In the UK, the BBC is our “not for profit” TV and radio broadcaster. In the US, the equivalent non-profit TV service, is PBS (Public Broadcasting Service). From the 1st of November 2011, it will be possible to get PBS over here in the US. PBS UK will be available initially on the Sky and [...]

Ho, Ho, Ho!  To help you get in the festive mood, Smooth Radio will be launching a national Christmas radio station, Smooth Xmas. The station will be going live on Tuesday the 1st of November on the national DAB multiplex. The station will be running nationwide until the 27th of December 2011, alongside the existing [...]

The end is in sight for the UK Digital Switchover. And that end happens in October 2012. With well over half of the UK now switched over from analogue telly, Digital UK has announced the date that the last analogue TV transmitter will be taken out of service, and it’s only a year away. Northern [...]

The BBC is set to close the BBC HD channel, as part of proposals for cost-savings. The BBC HD service launched as a trial service in 2006, and was the first free-to-view HD channel in the UK. As part of the BBC’s cost-cutting proposal “Delivering Quality First”, the HD channel is set to be scrapped [...]