Top Up's Anytime delayed till 'before Christmas'

Top Up TV Anytime's new digital PVR set-top boxes, from Thomson, seems to have been delayed by a couple of months.

Calling Top Up TV's number, 08700 543210, gives a message stating:

"Boxes will start to be dispatched towards end of November, with delivery completed by early-to-mid December. Orders placed before 31st October will be received before Christmas" (2006?)

If you're having second thoughts, and wish to cancel, call 08712 712 712. You may want to consider going elsewhere for your digital telly.

Podcast #07 Launched

The Digital TV and Technology FrequencyCast has released its latest show. Show 7 covers the following:

• More on the Top Up TV changes and how this affects customers.
  
• Launch details of the Nintendo Wii console and the TV service from BT Vision launch.
  
• Some changes to the Freeview channel lineup, and new national Jazz radio station on the way
  
• Going Digital: UK TV services get switched off in a few years. What does the Digital Switch mean?
  
• Lobster 700TV: A new mobile phone that has digital TV and DAB radio onboard
  

You can listen to show 07 online, or download it to your MP3 player, from www.frequencycast.co.uk/cast07.html

Changes to Freeview channel numbers

A small number of Freeview channels have been renumbered. Affected are: Film 4, ITV4, E4+1, ITV Play and Quiz Call. Also Five US (ch.35) and Five Life (ch.36) have now been added to the channel list. Current Lineup.

You may need to get your box to rescan to get the new channels.

Out now - DAB and TV on a mobile

At the start of October, Virgin Mobile launched its Lobster 700TV mobile phone. This smartphone supports TV and radio on a mobile - but this isn't TV-over-Internet... this is actually TV content sent over-the-air. The phone also can receive up to 50 channels of DAB digital radio, again over-the-air. Details and a review can be found at www.radioandtelly.co.uk/lobster700tv.html.