Category: Content

Building on previous legislation such as the Online Safety Act 2023 and the Children’s Well Being and Schools Act 2026, the heavily trailed social media ban has now been officially announced. The timeline is that the plan is to bring everything to Parliament before Christmas 2026 and come into force in Spring 2027. The restrictions […]

With the first Scottish game set to start at 2am UK time on 14th June it is likely that many Scottish fans will stay up to watch it live, to avoid the usual app alerts giving away any result. The first England match is 17th June and with a 9pm kick-off is likely to not […]

The future of broadcast TV in the UK is approaching, and like the PSTN Switch Off that has had working groups meeting since 2017 and should switch off in January 2027, once a policy direction has been decided we will start to see progress to a TV ecosystem that will last for a few decades […]

The days of simply entering your date of birth when signing up for a new social media or other tech platform is ending. Age Verification was a core part of the Online Safety Act to do more to ensure only adults could access pornographic content, and Ofcom is calling on platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Roblox, […]

Netgem have announced that Voneus is the latest alt-net to launch the PLEIO entertainment system over their broadband service. PLEIO is an entertainment platform that brings together normal live TV with streaming service apps, cloud gaming and on-demand content. The small puck-shaped device connects to the TV and also allows users to forgo the use […]

Altnet Connect Fibre has been announced as another ISP that will be rolling out Netgem’s PLEIO TV service, which allows users, to watch, stream and play all through a single puck-shaped device. PLEIO has Freely built in, which provides access to the standard terrestrial channels by streaming these to the device rather than having to […]

Broadband provider brsk, part of alt-net Netomnia, has announced that they are the first full fibre broadband provider in the UK to launch PLEIO, the IP streaming device from Netgem. The company are keen to announce that they can now offer a TV experience to rival other pay-TV operators such as Sky, Virgin and BT. […]

A site operated by Itai Tech Ltd that Ofcom describes as a nudification site has been fined £50,000 for failing to implement age verification to prevent children accessing adult content. They have levied a further £5,000 fine for not responding to a statutory information request. Fines will be passed onto HM Treasury once paid. The […]

The Children’s Commissioner is saying the new rules for the protection of children online will not do enough to allay the dangers of the online world.

In the days of ADSL over years ago finding a video stream of over 300 Kbps was difficult but two decades later millions watch streamed TV and managing network bandwidth is a big challenge.