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PureVPN, the famous VPN provider released the expansion of its server network. Australia is now available among a list of 16 countries, including the United States, Canada, Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, Romania, Malaysia, Panama, Russia, Turkey and Ireland. “Australia is an important addition to our clients in East Asia, New Zealand [...]

According to an Al Jazeera report, the Ethiopian government claims the use of Skype and other VoIP should be forbidden henceforth. Using app of this kind is now criminalized by up to 15 years of prison. Ethiopian authorities stated that they created this law in order to protect the “national security”. The only ISP throughout the country, [...]

The expatriates may be familiar with the problem: watching TF1, France 2, France 3, Canal +, Arte and M6 from abroad is a real headache. These TV channels have set up a regional blocking that prevents the access outside of France. Actually, the rights to broadcast programs are limited to an airing inside France. This [...]

Vudu is an American on-demand service. Vudu distributes full-length movies over the Internet to television in the USA, thanks to a content delivery network that uses a hybrid peer-to-peer TV technology. Vudu began its own set-top boxes (the Vudu Box and the Vudu XL), but Vudu now primarily offers its content on Smart TV / Connected TV platform and VoD (Video on Demand). Vudu is also available on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. [...]

The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2012, is the 14th Version of the European Championship for national football teams. The final tournament will be played in Poland and Ukraine between 8 June and 1 July 2012. The final tournament features 16 nations. The qualifications plays was contested between 51 nations [...]

Blinkbox is a UK-based video-on-demand (VoD) service that enables users to legally preview, buy or rent over 10,000 movies and TV shows. New releases are added constantly. Blinkbox is part of the Tesco group, which intends to use the company to boost its digital entertainment offering. Blinkbox has around 2.8 million users per month. Blinkbox has content deals with studios [...]

iHeartRadio is an Internet radio service owned by Clear Channel Communications. Founded in April 2008 as the website iheartmusic.com, iHeartRadio now works as both a music recommender system, and a radio network that aggregates content from over 800 local Clear Channel radio stations across the United States, as well as stations owned by companies other than Clear Channel. iHeartRadio is available online, via mobile devices [...]

HMV is the largest entertainment retail chain in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The company also operates in Hong Kong and Singapore. HMV launched on November 2011 an on-demand film service called HMV On Demand featuring titles such as Harry Potter and The X-Men. Its partnerships with Sony Pictures Television, The Walt Disney Company and FilmFlex allows the company to offer [...]

The PlayStation Vita is a gaming console manufactured and marketed by Sony. The successor to the PlayStation Portable was released in Japan and parts of Asia on December 2011, in Europe, North America, South America, Australia and Singapore on February 2012. Its first competitor is the Nintendo 3DS. The handheld includes two analog sticks, a 5-inch (130 mm) screen, and supports Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and optional 3G. Internally, the Vita has got a [...]

Comcast Corporation is the biggest cable operator, home ISP, and 3rd largest home telephone service provider in the United States, with cable television, broadband Internet, telephone service and home security for residential and commercial use in 40 states and the District of Columbia. Comcast also has significant holding in several cable networks (including E! Entertainment Television, Style Network, [...]