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A Clacton man who sold “loaded” Fire TV Sticks to more than 540 people, taking over £72,000, has been given a suspended sentence. But it’s a trick Amazon is shutting down: its newest Firesticks won’t install apps from outside its own store cordbusters.co.uk/72k-firest…
Streaming was meant to make TV cheaper. According to a new survey, Brits now pay around £82 a month for it, £8 more than last year, and the old TV bundle is quietly coming back cordbusters.co.uk/tv-costs-b…
New Amazon Echos are coming to the UK: an Echo Dot with a built-in smart home hub, a £184.99 alarm clock that can tell when you’re in light sleep, and an Echo Studio with a 13MP camera cordbusters.co.uk/amazon-new…
Channel 4’s main live channel is coming to Disney+ in early 2027, along with new shows on the same day they air. Subscribers on ad-free Disney+ plans will also watch Channel 4’s on-demand shows without adverts cordbusters.co.uk/channel-4-…
JustWatch TV has launched in the UK with a free tier, film rentals and a £3.99 ad-free plan. It’s on Roku, Apple TV, Android TV and LG TVs - but Fire TV owners will have to wait cordbusters.co.uk/uk-free-st…
Freely is getting 12 free (ad-supported) channels from UKTV before the end of the year, including channels dedicated to EastEnders, Top Gear, Casualty and Holby City cordbusters.co.uk/freely-get…
The BBC is closing the BBC Three and BBC Scotland TV channels in spring 2027. BBC Three’s shows will move to iPlayer and YouTube, just five years after the channel returned to TV cordbusters.co.uk/bbc-three-…
An exploding head, a young Robert De Niro and a Peter Cook film the BBFC refused to certify. Rewind TV is adding 13 more cult and banned films to Freeview, Freesat & Sky this November, alongside Nicky Horne’s brand-new music video show cordbusters.co.uk/rewind-tv-…
BT TV is back. BT broadband customers have been switched from EE TV to BT TV, less than three years after BT moved them the other way. Same boxes, same packages, same prices, but the light on the box is a different colour now cordbusters.co.uk/bt-tv-back…
The EarFun Wave Pro X wireless headphones are featherlight, excellent on Zoom calls and barely need charging, all for £119.99 (and currently even less than that). But bass fans may want more punch. Here's my full review cordbusters.co.uk/earfun-wav…
Netgem has just raised the price of its Pleio Freely box from £99 to £129 as soaring memory chip prices push hardware costs up across the industry. The rival Manhattan Aero is staying at £89.99 for now cordbusters.co.uk/pleio-free…
Disney+ is raising UK prices on every plan, with the biggest jump on its ad-free Full HD plan: up 20% to £11.99 a month. Existing subscribers will start paying more from November 18 cordbusters.co.uk/disney-plu…
The new Apple TV 4K costs £299. Back in 2022, it was £149. Apple says the new one is smarter, faster and listens to you hands-free. Your wallet might have something else to say cordbusters.co.uk/299-netfli…
NOW has split Sky Sports in two, with new Football and Multi-Sport memberships from £23.99 and £19.99 a month. But the cheapest prices need a 12-month commitment, and Football can’t get 4K at all cordbusters.co.uk/now-splits…
Sky Sports is launching a new kind of Premier League commentary on Saturday, built for blind and partially sighted fans, plus live subtitles on around 210 games a season. Both work on NOW and Virgin Media too cordbusters.co.uk/sky-sports…
The BBC plans to start testing new iPlayer features within weeks, including an AI assistant called Iggy and a "Vegas mode" that picks what you watch for you
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BT is ending free TNT Sports for some of its longest-standing broadband customers, some of whom have had it since the BT Sport days. From October 16, keeping it will cost them £15 a month cordbusters.co.uk/bt-ends-fr…
Surprise: Recording is coming to Sky Stream and Sky Glass. Sky OS 2.0, in beta now and expected before the end of the year, adds Record and Record Series buttons and 1,000 hours of cloud storage per home - with some limits. Here's everything that's coming cordbusters.co.uk/sky-stream…
Vodafone has launched its Sky rival: a Freely box with Netflix and HBO Max for £17 a month. Prices go up £1.50 every April, and it's only available to Vodafone mobile and broadband customers. Here's everything you need to know about it cordbusters.co.uk/vodafone-t…
MPs want the TV Licence to stop depending on whether you watch live TV or BBC iPlayer. That would mean millions of homes that only stream on demand, and pay nothing today, could have to pay from as early as 2028 cordbusters.co.uk/mp-tv-lice…
