FrequencyCast – UK Tech Radio Show
The online radio show covering UK digital TV and technology
The FrequencyCast podcast boys are divided on this one… Sky One’s announced that they’ve just given the go-ahead to a 21st Century remake of the 1970’s BBC TV classic, Blake’s Seven. We’ve recently seen revivals of Battlestar Galactica and Knight Rider, and the cult sci-fi series with Blake, Avon, Cally, Jenna, Gan, Orac and Zen…
Happy St George’s Day from all at FrequencyCast, the UK TV and Tech podcast. Think England’s National Day should be a public holiday? There’s a petition at www.bombardier.co.uk/bombardier/promotions/petition
BT Vision’s about to get some extra movie content – they’ve done a deal with Universal Studio’s Picturebox to get up to 28 movies a month, with titles such as The Bourne Ultimatum, Knocked Up, Atonement, The Kingdom and Elizabeth: The Golden Age. Picturebox is already available on Top Up TV Anytime and on Tiscali…
The Apple iPhone today sheds £100, with the 8Gig version dropping from £269 to £169. Tariff includes 600 minutes and 500 texts a month, plus unlimited data. Details at http://shop.o2.co.uk/iPhone or on the Carphone Warehouse site If you’re interested in the iPhone, check out our 30 minute audio review at frequencycast.co.uk/iphone.html
The beeb’s news channel BBC News 24 is set to re-brand as “BBC News” from Monday 21st April… let’s hope they don’t change our favourite piece of music – that 60 countdown at the top of the hour
We’ve just released one of our Audio Guides – this time, discussing the amazing Eee PC from Asus. This is a small sub-notebook that’s powered by Intel, supports wi-fi, has 3 USB ports, and best of all, costs a mere £190. In this show, Carl and Pete get hands-on with the Asus Eee PC 701,…
Here’s what the FrequencyCast boys will be up to this weekend… The Nintendo Wii game we’ve been waiting for is out now. Suppled with a steering wheel that you slot your Wii controller into, Mario Kart Wii was released today. It’s available now from Play.com, GAME and HMV
The BBC’s 7-day catchup TV service, BBC iPlayer is now available on the Nintendo Wii. Last month, the iPlayer came to the Apple iPhone, and now it’s on a games console. To get access to the last seven days of BBC TV shows on the Wii, go to the Wii’s web browser, and type in…
No fooling – it’s the first of April, and Show 25 of FrequencyCast has just been released. Here’s what we cover in the latest UK TV and Tech radio show: News Updates: The Phorm controversy, National Local Freeview, phones on a plane, backing up your mobile, iTunes TV, and the perils of roaming. Focus –…