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October 31
- KOREA/JAPAN: Are Sony's S-LCD sell-off plans bringing it closer to LG (and OLED TVs)?
- YouTube invests $100m to launch 100 online TV channels in 2012
- Government may extend TV licence fee to cover BBC iPlayer
- KOREA: Samsung beats expectations on sales and earnings, but sees US 3D TV share slide
- BT accelerates high-speed broadband rollout
- KOREA: LG gets into the glass business to ensure in-house LCD future
- Onkyo brings direct 'in-app' access to Spotify on Android
- Alphason Event TV stand includes speakers
- Freeview HD TV/set-top box sales top three million
- HMV taps into fashion headphone craze
- JAPAN: Panasonic announces third-quarter loss, confirms two TV panel factories to stop production
- Virgin Media offers Spotify on broadband and mobile - TiVo to follow
- JAPAN/KOREA: Sony to quit LCD panel joint venture with Samsung
October 30
- SeeSaw closes internet TV video-on-demand website
October 28
- SoundScience unveils Qb wireless portable speakers
- NAD introduces Viso 1 iPod dock for £499
- Siri set to power Apple TV?
- PBS coming to Virgin and Sky TV from November 1st
- Samsung overtakes Apple to take no.1 smartphone spot
October 27
- Warner Bros and Blockbuster in DVD/Blu-ray rental ding-dong
- Anthem launches Statement M1 power amp in the UK
- Virgin Media quadruples number of TiVo users; customers spend more on faster broadband
- LG's smartphones drag it back into loss, as Samsung claims it's pipped Apple on sales
- Spotify users won't be able to stream Coldplay's Mylo Xyloto
- JAPAN: Panasonic to concentrate on 50in+ LCD TV displays and panels for smartphones, tablets
- Sony buys full control of Sony Ericsson
October 26
- Nokia announces first Windows smartphones, teams up with Monster on headphones, is set to launch free music service
- UPDATE: JBL OnBeat Xtreme offers wireless audio, iPad docking and speakerphone
October 25
- UPDATE: Netflix confirms it's coming to the UK and Ireland in 2012, but loses subscribers
October 24
- Tesco launches electrical appliance trade-in scheme
- Meridian adds DSW subwoofer to DSP speaker range
October 23
- Manchester Show 2011: Elipson mini M speakers join up with Planet sub
- Manchester Show 2011: Optoma brings down the cost of 3D projection
- Manchester Show 2011: TEAC introduces Distinction hi-fi range
- Manchester Show 2011: KEF R Series speakers make their UK debut
- The Manchester Home Entertainment Show 2011
- Manchester Show 2011: Denon and Marantz offer free AirPlay upgrade
October 22
- Manchester Show 2011: Rok:Modul Vox conceals your kit
- Manchester Show 2011: Rega previews Apollo-R player
- Manchester Show 2011: Cyrus debuts CD Transport
- Manchester Show 2011: Simple Audio multiroom system due on sale in December
- Manchester Show 2011: Mistral valve amplifiers shine
- Manchester Show 2011: Pioneer Steez docks for dancers
- Manchester Show 2011: old vs new tech, 3D gaming and a 103in plasma
October 21
- Manchester Show 2011: New speakers are Neat, compact and colourful
- Spotify Premium wins our 2011 Readers' Award
October 20
- 2011 Awards issue available now
- Sony releases Music Unlimited on Android Marketplace
- New smartphone chip could increase battery life five times, and bring prices down to £60
- T+A adds all-in-one network Music Receiver
- Manchester Show 2011: UK premier of SIM2's Nero 3D projector
- Sky+ app for iOS gets update
October 19
- Panasonic launches HX35 designer headphones
- Apple posts $6.62 billion profit but iPod sales down 27%
- Manchester Show 2011: Denon and Marantz announce free AirPlay upgrades, will hold AIrPlay workshop at show
- Audyssey adds AirPlay dock to its Lower East Side line-up
- Thorens introduces new Acryl turntables
- Vinyl sales up 40% in 2011
- Electrocompaniet adds high-end 3D Blu-ray multiplayer to its Classic line
- BSkyB profits rise 32%, Sky+ HD subscribers up 771,000
- Mighty Brighty turns any wall into a home cinema projection screen
- Pro-ject gets networked with Stream Box DS
October 18
- VDIO streaming TV and film service to launch in UK
- Samsung hits 10 million Smart TV app downloads
- Bedphones headphones will send you to sleep
October 17
- Timeshifted viewing now accounts for record 10% of UK TV viewing
- Doctor Who dominates and tablet use increases as iPlayer hits 153 million requests
- AQ Smart Speaker offers wire-free Apple AirPlay
- Pure internet radio app now free until end of year
- Philips considers 'alternative options' for its TV unit as it cuts 4500 jobs
- Manchester Show 2011: iPhone/Android app available for download now
October 14
- Analogue TV signals will cease in October 2012
- Arcam reduces price of rWand wireless dongle to £50
- Apple iPhone 4S on sale today, plus new iPod touch and iPod nano
October 13
- TVonics unlocks internet streaming to Freeview boxes with live boxing
- UPDATE: Samsung suffers court ban on Galaxy Tab sales in Australia
- ReDigi launches world's first marketplace for used digital music
- Bose launches OE2 on-ear headphones
- Apple’s iOS 5/iCloud upgrade: how was it for you?
