FrequencyCast – UK Tech Radio Show
The online radio show covering UK digital TV and technology
The Lobster 700TV, the TV and DAB radio phone reviewed in Show 07 is to be discontinued. According to reports in The Register, Virgin has discontinued the DAB TV phone following service provider BT Movio’s decision to scrap the mobile TV service. The Lobster became available in October 2006, and the mobile TV service is…
Always on the cutting edge, we now have a Facebook Group – if you’re on Facebook, please sign up to our book at www.facebook.com/pages/FrequencyCast-UK-Tech-Podcast/24782575017
Prices for the BT Vision Sports service, due to start in August 2007, have been announced. Here’s what we know… For the 2007/08 football season, there’ll be 46 live Barclays Premier League games carried on BT Vision. There’ll also be access to 242 same-day Premier League matches, which will be available hours after kick-off (from…
Want 200 TV channels without a subscription? Sky has launched Sky Pay Once. Available exclusively from Dixons online, this costs £75 and includes the box and installation.
Channel 4 are to launch 10 national radio digital radio stations. Ofcom today granted the licence, and plans are for this new network to go live by July 2008. It’s expected that Disney, Sky and Chrysalis will be operating stations on this new network.
Between now and 2012, the UK has to “go digital”. The extra choice is great, and more and more people are switching. But is it all good news? Are you happy with the switch-off of analogue telly? Should we wait till we’re ready, or plough ahead? We have a new pages of notes at www.frequencycast.co.uk/analogueswitchoff.html…
If you’ve got any interest in putting together your own podcast, the FrequencyCast podcast team has taken a look at a new kit, the podcastudio, that makes podcasting easy. The kit contains a mixer, microphone, headphones, software and a USB interface to your PC or MacTake a look at our review at www.frequencycast.co.uk/podcastudio.html – we…
Another over-the-air patch for the Top Up TV Anytime box has just been rolled out. This adds Subtitles, has some user interface improvements, and also has some stability fixes. v2.81 is being pushed over-the-air from 4th July
It’s the first of July… and FrequencyCast show number 16 has been released today. In this show, here’s what Carl and Pete explore: Focus on Sky Digital: In this show’s Focus section, we take a look at satellite TV in the UK, including Sky+ and Sky HD. News: Including details of a new Virgin channel…