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Tiscali sets deadline for bids
Sunday, April 20th, 2008Broadband provider Tiscali has set a deadline of May 5 for potential buyers to make non-binding bids for its assets.
Vodafone this week joined the list of those rumoured to be interested in the Caligari-based firm, lining up alongside Carphone Warehouse, Sky, BT, Orange and Italian firms Telecom Italia and Fastweb.
While most UK buyers would only […]
Comcast plans to lay down law on P2P
Sunday, April 20th, 2008Comcast, America’s biggest cable operator, has announced plans for a “Peer to Peer Bill of Rights and Responsibilities”.
The company said it would lead an industry effort to put together a code on how peer to peer applications should work and how internet service providers could manage their use. P2P protocols are usually employed for file […]
BBC iPlayer and 4oD launching on Virgin Media
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008The BBC iPlayer is to move onto TV sets for the first time, with the news that the video on demand service will be available on the Virgin Media platform from April.
Channel 4 is also planning to migrate its VoD service onto Virgin Media, with trade paper Media Week reporting that 4oD will arrive on […]
Virgin Media first UK ISP to adopt 3-Strikes-and-out on illegal downloads
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008Virgin Media looks set to become the first British ISP to crack down on customers who download music and other pirated material, illegally. For some time now, record labels have been lobbying for a “three strikes-and-out” regime that would see persistent offenders kicked off their ISP for downloading pirated music files. BPI, which is a […]