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BT Vision – good, bad or ugly?
I have majorly fallen out with BSkyB and want an alternative to their service. Cable unfortunately isn’t an option, so I wondered what the general consensus is re BT Vision. I’ve read a few posts on this site and they … Continue reading
DeGroote Says Murdoch’s Offer for BSkyB `Opportunistic’
June 16 (Bloomberg) — Alex DeGroote, media analyst at Panmure Gordon, talks about News Corp.’s 7.8 billion-pound ($11.5 billion) offer for the remaining 61 percent of British Sky Broadcasting Plc’s shares. He speaks on Bloomberg Television’s “The Pulse with Andrea … Continue reading
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Where can I view episodes of Lost season 3 for free?
Can someone please help me! Today BSkyB who own Sky have pulled Sky One from Virgin Media (NTL) customers like myself. I am not prepared to get Sky, this means no more Lost. I am a HUGE fan so I … Continue reading
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BSkyB spoof
It is easy to forget, given it is an institution on our screens, that BSkyB is a relatively young business. Its brands, like Sport, Movies and so on are as familair to us as a bacon sarnie. But it is … Continue reading
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BSkyB enables customer churn analysis and more with Netezza
Martin Gow, BI DCS Manager at British Sky Broadcasting Group, talks about their experience migrating from Oracle to Netezza, which enabled ad hoc analysis, significant productivity increases and predictive customer churn analysis. Duration : 0:3:11
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Problems with Tiscali Broadband?
I’m having problems connecting to the internet with Tiscali Broadband. I’ve phoned the helpline which says that contractors working on the London Olympics have cut through a cable and that it’ll take days to sort out. My mate who deals … Continue reading
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Why are Sky stealing all the good programs from other channels?
Why is it BSkyB, or better known as Sky, are stealing all the good television programs from other channels?? I have heard that Sky have nabbed Lost from Channel 4 and now that Sky have also nabbed the rights to … Continue reading
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BSKYB Net Customer Growth Of 171,000 In The 2Q
Analysis by Andrew Griffith, CFO of BSKYB Duration : 0:3:46
What were the initial principles of the BBC?
I am doing some Media Studies homeworek and i need the answers to the following: 1. What were the initial principles of the bbc? 2.How is the BBC funded? 3. When did the second tv channel come to the UK … Continue reading
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BSkyB on Xbox Live Demo
Andrew Jenkins from Microsoft Australia sat down with me to give me a live demonstration of how BSkyB looks on Xbox Live. The Australian partnership with Foxtel is based on the BSkyB technology, although it will probably grow beyond the … Continue reading
Music on Sky Sports 1 yesterday, Chelsea v Arsenal?
Does anyone know what the music used right at the end of the coverage of Chelsea v Arsenal on Sky Sports 1 yesterday is (right at the end, when they are showing the brief highlights just before copyright 2009 BSkyB … Continue reading
Sky plus box hard drive size?
I have a Pace BSKYB 3100 box. How can I find the size of the hard drive without opening it up please? When we had our Sky + put in we was told it will record over 40hours you will … Continue reading
Will there ever be 1080-Progressive TV broadcasts in the UK & if so when?
Whether UK DIGITAL TV – Terrestrial (Freeview), especially Cable (Virgin Media) or Satelite (BSkyB/Freesat) ETC? Not for the foreseeable future. The bandwith is not available in broadcast for 1080p You need to use a Blu-Ray player or games machine / … Continue reading
Demo of BSkyB Working on Xbox Live
David McLEan from Xbox Australia gives a running commentary of BSkyB being run on the Xbox Live service as an example of how the service will run when the Foxtel partnership launches in Australia in Q4 Duration : 0:2:48