Over the last ten years I’ve tried hundreds of different proxy and VPN services to use when I’m travelling. Oddly enough I started using them when I was involved in a project to roll out a VPN client to a company I was working with. During that time I was travelling a lot to various […]
Now I know it’s now UK TV but for many of us Netflix has replaced many of the traditional cable and satellite subscriptions. Despite the cost of a standard Netflix subscription slowly creeping up, it still represents pretty good value when compared to some of the UK and US cable deals. Also if you’re an […]
Video Transcript ▼ “Well there we end broadcasting in the night program not just for today but as it seems forever. The like program that is at work because it’s known now is closing down but in earlier few hours time the BBC with Paul Hollander will open up on to 47 metres and 1,500 […]
The ITV Hub was originally known as ITV Catch Up and then switched to ITV Player when it was released in 2008. In it’s early years the platform was often criticised as being rather unstable and lots of ITV’s content simply didn’t exist on it. Many people had issues with the video streaming and there […]
If you’re in Portugal for a short holiday, working trip or perhaps something more permanent then you might have discovered that it can be difficult to access English speaking TV channels. Unlike many European countries, there’s usually limited access to such channels and it can often be very expensive to access even a small number […]
It’s only a few miles across the English Channel but when you cross over to France many things obviously change. There are the obvious things like the language and great food everywhere of course, however some changes are less expected. One of those is the internet, after all why should a global digital medium change […]
Despite all the political upheavals in the UK, or perhaps because of them, many people are still swapping the cold, grey climate of the UK for the warmer climes of Spain. Makes sense really, especially for people looking for a place to retire who are are financially secure. After all we all feel the cold […]
There aren’t that many drawbacks to having a job where you get lots of foreign travel, but there are definitely some. Ask anyone who travels a lot for their work and they’ll almost certainly tell you it’s not as fabulous as it may sounds. Many years ago I had a job where I traveled ridiculous […]
The ITV player has improved greatly over the last few years. For some time it’s lagged behind the wonderful BBC iPlayer with regards content, an often slow and unreliable video stream plus of course it’s got advertisements. Now of course, ITV is a commercial station so it has to get funding somehow so there’s not […]
There are many things that we Brits like to complain about and indeed some even drive many off to build their lives in foreign climes. Yet it is at this point expats and travellers start to remember things that Britain is generally good at and there can be little doubt that Television is right up […]