Every episode of BBC Two’s darkly humorous State of the Union begins in the same way. A crumbling relationship between Louise and Tom plays out inside a London pub. The two examine their marriage, trade witty barbs about their gnarly… Read More ›
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Apple event 2019
Apple Arcade- £4.99 / month YES Apple TV+ – £4.99 / month YES New iPad- OK, may upgrade one day New Apple Watch- always wanted always-on display and now it is here. Still not buying one iPhone 11- very impressive… Read More ›
The Apple TV 4K is bad, really bad
I purchased an Apple TV 4K last week as I needed one for a freelance article and was expecting an experience that was better than the previous Apple TV or my smart TV, because after all I spent £179 on… Read More ›
BritBox is not a Netflix rival
The BBC and ITV’s newly announced BritBox – a joint streaming service – is a bizarre example of British broadcasters deciding “to work together in the national interest”, to borrow a phrase currently popular in Westminster. Facing potentially ruinous competition… Read More ›
You’re probably watching Netflix on a TV
Netflix says 70 percent of its streams end up on connected TVs instead of phones, tablets or PCs. That number isn’t a shock — Netflix has been clear about the importance of TVs for a long time, and it’s why… Read More ›
Amazon Prime comes to Apple TV, a little too late
As announced in the Amazon Prime Video iOS app release notes, the Apple TV Amazon Prime Video app is now rolling out. The release notes say users have to download a separate tvOS app, which apparently will work on the… Read More ›
How Netflix works
Netflix literally ushered in a revolution around ten years ago by rewriting the applications that run the entire service to fit into a microservices architecture — which means that each application, or microservice’s code and resources are its very own. It will… Read More ›
Apple TV and Amazon Prime Video
Wanted to make this throwaway account after yesterday’s debacle. I saw many people get upset so I wanted to issue this warning: do not expect Amazon to launch before October 26th. The app is done, and has been done for… Read More ›
Carpool Karaoke
Apple is laughing if the rest of the series is as good as the episode previewed above.
How Wimbledon helped Britain beat the Germans to colour TV
Among his duties in 1967 was bringing colour TV to Britain on a tight timescale, and he had some extra motivation – beating West Germany to it. “I heard the West Germans were doing it and I discovered that they… Read More ›
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