Archive for July, 2010


Youtube Extend Video Upload Times. But Only By Five Minutes

When some people start to shoot a video and air their artistic talents, 10 minutes can sometimes not be enough. This limit of course comes from the worlds biggest video website Youtube, but it has now extended the time limit of user submitted content by 5 whole minutes.

Will The TV Of The Future Become More Online Based?

With The BBC’s announcement of a second series of the online soap spin-off EastEnders: E20 it appears more likely that the future of TV, and the way it’s watched, is changing.

Virgin Media Launches New Virgin Media Player Beta

Virgin Media has decided to launch the beta version of its media player for desktop and mobile, dubbing it, Virgin Media Player.

Who Wants To Make The Game Harder?

Contestants on the UK version of hit worldwide quiz show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? are set to have their questions thrown at them harder and faster, in an attempt to attract viewers back to the 12-year-old series in ITV1.

Sky (BSkyB) Purchase The Complete USA HBO TV Catalogue

Sky (BSkyB) has purchased the entire rights to the complete HBO TV catalogue. This includes a wide range of USA TV shows, including The Sopranos, Sex and the City, True Blood and The Wire.

Tidal Takeout Of Hawaiian TV Signal

Over 400,000 customers of Oceanic Time Warner Cable in the US state of Hawaii had temporary outages of Internet, phone and cable television signals on Tuesday due to a break in a deep water undersea fiber-optic cable in the Molokai Channel.