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ITV HD World Cup matches to be shown on Sky, Virgin
Pay services sign up Virgin Media and Sky viewers will get to watch ITV’s HD channel on 2 April.… ?
Continue reading »Virgin Media wins Film 4 HD exclusive
Bad news for Freeview HD The HD incarnation of “public service broadcaster” Channel 4’s Film 4 offering will only be available to paying Virgin Media customers, it has emerged.…
Continue reading »Broadband probe aimed at next gen upgrades
Improvement promises to be tested The impact of upgraded broadband technology is set to be measured to determine whether customers really see the improvements advertised by BT, Virgin Media and the rest.…
Continue reading »Virgin Media battles privacy campaigners on P2P monitoring
No one’s looking at you, alright? Regulators are mulling assurances from Virgin Media that its planned trial system to monitor the level of illegal filesharing on its network will not harm customers’ privacy.…
Continue reading »EU has doubts as ISP rolls out DPI for copyright enforcement
Back in November, UK ISP Virgin Media announced that it would start using deep packet inspection gear to start riffling through user traffic. The goal was to search some of the leading P2P networks in order to measure copyrighted material passing through them. Today, the European Commission indicated that the plan is problematic, and it will keep a close eye on the trial.
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