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How UK Households Are Watching TV in 2026 — And Why IPTV Is at the Centre of It

The way Britain watches television has changed more in the past three years than in the previous three decades.

Satellite dishes are coming down from the sides of houses. Cable boxes are gathering dust. And a growing number of UK households from Devon to Dundee are turning to a UK IPTV Best Service as their primary way of accessing live sport, entertainment, and on-demand content. For anyone who has not yet made the switch and is wondering what IPTV actually is, how it works, and whether it is worth it in 2026, this guide covers everything you need to know.

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Whisky tasting events

South West restaurants invited to offer exclusive tasting events at their premises

Authored by Azu Spirits
Posted: Wed, 10/19/2022 - 1:40pm

Local restaurants and food businesses are being invited to join Azu Spirits, a specialist Devon spirits company, to offer unique whisky tasting and food pairing events to customers.

Dartmoor-based Azu runs a range of popular whisky and gin tasting events, offering customers the opportunity to taste premium spirits through social, engaging group experiences.

Tastings range from informal celebrations to intimate, exclusive offerings exploring rare and much sought-after single malt whiskies or craft gins. The events also offer the opportunity for attendees to discover the...

Comedian Lloyd Griffith Announces Exeter Tour Date

Comedian, singer and TV presenter Lloyd Griffith ( Ted Lasso , Apple; 8 out of 10 Cats , Channel 4; Soccer AM , Sky) has announced he will perform his new show One Tonne of Fun at Exeter Northcott Theatre on Friday 17 February 2023, as part of a UK tour.

After Lloyd’s last tour was interrupted by ‘you know what’ and ended up lasting 8 years or so, he’s BACK with a brand-new, fresh stand-up show for 2023. This is Lloyd’s biggest tour to date, and he is pumped/really needs you to come. Since school Lloyd has always been a show off, doing anything he can to make people laugh, and 20...

Exeter Northcott hits target of gifting 500 Christmas theatre tickets and extends goal to 750

Exeter Northcott Theatre has launched a new stretch goal of gifting 750 tickets for its family Christmas show Robin Hood to children and young people in Devon through its Pay It Forward donation campaign by the end of this year, having reached its initial aim of giving away 500 tickets.

The Northcott’s Pay It Forward campaign, now in its third year, asks audience members to donate towards the cost of a theatre ticket for children and young people who would not otherwise be able to go.

Between January and October this year, 766 people donated £7,392 towards the campaign...

Have a very ‘Mary’ Christmas with Quirk Theatre!

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 10/04/2022 - 10:12pm

This December, South West based Quirk Theatre brings to life the astonishing true local story of Mary The Pigeon Who Never Gave Up, in partnership with Exeter Phoenix and The Plough Arts Centre, Torrington. A magical alternative to panto and a festive treat for the whole family!

Plough Arts Centre, Torrington: 30th November- 3rd December

https://www.theploughartscentre.org.uk/event/mary-pigeon-who-never-gave

Exeter Phoenix: 18th- 28th December (schools shows 8th - 15th December)

https://exeterphoenix.org.uk/events/quirk-theatre-mary-the-pigeon-who-never...

Re-Tour de Ned: ITV’s Ned Boulting adds final touches to his one-man cycling stage show before he returns to Exeter

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 10/03/2022 - 12:37pm

The countdown is on to Ned Boulting rolling down the ramp and treading the boards for the first time in four years with his one-man cycling stage show, Re-Tour de Ned, that will be returning to Exeter Corn Exchange on Friday 14th October.

Cycling aficionado or novice, his brand new, brilliantly conceived and fast paced production will guarantee an evenings’ entertainment unlike any other and bears all the trademarks of his previous one-man shows.

Re-Tour de Ned takes the audience through the history of the Tour de France including bringing to life the 1903 origins of the...

LET'S ROCK EXETER announce stunning line-up for summer 2023 Powderham Castle spectacular!

The UK’s biggest retro festival brand Let’s Rock have announced the headliners and performers for Let’s Rock Exeter, happening Saturday July 1 at Powderham Castle. Let’s Rock Exeter 2023 will be headlined by Soft Cell and Bananarama in a stellar line-up that also includes Tony Hadley, Midge Ure, The Undertones, The Beat, The Farm, Go West, Roland Gift, Sinitta, Hue & Cry and many more.

Electronic music pioneers Marc Almond & Dave Ball aka Soft Cell have sold over 10million albums worldwide and enjoyed twelve UK Top 40 hits in the early ‘80s, including their mega global No...

Need To Watch Live Sport Streaming? Try Sky Sports

Authored by Val Watson
Posted: Mon, 09/26/2022 - 6:21am

Are you a sports fan on a hunt for a suitable channel to stream the live coverage of your favourite sports?

If your answer is Yes —then consider getting Sky Sports as it offers a vast variety of sports including football, F1, cricket, rugby union, rugby league, golf, boxing, NFL, tennis, racing, and more.

Despite the availability of plenty of sports channels, this Channel is remains a personal favourite. Among others, it offers the best value for the price.

Headquartered in London, Sky Sports has only limited itself to cord-cutters in the United Kingdom and...

The Terrace hosts an event for our four-legged friends

A popular restaurant and bar in Exeter is looking to attract a new breed of customer – the four-legged variety, to be precise.

The Terrace, located in The Guildhall, will be taken over by the Pup-Up Café who specialise in events for man’s (and woman’s) best friend. Each session is split by breed so owners and their dogs of all ages can meet each other.

Doors open on Saturday 1 October from 10am and will see up to 50 Pugs or Frenchies per session, along with their owners.

Venue manager, Mat Jarratt said: “The guys behind Pup Up Café are local and so we thought...

Fever & Boutique bring the party to Exeter

Fever & Boutique bring the party to Exeter

After months of planning, preparation, and building, locals have had their first glimpse of the new-look Fever & Boutique, as the doors to the totally transformed club finally opened.

The refurbishment, worth more than £1,500,000 and over three months in the making, saw the building stripped back to bricks and mortar, with the extensive refit creating all-new space that Exeter will love even more than its predecessor.

There are new bars, new furniture, new lighting – new everything – so that locals have a new favourite spot to see in the early hours. Across the club’...

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New Play explores James Lovelock’s Gaia theory

New Play explores James Lovelock’s Gaia theory A new play telling the story of James Lovelock’s Gaia theory will be developed in Exeter. A group of actors and musicians will spend ten days working on the script for ‘Gaia and the Globe’, a play with songs which celebrates the science behind Gaia, and explores the social and cultural implications of the theory. Writer Peter Horton is inspired by the hypothesis which was developed in the 1970s. James Lovelock and US microbiologist Lynn Margulis put forward the idea that the earth and all its organisms are closely integrated to form a self-...

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