Digital TV and Radio in the UK
Unhappy with the quality of the BBC HD channel? Tell the PM. As we reported recently, various changes to the BBC HD channel bitrate have angered many HD viewers. The change has resulted in a 40% reduction in bitrate, although the BBC deny that this will have any noticeable affect on the viewing experience. That’s…
Proposed Internet TV service codenamed Project Canvas has been given the provisional go-ahead by the BBC Trust. If you’re not familiar with Project Canvas, this is a venture between the players BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Five, BT and TalkTalk, to offer TV and Internet content on your TV over Broadband. Essentially a combination of a…
Good news for DAB radio listeners – another DAB station has joined the national commercial channel – NME Radio. According to Sammy Jacob, NME Radio’s Managing and Programming Director, “NME Radio is extremely passionate about the music it plays, especially the promotion of great new acts. Being able to share that passion with a wider…
Our podcast lads have been hard at work again, and a new audio podcast has just been released. Catch up on the latest with Freeview HD, the new BT Vision box, more HD channels, some Freesat updates, plus your latest email feedback. Listen online or download the update from www.frequencycast.co.uk/update.html. Or, if you have an…
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Today sees the launch of another HD channel on Sky, bringing the total to 37 HD channels. This new movies channel features a back catalogue of MGM movies that have been re-mastered into the HD format. The channel runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week. MGM HD launched on Sky channel 345 today,…
From today, 14th December 2009, E4 goes HD. The entertainment channel from Channel 4 will be broadcasting high definition content on Sky channel 215, bringing the total number of HD channels on Sky to 36. E4 HD uses the 1080i HD format, and the channel is included in the Sky+ HD subscription package. See the…
BT Vision has updated its BT Vision V+ set-top box The new-style box now comes in shiny black, to match the BT Home Hub. So, what’s new with this new box? Sadly, it doesn’t offer any new whizzy functionality. Some were expecting the new Vision box to support DVB-T2 (needed for Freeview HD), but this…
Two new channels have just been added to Freeview, to co-incide with today’s launch of Freeview HD: BBC HD – Channel 50ITV1 HD – Channel 51 (due to launch in 2010) These have been added to the lineup for Crystal Palace, London. We also expect these to be added to Winter Hill (Manchester/Granada) shortly. As…
Two new channels have just been added to the Freeview line-up, to co-incide with today’s launch of Freeview HD: BBC HD – Channel 50 ITV1 HD – Channel 51 These channels have been added to the lineup for Crystal Palace, London. We also expect these to be added to Winter Hill (Manchester/Granada) shortly. As a…
Our latest free podcast is out – Take a listen to our December edition of FrequencyCast. FrequencyCast covers Digital TV in the UK, and in this show we look atthe upcoming launch of Freeview HD, an update on Freesat and the iPlayer and other TV and tech news. In this new show, also look at…
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Setanta Sports used to offer subscription to those with a Freeview TV or set-top box. Those with a Freeview TV needed something called a CAM, which is a metal card that slides into the TV set and accepts a subscription card. Setanta used to sell these cards to customers. When Setanta ceased to offer their…
Nintendo Wii users will find a nice little present today – The BBC iPlayer channel. Catch up with TV and radio from the last seven days streamed to your Wii console. TV channels available are BBC1, BBC2, BBC3, BBC4, CBBC, CBeebies, BBC News, BBC Parliament and BBC Alba. Initial tests by the team here show…
The BBC has just released their official timetable for the rollout of Freeview HD. Manchester and London will be getting Freeview HD at the start of December, as the Winter Hill and Crystal Palace transmitters get the upgrade – although there are unlikely to be any set-top boxes available on the market at the time…
Seen the ads for the o2 Joggler? The device that sits in your home replacing the fridge door? When the o2 Joggler was launched earlier this year, the big selling point was the shared diary to keep the family in touch. In reality, is so much more than that – A wi-fi enabled device that…
On Wednesday the 18th November, the Nintendo Wii will get a dedicated BBC iPlayer channel. It’s been possible for some time to access the BBC iPlayer from the Nintendo Wii web browser, but now, the iplayer will get its own channel – making BBC content easier to access, and will offer a “faster, high quality…
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