MediaCityUKs digital enterprise hub has added analogue testing facilities to it's state-of-the-art labs, to check internet usage on retro equipment.

The SPACE Interactive Media Labs, at The Landing, are some of the most sophisticated user-experience facilities in the UK.

But the newest installation allows advanced testing for any type of broadband connectivity - including both analogue and fibre-optic.

Jon Parker, Director of the SPACE labs said: "Every brand or service provider today needs to be offering a seamless, high quality and consistent user experience and despite the increasing roll-out of high speed fibre connections in the UK, millions of homes and businesses are still set to utilise analogue connections for many years to come.

"This means whether a user is streaming VOD content to a Smart TV, running apps on a tablet or enjoying a multi-player game via a console, theres still a very good chance theyll be accessing the content over copper wiring.

"Therefore broadcasters, software developers and other digital content providers need to be able to ensure that their latest technologies can be delivered successfully over any type of connection.

"It is now entirely possible to test a mobile companion app, alongside a live broadcast via set-top box in order to capture authentic user insight. It is this insight which used correctly mitigates the risk of producing a brand damaging, inferior user experience.

"This is where SPACE Labs come in by offering current, future and now retro-fitted old connectivity.

As many users still access their broadband via ADSL there is an increased demand for services to be tested over copper and analogue networks.

In 2013 The Office for National Statistics reported that 45 per cent of UK households still accessed the ASDL and other digital services via DSL infrastructure delivered usually over telephone lines.

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Retro testing facilities installed at The Landing

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