Last week, amid a blaze of publicity, NTL and Telewest vanished from broadcasting and were replaced by a new business, Virgin Media. The whole enchilada has now got a much slicker package, graced by seductive advertising featuring Uma Thurman, as well as the marketing savvy of a bearded billionaire you may have heard of. Virgin is positioning itself right in …

Good news for anyone who likes to veg out in front of the telly: Evesham has just released a super-cool new set-top box that can do pretty much everything. Dubbed the iplayer, it’ll let you watch and record Freeview in (upscaled) high definition, browse the Internet, listen to podcasts, and if you ask nicely, it’ll probably even make you a …

The war between high definition video formats Blu-ray and HD DVD has escalated today with major retailer JB Hi-Fi announcing it will only sell Blu-ray movies through its stores. Speaking at the official launch of Blu-ray in Sydney today, Scott Browning, marketing director at JB Hi-Fi, said the format had the support from Hollywood and predicted that “content will be …