Freeview Category

If you’re into your sport, you might be interested to know that you can get a weekend of free sporting action next month. Between the 3rd and the 6th of February 2012, the subscription channel ESPN will be free on Freeview, BT Vision, Sky and Top Up TV. If you’re with Sky, you’ll also be [...]

Greetings to you. Here at FrequencyCast HQ, it’s been a sweltering Saturday, and we never thought we’d be saying that in October. As it’s the first of the month, it’s time for a new show, and we’ve packed quite a lot into Show 68. Here’s a summary of what’s included in the show: News Updates: [...]

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We’ve just released FrequencyCast Show 65 – a bumper show covering lots of recent TV and Tech topics. There’s a lot covered in this show, and we hope you enjoy what we have to say. Here’s a summary of what Carl and Pete have to say: News Updates: Scotland Switch complete, mobile roaming fees reduced, [...]

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Mobile Internet users will be pleased to know that from 2013, they may be able to enjoy mobile downloads with speeds of up to 100Mbps, using the new 4G mobile data services. Faster mobile Internet comes as a price though, and recent reports show that three quarters of a million Freeview viewers might start to [...]

It’s always good news when we hear of a new channel coming to Freeview… especially when it’s a channel that offers some real content as opposed to teleshopping or another “+1 service”. We can expect the channel “Really”, from the company that bring you Dave and Yesterday, to hit our Freeview TV sets and boxes [...]

Although this is now slightly old news now, we’re gettings lots of emails from Freeview users confused that they can now no longer get Channel One or Virgin 1. We thought it would be helpful to clarify what’s gone on, and why Star Trek has vanished from Freeview Channel 20… Regular listeners should be on the [...]

The latest free TV and Tech show is now available… Grab yourself a chunk of FrequencyCast Show 60 today. In this show, here’s a look at what we cover: News Updates: A busy month the news on YouView, Sky HD, Wifi Hotspots and the BBC Focus: By popular demand, a look at tablet computers… can [...]

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We hope your New Year is off to a good start. To keep you informed, Carl and Pete are proud(ish) to present a 14 minute “update” for you. In the update, you’ll hear news about ITV1, Heart, Mac Store and the Chumby, plus lots of your feedback, and a little controversy on Internet advertising. Our [...]

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It looks like satellite TV operator BSkyB is set to axe two channels, Bravo (which started in 1985), and Channel One (recently rebranded from Virgin 1) Apparently, Bravo is too similar to Sky One, and Channel One is too similar to Sky Three, so Bravo and Channel One will be closed, with content merging into [...]

FrequencyCast Show 55, for the 1st of September 2010, is now available. Here’s what today’s free show contains: News Updates: Rivals to Facebook, ABC, ITV plus new TV and radio channels Hands-on: We’ve got a new Amazon Kindle, and we want to talk about it Preview: Project Canvas and Sky Anytime+ previewed Social Collaboration: Harnessing [...]

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As we’ve reported in recent shows, Sky’s purchased a bunch of channels from Virgin Media – including Living, Bravo and Virgin 1. Obviously, the station has to lose the “Virgin” brand, so Sky’s presumably paid a bunch of consultants to come up with the rather original name “Channel One”. (Our money was on “Chuck 1″ [...]

Got a Freeview recorder made by DigiFusion, Inverto, Sony or Thomson? You may find that you’ve lost your 14 day programme guide. Some boxes from the manufacturers listed made use of the 14 day EPG known at 4TV – a service supplied by a company called InView. It seems that the contract between InView and [...]

Hot off the audio press, a brand new FrequencyCast – lots of hot news, a busy Focus, plus loads of your feedback. Here’s what we cover in FrequencyCast Show 52: News Updates: BBC1 HD, Freeview HD, DAB Amnesty and new iPhone. Focus: Getting more from your digital photos Hands-on: A tech-tech keep-fit bug Your comments [...]

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Details are slowly emerging of the first Freeview HD hard disk recorder from Humax. Here’s what we know so far: Name: Humax HDR-FOX T2 Release date: July 2010 (too late for the World Cup) Hard disk: 500GB (125 hours of HD) Price: £349 Tuners: Twin tuner EPG: 8 days The box will reportedly also support [...]

3D TV in the home is now a reality. For £1,800, you can now own a 40 inch HD TV that supports 3D. In the race to bring out the first 3D-Ready TV, it seems that Samsung was the winner in the UK, releasing the Samsung UE40C7000 40 inch 3D Ready TV a few days [...]

Considering buying a Freeview HD box? The first box out, the Humax Fox T2, costs £149.99 at most retailers, but you can save yourself £50 by opting for the new Bush DVB680 Freeview HD receiver. This Freeview HD box is available for £99.99 on pre-order, with estimated availability on 31st March 2010. This Freeview HD [...]

Regulators Ofcom have revoked Five’s licence to launch an HD service on Freeview by the end of the year. This action has been taken after Five appears to have failed to provide information about when they will be in a position to launch some kind of HD service, or provide Ofcom with details about what [...]

Welcome to March 2010, and to a new podcast. In this show, we get all Interactive at you  – hope you enjoy and get involved… Here’s what we look at in Show 49: News Updates: More Freeview HD, the end of 6 Music and a new phone from Puma. Focus: Getting more from your Mobile [...]

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We already have a winner for the first Freeview HD-compatible set-top box (won by Humax a few days back) – Now we have the first IDTV set with a built-in Freeview HD receiver. This telly from Panasonic also has an onboard Freesat HD receiver, optional wireless Internet connectivity and an SD card for external media. The catchily-named Panasonic TX-P42G20B [...]

Freeview has just launched an app for users of the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch. Before you get excited – it won’t let you watch Freeview from your iPhone – what it does provide, is a handy and fairly powerful TV listings service to see what’s on the 50 or so Freeview channels. Easy-to-use, and [...]