Virgin Media VM202 budget rolls out
Submitted by Rehan Rachid on Sun, 08/22/2010 - 10:06
Virgin Media in association with Alcatel has rolled out its budget plans for the year.
The VM202 comes with the latest “soft touch” QWERTY sliding keyboard, and sports a “dazzle pink” colour scheme, for merely £30 on PAYG.
Virgin to sell its half of UKTV
Submitted by Rehan Rachid on Sun, 08/22/2010 - 10:03
It appears that Virgin Media will be selling off approximately half its stake in UKTV which it jointly owns with BBC World.
UKTV boasts of channels such as Dave and Gold, which broadcasts comedies which are re-runs and other classic shows. It also airs ten channels in total, with a list of channels such as Alibi, Home, Good Food, Blighty and Yesterday.
Rupert Murdoch soon to roll out US Digital Newspaper
Submitted by Rehan Rachid on Wed, 08/18/2010 - 18:51
News Corp proprietor Rupert Murdoch will soon be releasing the digital national newspaper for tablet devices such as Apple's iPad.
In regard of this the digital newspaper will be coming in the form of paid app that entitles an application fee along with itself.
Project Canvas in a lookout for Device Partners
Submitted by Rehan Rachid on Fri, 08/13/2010 - 20:18
Project Canvas seeks for manufacturers who wish to develop hardware that will aid in this unique project offering.
Tech Radar claims that the IPTV project, led by BBC has officially asked the renowned names of manufacturing industries to help create a Canvas-enabled hardware device.
The device might be a DVR, Internet-connected television or could be a set-top box.
BBC employees misplace gadgets worth £240,000
Submitted by Rehan Rachid on Tue, 08/10/2010 - 19:25
BBC employees have currently reported a loss of £241,019 worth of laptops and mobiles within a span of last two years.
It was through a Freedom of Information request made by the security firm, Absolute Software the proclamation was made.
Facts suggest that the list of gadgets misplaced consisted of 65 mobile phones, 17 BlackBerry smartphones and 146 laptops were reported of being stolen.
Demand Media to plan $125 Million IPO
Submitted by Rehan Rachid on Sun, 08/08/2010 - 04:52
The developer of application for social media websites- Demand Media today announced its plans to raise IPO’s to the tune of $125 million.
Demand media was founded in 2006 with a financial support from Goldman Sachs, Oak Investment Partners in Palo Alto, California, and Spectrum Equity Investors in Menlo Park, California.
The power of Project Canvas in terms of watching TV
Submitted by Rehan Rachid on Mon, 07/05/2010 - 21:09
BBC iPlayer might be big but the project Canvas is bigger and aims at eating up the entire chunk of video content.
It is supposed that users will find it difficult to claim their choice as video on demand and classic linear TV consumption both shall be open for viewers. The recent nod from BBC Trust brings out detailed specifications about the platform that soon shall be made public by the end of the month.
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