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BT Eyes IPods In Entertainment Push
News The operation, which is called BT Entertainment, will begin work in January 2005. Andrew Burke, named on Monday as BT Entertainment's chief executive officer, said ADSL isn't a good medium for broadcasting, but was suitable for unicasting -- where...
[November 30, 2004, 16:45]
BT's Next-generation Consumer Offering: Does BT Have The Answer?
News Within those limits, BT has put together a package of entertainment services that the mass market may well find appealing. The integrated bundle of home entertainment and communications services that BT was touting so heavily is, we believe, going...
[December 22, 2005, 11:30]
MPs Unhappy Over ADSL Dominance
Talkback But this requires substantial investment which BT has offerred many times in the past provided it is allowed to recuperate through provision of additional services in the entertainment field (eg cable TV, streaming media, etc).
[February 24, 2004, 11:51]
C&W Merger May Hit Buffers, BT Warns
News We would prefer there to be big players who compete equally because it could change the whole issue of what we call asymmetry where BT and Mercury are restricted to operating only in telephony rather than both entertainment and telephony as the...
[October 22, 1996, 16:49]
Virgin Mobile And NTL: The UK's First Quad-play Offering?
News Then there is BT, which is moving slowly into mobile (through its MVNO deal with Vodafone UK) and entertainment (it has a joint venture with Yahoo! So, if this deal goes through it will define the shape of the UK consumer telecoms/entertainment...
[December 20, 2005, 15:55]
BSkyB Swoops For Easynet
News James Murdoch, chief executive of BSkyB, said the acquisition will allow the company to find new outlets for its entertainment offerings. He said in a statement: "Today's offer reflects the exciting opportunities that now exist to combine quality...
[October 21, 2005, 15:05]
What Has Broadband Done For Us?
News For starters, Web sites are launching new information and entertainment services that make the most of high-speed connections. Ovum argues that software downloads, music downloads, video on demand, online learning, live concert broadcasts, online...
[March 31, 2004, 12:15]
Music Industry At Odds With BT Over Napster
News Head of new media at BMG entertainment group Rob Wells also welcomes the stand being taken by Cox@Home and sees it as inevitable that UK operators will follow suit. Will Net users ever be willing to pay for entertainment content on the Web?
[May 19, 2000, 9:57]
BA And BAA Should Make Wi-Fi Pay
News A new report from Frost & Sullivan (F&S) shows wireless will increasingly become part of in-flight entertainment (IFE) offerings. Then airlines can more easily take advantage of using wireless equipment for data communications and distributing...
[April 11, 2003, 11:51]
BT Targets Added Services With Broadband Video
News Speaking at the Enhanced TV Show in London this week, Andrew Burke, chief executive of BT Entertainment, said BT planned to generate money from features such as personalised schedules and messaging services such as VoIP conferencing.
[September 28, 2005, 17:15]
BT Picks Microsoft Platform For IPTV
News The combination of Microsoft technology with BT's 21st Century Network (21CN) will result in an exciting set of next-generation entertainment and communication services," he claimed. BT has announced it will use Microsoft's TV IPTV Edition software...
[June 29, 2005, 12:40]
BT Finally Gets On Board With 1Mbps Broadband
News These benefits will be welcomed by all those who see broadband becoming a central part of their home entertainment set-up. BT Retail has unveiled details of a 1Mbps broadband package, several months after rival Internet service providers announced...
[January 15, 2004, 16:35]
BT And Sky Mull Deal To Deliver TV Via ADSL
News BT has to think of new interactive services other than entertainment to make the most out of broadband," he says. BT launched its ADSL service BTopenworld at the end of last month after a series of delays.
[September 5, 2000, 7:46]
DSL Will Threaten Telcos, Driven By Porn - Ovum
News He predicts charges for the always on, high bandwidth technology will fall to around £30 per month as service providers package DSL with cheap phone calls, entertainment services, etc. They have got to offer other services like entertainment, video...
[November 3, 1999, 16:58]
BT, Intel Develop 'instant Messaging On Steroids'
News How can you get access to information and entertainment from just about anywhere? Intel and BT are to create next-generation collaboration products, dubbed 'instant messaging on steroids', as part of their joint development effort announced earlier...
[May 17, 2001, 18:05]
BT Cellnet Picks Blackberry GPRS Handsets
News How can you get access to information and entertainment from just about anywhere? BT Cellnet has come a step closer to its rollout of an always-on wireless personal organiser, signing a supply agreement for 175,000 of the devices from Research In...
[February 26, 2001, 15:41]
BT Tower Preserved For Posterity
News It has subsequently been refurbished and is now used for corporate entertainment. The BT Tower -- one of London's most prominent landmarks -- was given listed building status on Wednesday by arts minister Tessa Blackstone, along with six other...
[March 27, 2003, 8:52]
BT's Wireplay Hit By CIH Virus
News The people who visit gaming sites are a high-risk population, said the product manager of the Internet entertainment site that had a close call with the CIH virus. A spokesman for BT told ZDNet News: "The CIH virus was up there but we acted...
[July 31, 1998, 11:21]
Microsoft In E-commerce Deal With W.H. Smith And BT
News The companies said the site will operate as a book "portal" selling educational and entertainment titles. Smith and BT. Microsoft said today that it has finalised a deal to create an online store selling books, videos and music with W.H.
[March 24, 1999, 15:21]
Acorn And BT Trial Consumer NC
News David Lee managing director of the Acorn Group added, "we are already seeing that television is changing from a reactive entertainment forum into a fully interactive way of accessing information and, with the network computer, we are meeting the...
[June 11, 1997, 16:38]
