The dream of free Sky TV on your Fire Stick just got a reality check. UK authorities have clamped down on a major operation selling illegal streaming devices, making it much harder to access premium content for free.
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Calling all couch potatoes and movie buffs! There’s a new player in the UK streaming game, and it’s bringing a giant bag of popcorn. Tubi, the popular free streaming service with a massive library of over 20,000 movies and TV shows, has finally launched across the pond.
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Programmes on BBC iPlayer will become available much more quickly as part of significant updates to the on-demand streaming service.
The UK government has announced plans to renew the licences of all 34 local TV stations in the country. The licenses, which are currently due to expire in 2024, will be renewed for a further 10 years.
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Freeview viewers across parts of the country could see some disruption to their TV reception between Wednesday 7th June and Sunday 11th June.
Freeview viewers across parts of the UK could see some disruption to their TV reception between Wednesday the 24th and Monday the 29th May. This is due to high pressure which could disrupt the TV signals which Freeview uses.
BT Sport will be rebranded as TNT Sports on July 18, 2023. The move comes after BT and Warner Bros. Discovery announced a joint venture in May 2022 to combine their sports businesses.
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This means that viewers who are still using older SD-only set-top boxes will need to upgrade to a newer HD-enabled box in order to continue watching BBC channels.
Sky has announced that it is increasing the minimum broadband speed requirements for its Sky Glass and Sky Stream devices. The new minimum speed for HD streaming is 25 Mbps, up from 11 Mbps. The minimum speed for 4K streaming Read more…