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With the Winter Olympics underway and the World Cup on the horizon, 2018 is going to be a huge year...

LG will start selling bendy TVs from next month. But forget that, the spec of the next generation, OLED, televisions is just amazing.

Smartphones, tablets, and laptops are not having a "cannibalising effect" on TV news consumption, according to a survey conducted by the BBC.

"Native advertising" is the advertising industry's latest buzzword but is just a passing fad or the industry adjusting to advances in participatory media?

Netflix and DreamWorks plan on disrupting the TV industry with the release of a series called Turbo on the TV streaming service later in the summer.

TV transmitters in Northern Ireland have started broadcasting Freeview ahead of the digital switch over. Some channels are available in the Republic.

Most of the population of Ireland has not upgraded to DTT, Saorview, but this might be a good thing as modern devices can view Saorview & Freeview together.

TV3 has launched a new mobile web friendly version of its video on-demand service 3 Player. The web app is built with HTML5 so it works on any smartphone directly in the browser - the way services should.

LOVEFiLM Instant has just swept up two of the UK's largest broadcasters, the BBC and ITV, which will see their content become available through the site.

Microsoft has boosted its search credentials with the buyout of VideoSurf – a Shizam-like video search engine founded in 2006 and partially funded by Al Gore.

A new online Irish TV service, aertv, launched yesterday, allowing viewers to watch 11 Irish and international channels in one place, directly within the browser. What's more, the service requires no registration and is absolutely free.

Google has acquired digital video recording (DVR) technology company SageTV, which suggests that a Google TV upgrade may be on its way. Neither the sale price or specific future plans have been revealed by either company.

Only twelve weeks after launch media check-in service IntoNow has been acquired by Yahoo! for a speculated $30 million dollars. The service exists as an iPhone application that provides real-time social experiences around broadcast media programming.

A recent job posting on Apple’s website has given rise to rumours that they may be working on not only Apple TV, but on television sets themselves - a rumour that first surfaced back in 2009.

The BBC is set unleash a hoard of dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures on Dublin City this New Year's Day...

Come midnight on January 1st you will probably be with family and friends to celebrate the New Year but before the clock turns you can watch the rest of the world ring in 2011. Use our interactive map to see where you can watch New Year celebrations online from across the world.

Google TV is one step closer to actuality as Google today launched a new website providing information about the apps and features to expect from the product.