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The UK Digital Switchover continues, with Devon, Dorset and Somerset next on the list.
The Beacon Hill transmitter and its 23 relay transmitters serve Torbay and South Devon. They’re set to go fully digital from 08 April 2009.
Stockland Hill, serving Exeter, parts of Devon, Somerset and Dorset, is due to follow in May 2009.
If you need help getting ready for the analogue switchoff, please go to http://www.switchhelp.co.uk for advice.
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The second round of local radio station re-brands have taken place.
From 23rd March 2009, another group of Global Radio owned radio stations will lose their local name, and become part of their “Heart” brand.
The first round of Heart re-brands was in January this year, and now we’re seeing the following stations vanish in their present form…
Fox FM
Gemini FM
GWR Bath
GWR Bristol
GWR Wiltshire
Lantern FM
Orchard FM
Plymouth Sound
South Hams Radio
Severn Sound
2-Ten FM
More stations expected to be assimilated by Heart in the next few months…
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Two top Setanta Sports offers to put out there for our loyal listeners…
If you’re considering signing up to Setanta Sports, you can get 50% off for the first few months. Here are the the two deals we’ve found:
To get the offers, sign up to Setanta at www.setanta.com
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Google Streetmaps for the UK has just been launched.
25 UK towns and cities have now been digitised, with Google’s camera cars patrolling the streets.
Coverage of the following towns and cities is now online: London, Aberdeen, Belfast, Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Coventry, Derby, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich, Nottingham, Oxford, Scunthorpe, Sheffield, Southampton, Swansea and York.
Have a look around, and if you were in one of those towns in Summer 2008, you may see yourself!
Access Streetmaps via maps.google.co.uk
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Following on from Show 37 at the start of March, Carl and Pete bring you a FrequencyCast update.
In this podcast update, we look at the following: BT’s plans for their 21st century network, here may be trouble ahead for Tiscali customers, a new EPG for Sky HD users, and a silly name for Dave. Plus, your mails on Asus Eee, horsecams, TomTom FM, birdsong… and crisps (Yes, we’re sorry!).
Download from our FrequencyCast Latest page
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Sky+ HD users will soon be noticing some changes when they press the “TV Guide” button. Sky will shortly be updating the look and feel of the on-screen programme guide. Here’s a preview:
Sky+ HD boxes made by Thomson will be the first to get the new guide, which includes a mini-TV view (so you can watch TV while browsing the guide), improved search, easier series link access, and a tabbed categories navigation.
The rollout of the new guide should be starting next week, and may take “a few months” to get to all Sky+ HD boxes.
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Show 37 of FrequencyCast, the UK’s TV and Tech podcast, has just been released.
In our regular online radio show, we discuss all that’s new with digital TV and technology. Here’s what we cover in this show:
You can download Show 37 direct to your MP3 player or listen online at http://www.frequencycast.co.uk/latest.html. If you have an iPod or iPhone, get shows faster by signing up via iTunes.
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