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NOW TV Black Friday 2018 Deals: Save More Than 50%

Black Friday 2018 is now over. But we will see you here again next year, with NOW TV’s Black Friday 2019 deals.

Nov 16, 2018 9:38am No Comments

Humax FVP-5000T Review: A Feature-Rich Freeview Recorder

The Humax FVP-5000T PVR integrates Freeview recording with streaming apps. But is it worth its high price? I take a look at the pros and cons

Oct 31, 2018 1:52pm 5 Comments

ITV Boss Plans To Create British Netflix Competitor

With streaming TV taking the UK market by storm, veteran broadcast companies like ITV don’t want to get left behind. In light of that, ITV Chief Executive Carolyn McCall is saying UK broadcasters have to build streaming video services that will compete with Netflix and Amazon Prime Video – before it’s too late. According to an Ofcom report published earlier this year, in the first quarter of 2018 there were 15.4 million UK

Oct 22, 2018 8:49am No Comments

Amazon Announces A New 4K Fire TV Stick, With Universal Remote

Amazon’s Fire-TV line of streamers is expanding once again, this time with a new version of their Fire TV Stick. And at £49.99, it’s one of the cheapest 4K streamers out there. The new Amazon Fire TV 4K Stick (see my review), announced today, will support Ultra HD content (currently available from Netflix and Amazon’s own Prime Video service), as well as HDR. Additionally, the new stick will support all three

Oct 3, 2018 3:25pm No Comments

NOW TV Adds Netflix App And Launches New 4K Streaming Box

A week after Sky added a “Netflix Package” to their traditional subscription, their streaming service – NOW TV – adds a Netflix app to its streaming devices. Additionally, NOW TV is launching a new 4K “Smart Box“, for a particularly low price. Historically, NOW TV was supposed to be Sky’s answer to Netflix and Amazon Prime Video – for a cheap monthly price, and no contracts, you get access to a library of movies

Sep 26, 2018 3:57pm 2 Comments

NOW TV Launches New Sky Sports Mobile Pass: Cheap, But Limited

TV cord cutters in the UK don’t have too many options when it comes to sports – but starting today, there’s an interesting cheap new offer from NOW TV: A Sky Sports mobile subscription, priced at only £5.99/month. The catch? You can only watch it on a mobile device, and there are only 4 Sky Sports channels (as opposed to 10 on NOW TV’s other Sky Sports packs). Normally, the NOW

Sep 19, 2018 6:14pm No Comments

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Sky Is Adding A “Netflix Package” – But It’s Still A Bad Deal

Netflix is Coming to Sky: Back in March, we told you about Sky’s new partnership with Netflix, which would add Netflix’ streaming service to Sky’s “traditional” subscription model, as well as to NOW TV. The first part of that deal is now happening – and Sky Q customers will be able to add a Netflix subscription via their Sky Q box. While there is no news yet on when the

Sep 19, 2018 9:51am No Comments

Manhattan T2-R Review: A Top Freeview Recorder With A Decent Price

A top Freeview recorder box with a 500GB hard drive, smart recording and a super-fast interface. But is it for everyone? Find out in my Manhattan T2-R review

Sep 17, 2018 8:13am No Comments

BBC iPlayer Dominates The Summer – Thanks To Live Sports

Those who are still wondering whether cord cutting is here to stay – should take a look at the BBC iPlayer’s July numbers. The BBC’s streaming TV service broke its July record, with viewership up 19% compared to July 2017 – and a lot of it is thanks to live sports, with England’s quarter-final World Cup game being the BBC’s highest online-viewed live programme ever. Earlier this year, we reported about iPlayer’s strongest

Sep 8, 2018 8:38am No Comments

Cord Busters Nominated For 2018 UK Money Bloggers Award

Leading UK cord cutting blog nominated for “Best Specialist Money Blog”, as part of the annual UK Money Bloggers awards ceremony

Aug 25, 2018 9:16am No Comments

NOW TV Adds “hayu”, A Reality TV Channel, As A Separate On-Demand Pass

Have you been looking for ways to Keep Up with the Kardashians, or the Real Housewives, as a TV cord cutter? Now you have another, cheap way to do so, thanks to NOW TV’s newly added “hayu” pass – a channel full of (mostly American) reality TV shows. While it’ll normally cost you £3.99, NOW TV are introducing the new pass with a special deal. NOW TV is Sky’s answer to

Aug 4, 2018 8:52am No Comments

UK Milestone: Streaming TV Becomes More Popular Than Traditional Pay TV

It’s been a long time coming, but cord cutting and streaming TV are finally taking over the UK television market. According to a new Ofcom report, more people in the UK now subscribe to streaming services such as Netflix and NOW TV, than are subscribed to the “traditional” pay-tv services such as Sky and BT. According to the report, in the first quarter of 2018 there were 15.4 million UK

Jul 18, 2018 1:09pm No Comments