Watching the World Cup on the small screen

On the eve of the football World Cup, flat screen TV manufacturers and retailers are emerging as some of the early winners of this most commercial of sporting events.

And while the nation’s joy watching England lift the Cup would be as deep as the colours on your 50 inch plasma, there will be many sharing the same joy on something rather small – a laptop or an iPad.

Certainly there are more and more of us choosing to watch TV on our computers. Indeed, the BBC iPlayer reached a milestone of 100 million requests in a month last November and has subsequently gone to on exceed that mark.

The success of BBC iPlayer, ITV player and 4 on Demand has also started a debate amongst media owners and internet service provides about who pays for the increasing demand on bandwidth.

Certainly, as a web hosting company, it is an important issue for us and for our customers and one that we hope the main telecoms and media owners will be able to resolve amicably.

In the meantime, if you plan to watch Rooney and the boys on the small screen, make sure you have sufficient bandwidth to avoid your screen freezing up at the crucial moment. You might want to talk to your broadband supplier today.

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