Archive for January, 2012


Microsoft Claim There Is Still Life In 360

Sources at Microsoft are seemingly admitting defeat in their plans to release a new Xbox games console by the end of the year, as they claim they want to keep progressing with the Xbox 360 for as long as possible, and that they are not in a position to launch direct competition with Nintendo’s Wii [...]

Sky To Launch No Dish Required Internet TV Service

Satellite TV giant, Sky are targeting the 13 million UK homes that have no Sky service, and offering an internet TV pay as you go service in the first half of this year. The service will be an enhanced version of the Sky Go online service and is for customers who do not want to subscribe [...]

Steve And Nicole Face X Factor Axe As Fox Make Changes

Putting a little-known TV presenter from Wales as the face of one of his biggest-ever projects was an eyebrow-raising move from Simon Cowell when he launched X Factor USA last year, but it looks as though it has not paid off, as Steve Jones has confirmed rumours that he will not be returning to the show for series [...]

BBC Enters Deal With Sky To Offer iPlayer On Sky Anytime+

The BBC have announced a landmark partnership deal with Sky that will bring the BBC’s VoD service iPlayer into the homes of five million Sky customers this year. Later this year BBC’s iPlayer will become accessible to Sky customers on their home TV sets. Using BBC’s iPlayer, viewers can catch-up on BBC programmes in the [...]

New Remote App Makes Controlling Hotel TV A Breeze

Apple And Android travellers can now make use of a new TV remote app to control the TV set in over 500,000 hotel rooms in the US. LodgeNet who provide interactive media services to hotels, have released an app called the LodgeNet Mobile App. The app runs on the iPad, iPhone and android devices. Besides [...]

James Franco Gets Student Complaints On New Webseries

It has already happened with TV shows from Seaside Heights (USA), Newcastle (England), and will most likely continue with Liverpool (England), but the ‘party reality TV’ genre is now taking off in new directions, as Hollywood actor James Franco prepares to launch a new web-only series that could have a negative impact on the reputation of the University of Southern [...]