays Libor-fixing scandal, calling for the head of Sir Mike Rake. Rake, the Barclays senior independent director who was yesterday promoted to deputy chairman, also serves as chairman of EasyJet. “As Mike Rake is chairman of the relevant audit sub-committee and a [...]
Arqiva set for hotspot deal July 2, 2012 COMMUNICATIONS firm Arqiva has made an agreed £23.4m bid for Wi-Fi operator Spectrum Interactive, which would create one of the UK’s largest internet hotspot providers. The deal is set to put Arqiva in control of hotspots in over 2,100 locations. It will compete with the likes of BT and Virgin Media, although unlike its rivals [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS July 2, 2012 Kingfisher Karen Witts will join the home retailer’s board as finance director in October. She is currently finance chief for Africa, Middle East, Asia and Asia Pacific at Vodafone, and is also a non-executive director of Wolseley. Witts worked at BT Group for more than 10 years, most recently as finance head for BT Retail. [...]
TalkTalk tops telco complaints table June 27, 2012 TALKTALK is again the most complained about telecoms provider, according to data published yesterday by Ofcom. The regulator said it is sent over 300 grumbles a day about telecoms services, which it publishes in a bid to promote competition and assist customers in choosing the right provider. In the first quarter of 2012, TalkTalk generated [...]
Banks fuel FTSE gains but Eurozone picture darkens June 27, 2012 Banks fuelled modest gains on the FTSE 100 in early trading but investor confidence remained weak overall as the Eurozone’s leaders failed to offer any evidence of a path to recovery for the bloc. Disagreements between the region’s policymakers over how to deal with the turmoil are weighing on investors’ confidence ahead of a European [...]
BT Vision gamble might be costly June 26, 2012 Group’s football move must win customers from BSkyB BT VISION’S surprising capture of the rights to 38 live Premier League matches from the beginning of the season after next is described as “the largest thing we have done in television to date” by the group’s chief executive Marc Watson. The problem for BT Vision is [...]
Ofcom takes new steps to crack down on piracy June 26, 2012 ILLEGAL downloaders could be reported to copyright owners under a new system unveiled yesterday by communications regulator Ofcom. The draft code – still subject to a consultation period, European approval and the governmental green light – requires the major internet service providers (ISPs) to notify their customers of allegations that their internet connection has been [...]