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TalkTalk relaunches TV Store with lowest price promise

Edit Engadget 26 Apr 2016
TalkTalk may've already renamed the video streaming service it acquired from Tesco last summer, but today marks something of a formal relaunch. The TalkTalk TV Store, formerly known as Blinkbox under Tesco's wing, still serves exactly the same purpos... ....

TalkTalk introduces TalkTalk TV Store (TalkTalk Telecom Group plc)

Edit Public Technologies 26 Apr 2016
(Source. TalkTalk Telecom Group plc) ... Tuesday April 26th ... After acquiring film and TV streaming service blinkbox, the value for money provider has updated the platform to offer more than 7,000 of the latest and greatest movies and TV shows, all available on multiple devices ... Aleks Habdank of TalkTalk TV, said ... There will be no changes to the service for former blinkbox customers and personal digital libraries continue to remain the same....

Tesco: Business hits and misses

Edit BBC News 13 Apr 2016
Wheelbarrows, cappuccinos and movies - Tesco has invested a lot of money in recent years trying to sell us things other than groceries ... Tesco also attempted to break into international markets ... For the year to 1 March 2015 it lost £21.6m ... Tesco spent around £1bn on the attempt to break into the US market.Blinkbox Entertainment video streaming service. In 2011 Tesco bought an 80% stake in the online video shop Blinkbox Entertainment ... ....

Tesco warns over pressure on profits despite move back into the black

Edit Belfast Telegraph 13 Apr 2016
Share Go To ... Mr Lewis said ... He added ... More customers are buying more things more often at Tesco." ... He has also cut prices across hundreds of lines, while making a raft of changes such as shutting Tesco's final salary pension scheme, disposing of its loss-making Blinkbox operation selling online videos, and moving its main headquarters from Cheshunt to Welwyn Garden City in a measure expected to save £250 million ... ....

Tesco to announce return to full-year profit as turnaround plan gathers pace

Edit Belfast Telegraph 12 Apr 2016
Share Go To ... Mr Lewis has also cut prices across hundreds of lines, while making a raft of changes such as shutting Tesco's final salary pension scheme, disposing of its loss-making Blinkbox operation selling online videos, and moving its main headquarters from Cheshunt to Welwyn Garden City in a measure expected to save £250 million ... Analysts at Shore Capital said Tesco "is now operating more on the front foot in the UK"....

City forecasts turnaround in Tesco results but tougher times at Poundland

Edit Belfast Telegraph 08 Apr 2016
Share Go To ... Mr Lewis has also cut prices across hundreds of lines, while making a raft of changes such as shutting Tesco's final salary pension scheme, disposing of its loss-making Blinkbox operation selling online videos, and moving its main headquarters from Cheshunt to Welwyn Garden City in a measure expected to save £250 million. Analysts at Shore Capital said Tesco "is now operating more on the front foot in the UK" ... ....

Tesco may sell Giraffe chain in step away from failed turnaround plan

Edit Belfast Telegraph 01 Apr 2016
Supermarket giant Tesco may sell its restaurant chain Giraffe in a step away from the failed turnaround strategy launched by ex-boss Philip Clarke ... Share Go To ... Since then, Tesco has moved to cut costs, with Mr Lewis shutting dozens of unprofitable stores, shelving plans to open new supermarkets, shutting its final salary pension scheme and disposing of the loss-making digital content business Blinkbox ... ....

Updated: Chromecast

Edit TechRadar 23 Mar 2016
Introduction and overview. Update. The Chromecast app is getting a name change, Google announced earlier this week ... Original review below... It all raises the question ... See ... Read ... There are thousands of apps that come with the Cast button built in, from Netflix, HBO Now, Spotify, NFL Sunday Ticket and Twitch here in the US to Sainsbury's Movies and TV, Blinkbox, BT Sport, NowTV, Napster and, of course, BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport in the UK ... ....

Tesco Doubles Down on Artisan Coffee With Harris & Hoole Buyout

Edit Bloomberg 10 Feb 2016
Tesco Plc is doubling down on double espresso. The U.K.’s biggest grocer bought out its partner in the unprofitable Harris & Hoole coffee-shop chain, giving it full control of a business it jointly founded in 2012 ... Financial terms weren’t disclosed ... It also owns the Giraffe restaurant chain, though has sold on-demand movies service blinkbox ... “In Tesco Extra stores, Harris & Hoole does serve a very useful purpose.” ... ....

Now TV

Edit TechRadar 10 Feb 2016
Introduction and what's on Now TV?. Update. There's a new NOW TV box on its way later this year and Sky has confirmed that, once again, the new box will be made by Roku ... Unlike its on-demand rivals, Now TV is available in three entirely separate ways ... 25 to choose from ... These are ... Now TV has evolved into a compelling alternative to the all-you-can-eat buffet offered by Netflix and Amazon, and the straight PPV of Blinkbox and its ilk ... ....

Which is the best streaming service?

Edit The Guardian 02 Feb 2016
We compare Netflix, Amazon, Sky, Wuki, TalkTalk TV(Blinkbox), Google Play and iTunes. @SamuelGibbs. The days of requiring an aerial or satellite dish to sate your TV and movie-watching needs are long gone. Fast broadband connections have opened up a whole new way of getting content, spawning a plethora of streaming services ... Formerly known as Blinkbox, TalkTalk TV store is a pay-per-view TV and movie rental and digital purchase store ... ....

Guvera struggling in the stream

Edit Canberra Times 26 Jan 2016
Guvera's plans to list on the stock market have fascinated CBD for years, and years, and years. So your columnist was overjoyed to hear of the latest efforts to get the music streaming service on to a bourse by June ... Boy, were we wrong ... Never mind that some of its cash went to acquiring UK-based blinkbox in January last year, only to watch the acquisition curl up its toes and plunge into administration by June. It happens ... ....

Blinkbox Music's user database was just sold to... JD Sports

Edit Engadget 25 Jan 2016
Of Tesco's three ailing digital Blinkbox services, its e-book store appeared to be the only one that would go gently into that good night. Eventually, it did, while Blinkbox Movies found a new owner in TalkTalk (which finally got 'round to rebranding... ....
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