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29 June 2007
Ethnic minority groups watch less television, but use the internet and mobile phones more than the rest of the UK population, figures from Ofcom have revealed.
21 June 2007
For the first time, official figures show that there are more homes using a Freeview set top box than a Sky one with 8.4 million households now favouring Freeview for their digital TV needs.
15 June 2007
The cost of replacing analogue television sets and VCRs, combined with the £40 instalment fees faced by all those who aren't in the vulnerable or elderly criteria will costs consumers £2.2 billion.
14 June 2007
Consumers in Scotland are preparing to be among the first Britons to experience the digital switchover, but a recent debate in the House of Commons suggested that too many of them will be forced to pay the £40 switchover fee.
11 June 2007
BSkyB is to begin charging a pay-TV rate for Freeview customers wanting to watch a number of Sky channels.
08 June 2007
Virgin Media and BSkyB's extremely public bust up may well be continuing, but luckily for Virgin Media's sports fans, there appears to be some light at the end of the tunnel.
04 June 2007
Telecommunications regulator Ofcom is to hear a proposal from BT Vision, Virgin Media, Setanta and Top Up TV, suggesting that BSkyB's television dominance be broken up to boost competition.
01 June 2007
Bundled package provider Virgin Media has claimed that thousands of Britons are wasting their money by buying hi-tech gadgets which they never learn how to fully use.
31 May 2007
Riding high after being voted the UK's favourite digital television service provider, Freeview will attempt to woo more customers with its new Playback feature.
29 May 2007
An entirely Scottish BBC channel - broadcast from the BBC headquarters in Glasgow - will provide digital viewers with an alternative way to enjoy entertainment from the BBC.
25 May 2007
The difference in take-up of digital TV across the UK's nations is narrowing, the latest Ofcom research has revealed
22 May 2007
Telecommunications giant BSkyB is on the offensive again, this time removing the subscription costs of its Sky plus hard drive recorder in an effort to attract new customers.
15 May 2007
Liberal Democrat MP Michael Moore is campaigning to allow all residents of the Borders region to have full access to digital television when the switchover takes place next year.
11 May 2007
Five months after it was first unveiled, BT's digital TV package is set to come on the market with bosses promising a bold and expansive ad campaign starting from May 12th.
10 May 2007
Despite the heavy media launch and the public price wars with rivals BSkyB, Virgin Media has seen its first quarter results return a significantly lower revenue and a relatively high churn rate.
30 April 2007
The BBC Trust has approved plans for the BBC to deliver a free-to-air digital service, helping to provide digital TV to viewers who have been unable to access Freeview.
27 April 2007
A TV firm has warned that the digital switchover will render thousands of VCR and DVD recorders entirely obsolete, affecting up to 32 million recorders currently being used in the UK.
24 April 2007
ITV Chief Executive Michael Grade has called for high-definition (HD) TV to be made available to all consumers
23 April 2007
More consumers are choosing to watch digital TV through Freeview boxes than with any other medium, including the Sky+ box.
17 April 2007
Despite the fact that the start of the UK digital switchover is just six months away, one in ten Glaswegians have no idea what it is, two thirds aren't ready for it and 6% point blank refused to get rid of their old TV.
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