- Pioneer brings AirPlay and internet radio to three new systems
- Primare's high-end universal 3D Blu-ray player
October 12
- Spotify pre-tax loss jumped to £26.5m in 2010
- Apple to launch iOS 5 and iCloud today
- Sennheiser files lawsuits over fake headphones
- Sony shuts down 93,000 online service accounts after fresh attack
- Sony UK denies reports of worldwide recall of 1.6 million LCD TVs
- Virgin Media rolls out Sky Anytime on TV and online
- New Pure One Elite Series II DAB radio gets 'listen later' mode
October 11
- Lindy goes to great lengths to extend digital audio
- Tivoli launches portable PAL+ DAB radio in five colours
- Western Digital adds Spotify to its streaming media players
- Audioengine launches upgraded A5+ powered speakers
- UPDATE: KEF announces UK prices for new R series speakers
- Latest 2011 hi-fi and home cinema kit lands at Sevenoaks stores
October 10
- Peter Gabriel's latest album exclusively available in hi-res from Bowers and Wilkins
- Universal hopes Second Screen experience will boost Blu-ray sales
- Netflix cans Qwikster and brings DVD rental and streaming back together
- Apple iPhone 4S gets 1 million pre-orders in 24 hours
- End in sight for Radio 4 Long Wave
October 7
- YouTube online film rental service arrives in the UK
- UPDATE: Sony's exclusive Harry Potter 3D bundle available from October 13
- Samsung profit forecast boosted by mobile sales as TV demand falls
October 6
- Western Digital adds Spotify to wireless streamer range
- BBC Two HD to replace BBC HD
- Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has died
October 5
- Music label uses Facebook and Twitter to find and fund new artists
- Sky brings expanded Movies Box Office service to Anytime+
- HDAnywhere's new HDMI cables are designed for tight corners and long runs
October 4
- PICTURE GALLERY: New Apple iPhone 4S, iPod touch and Nano
- All the news from Apple's 'Let's Talk iPhone' event
- BREAKING NEWS: Apple iCloud service to launch in the UK, iPhone 4S on sale October 14th
- Premier League football fans can buy foreign broadcasts, rules EU
- Atomic Floyd SuperDarts earphones promise 'supercharged bass'
- Apple confirms iPhone event for October 4th - end of the road for iPod Classic and Shuffle?
- Meridian celebrates 40th anniversary with £60k limited edition hi-fi system
- Virgin Media adds five more HD channels
October 3
- UPDATE: Panasonic issues firmware upgrade to bring Viera Connect to Blu-ray players, recorders and systems
- UPDATE: Samsung 5.3in Galaxy Note smartphone to launch in UK on November 17
- Music sales drop 11% despite growth of digital downloads
- Ceritech's Home Entertainment Experience hits Monmouth on Saturday
- Spotify adds 1.4 million Facebook users since integration
October 2
- NAD's wireless USB DAC goes on sale in the UK