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Streaming games service OnLive will be available over any UK ISP, founder and CEO Steve Perlman has confirmed. BT’s deal with the firm, which will see the UK telcoms firm investing in the games service, grants it exclusive rights to bundle OnLive with their broadband service, but non-BT customers will …
Read More »BT backs OnLive
The credibility of streaming game service OnLive has been given a serious boost this morning – British Telecom has become one of its investors. Taking a small 2.6 per cent stake, the UK telecoms provider – best known for its UK telephone and broadband system and new TV on-demand service …
Read More »BT boss slams net cut-off plans
The chief executive of British Telecom has slammed proposals included in the Digital Economy Bill that will grant authorities the power to disconnect file-sharers from the internet. Instead, boss Ian Livingston believes that offenders should be fined rather than cut-off, with the money generated used to compensate the creative industries …
Read More »Sony ditches Go!Messenger on PSP
A lack of users for Sony’s Go!Messenger software on PSP has lead to the platform holder confirming that the service will be shut down at the end of next month. Go!Messenger was an internet telephone, or VOIP, service run in collaboration with telecoms giant BT that allowed PSP owners with …
Read More »CES 2008: BT Vision coming to Xbox Live
Xbox Live users that subscribe to BT Broadband will soon be granted access to an extensive library of on-demand content including movies, TV, music videos and even BT Vision’s ‘near live’ FA Premier League football matches through their consoles. The new deal marks the coming together of two corporate giants …
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