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BBC and ITV to share FA Cup rights

The BBC and ITV have agreed to share the rights to the FA Cup from 2021.

The four-year deal means an end to the current arrangement that has seen the BBC share the rights to the cup competition with BT Sport.

ITV will broadcast around 20 matches per season from the first round through to the final,

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Keeping your mobile number (porting)

It is your right, providing you adhere to any contractual obligations, to keep your Spanish mobile number regardless of which mobile network you move to within Spain . This is called porting your number and needs to be requested at the time of signing up with a new provider. When requesting portability with the new network the process is slightly different from buying a new sim with a new number,

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New warning for Kodi users hits news, Compusurf TV users need not worry

A stark new warning to users of the popular Kodi media player and is variants has been released by the developers of KODI, They explain how 3rd party add ons that are often used to steal TV streams without paying the content owner, are a real danger for reasons other than breaking the law and urge extreme caution until KODI revamps its add on structure.

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Keep your cool this summer

As the summer approaches it’s important to keep your wifi router from overheating, too much heat and it will slow down and require rebooting more often.

Below are a few tips to remember.

  • Do not place the router in direct sunlight
  • Do not place routers on top of each other
  • Clean any dust from vents
  • Do not block any vents in the casing
  • Do not place objects on top of the router
  • Add a spacer under the router to increase airflow

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DDoS attack what is it?

As some of our users are aware our telephone exchange was recently a victim of a DDoS attack. DDoS stands for “Distributed Denial Of Service”. In a nutshell data is sent to a target from thousands of sources at the same time, consuming all the targets resources, rendering it inaccessble to other users.

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Got a Huawei phone? don’t panic.

Google  said today that existing users of Huawei Android  devices can continue to use Google Play app store, offering some relief to tens of millions of users worldwide even as it remains unclear if the Chinese tech giant will be able to use the fully-functioning version of Android in its future phones.

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Compusurf TV gets subtitles

Subtitles are now available for compusurf TV channels.

To activate, tune into a channel then using your remote, press the “ok” button, an info bar will pop up at the bottom of the screen, using the up down left & right buttons, move the focus to the icon that looks like a small square speech bubble,

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More TV Pirates Jailed in Spain

Original Article from the Register

A taskforce led by Spanish cops has dealt TV piracy a heavy blow after shuttering a network of illegal sports streaming sites operating across Spain, the UK, Denmark, Latvia, the Netherlands and Cyprus.

Police arrested five suspects and identified 11 ramshackle data centres that were used to provide access to more than 800 channels – in the largest operation of its kind in Europe.

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Happy labour day 1st May

Labor Day in Spain

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJ

Labor Day in Spain, known there as Día del Trabajador or Primero de Mayo, was first celebrated on May 1, 1889.[1] The way in which Spaniards celebrate Primero de Mayo has varied greatly since then,

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LOBSTER. The ultimate mobile deal for UK & EU expats living in Spain. Available now at Compusurf

One payment gets you a month of service. You can then keep going, add more data, leave or even ‘park your number’ for a while.

Spain’s only ‘all-in-English’ mobile service. SIM-only, 4G and super-easy to use.

From just €12 a month, you get a great data 

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Informir to send update to Mag 2** boxes to start blocking Pirate IPTV

Infomir, the manufacturer of the popular MAG range of set-top boxes, says it will block the portals of suspected copyright-infringing IPTV providers following complaints from copyright holders. While MAG devices are used to access plenty of legal services, the news will come as a blow to large numbers of customers who use the very capable devices to access unauthorized platforms.

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Why we have internet outages

Some people
question why they seem to have more internet outages on Camposol than
they are used to in other places they have lived or worked regardless
of wether they are on a fibre, ADSL or a wireless provider. I am
going to try to explain as simply as possible why this is.

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Kodi Update & Compusurf TV

Last night the developers of KODI rolled out a major update, updating the software to version 18, also known as “Leia”. Unfortunately the update may break the configuration for Compusurf TV on some devices. We normally use a version of KODI called SPMC,…Read more ›



BBC Sport Now Available

With the Compusurf Uk catch up service, BBC Sport is fully unlocked, great source for latest news and highlights in the world of Football.

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Burns Night 2019

Compusurf were pleased to be the main sponsors for the annual Burns night at Camposol Golf Club. The event is organised by the local Freemasons from the Lodge Sierra Espuna No. 136. Everyone enjoyed a fantastic evening and managed to raise over 900 euros for Masonic charities. Bro Michael Watson,

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