Sky has today updated its offers, and there have been some odd changes.

For a start, the traditional Sky+ box seems to have vanished from the box lineup. Also, you can now only get the basic Sky box as a “multi-room” second box.

This means that the only box open to new customers, is Sky’s top-of-the-range Sky+ HD box (pictured).

You can get the Sky+ HD box for free, provided you sign to Sky’s £10-a-month HD service. Otherwise, take the Sky+ HD box without the HD channels for a one-off £49.

The intention here is clear – by withdrawing all but the HD box, it’s a push to get Sky HD boxes in as many homes as possible, hoping that as more of us get an HD-ready telly, we’ll want to get some HD programming on our tellies.

Still – while Sky’s doing this, it’s good news for new customers who get a top-end box that’s HD-enabled and with the new-style programme guide for nothing – making now a great time to sign up.

Details of Sky’s latest offer: Free Sky+ HD box. There’s also a £25 Marks and sparks voucher on offer too…

Remember Project Kangaroo? The service that was set to be a little like the BBC iPlayer but combining TV content from BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4. It was canned in 2009 after a review by the Competition Commission.

Well, it’s back. Now known as SeeSaw and with a slightly different offering, this is due to launch within the next few months offering TV content from a number of suppliers, most notably BBC Worldwide, on either a free, ad funded or pay-to-view model.

SeeSaw has just entered a public beta test phase, and if you’d be interested in trying out SeeSaw ahead of its public launch later this year, go to www.seesaw.com

We’ve created a new page, outlining what we know about see saw so far: SeeSaw Explored

From tomorrow, Friday the 22nd of January, until this coming Sunday, sports channel ESPN will be free-to-view.

The weekend’ sporting action will be free on Sky, Virgin, BT Vision, Top Up TV, TalkTalk TV and Freeview.

The lead event that will be shown free is the Inter vs AC Milan, live on Sunday night from 7pm (David Beckham). Other freebiews include Motherwell vs St Mirren, Juventus vs Roma, UFC Best of 2009, LA Lakers at NY Knicks, and more.

For details of how to watch ESPN, see our ESPN Sports page.

We’ve just completed our updated review of the Western Digital TV HD Media Player.

What is the WD TV HD Media Player? It’s a tiny box that lives next to your TV. Into this, plug a memory stick or a USB hard drive, then playback your video clips, music and audio files, or browse through your collection of photos and images.

It’s not one of those expensive media plays, and it’s not a PVR – It just does a simple job – plug in some media and show it on your TV… in HD. It has two USB sockets, an HDMI connector, digital audio out and a composite AV out.

Easy to use, and on special at one retailer for a little over £60.

See our updated review of the WD TV HD, with screenshots and photos, at radioandtelly.co.uk/wdtvhdmediaplayer.html

On the 7th of January 2010, the Tiscali TV service switched brands to “TalkTalk TV”.

This follows last year’s acquision of Tiscali by the Carphone Warehouse.

The Tiscali TV offering continues under the TalkTalk brand with no noticable changes, but at this time, we’re not clear on what Carphone Warehouse has in store for its new digital TV service.

More on TalkTalk TV

It’s been possible to get the BBC iPlayer on some Freesat boxes for a few days now, but you may need some help.

We’ve had emails from a number of visitors asking for help on getting access to the BBC’s catch-up iPlayer service on the Freesat platform, so we’ve put together a step-by-step guide.

Please go to www.radioandtelly.co.uk/freesatiplayer.html for full instructions.