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Hello everyone. The start of a new month means a brand new shiny episode of FrequencyCast, your TV and Tech podcast. As ever, you set the agenda for the show – what you’d like us to cover, and what questions you want us to answer. Here’s a summary of what’s covered in the latest installment [...]

FrequencyCast Show 69: iPhone 4S, Siri and Printing [ 30:50 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Happy New Year everyone! The first show of the New Year is out – Get your ears around FrequencyCast Show 59 today. In this latest show, here’s a look at what we cover: News Updates: All change for Sky HD, plus Atlantic and new channels Focus: Our look back at the last 12 months of [...]

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FrequencyCast Show 56, for the 1st of October 2010, is out now. In this latest show, here’s a look at what we cover: News Updates: Sky to kill top TV channels, and a book on DAB’s future Hands-on: TV distribution with a Triax TV Link Classic Tech: Our look back at the humble calculator Your [...]

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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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The BBC has announced that we can expect a new HD channel later this year. BBC One HD should start broadcasting in ‘Autumn 2010′ according to the beeb. The channel will be a simulcast of main national BBC One service, and will be available on Freeview, Sky, Virgin and Freesat. BBC One HD will be [...]

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 [...]

Happy April! It’s the start of a new month, and that means it’s time for a new FrequencyCast – and this is show number 50! Here’s what we look at in Show 50: News Updates: Lots of HD news, tablets, cancellations and 3D. Focus: Getting more from your MP3 Player Hands-on: Who needs and iPod [...]

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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 [...]

Virgin Media is going to be the first digital TV service to get E4 HD and Film 4 HD – news not so hot for Sky and Freesat’s HD services. E4 HD is set to go live for Virgin customers in April 2010 at no extra cost to Virgin customers, with Film 4 HD set [...]

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 [...]

FrequencyCast UK Show 49 [ 30:59 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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 [...]

Ladies and Gentlemen, we’ve just released a mid-month audio update looking at the release of the Humax Fox T2 – the first Freeview HD receiver in the market. The update runs for nearly 15 minutes and also looks at the new Freeview iPhone app, and some news on BT’s wireless network. We also review your [...]

FrequencyCast Update 17 Feb 2010 [ 14:41 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Freeview HD launched in December 2009, but there was one big problem – you couldn’t buy a receiver. Fortunately, that changed this weekend, when the first Humax Freeview HD boxes started to appear in the wild. Yes, it’s now possible to get your hands on a Freeview HD set-top box – although HD is only [...]

Carl and Pete have completed another one of their audio updates looking at the latest tech news, plus your feedback on the last show – which was all about backups. Planned as a 15 minute quick update, this runs to nearly 26 minutes, and fans of Carl and Pete’s tech ramblings and rudeness should enjoy [...]

FrequencyCast Update 14 January 2010 [ 25:50 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Happy New Year to all of our FrequencyCast listeners! Show 47, the first show of 2010, has just been released for your listening pleasure. In this show, we discuss all that’s new with digital TV and technology. Here’s what we cover in this show: News Updates: Project Canvas, Tesco iPhone, iPlayer on Freesat, Freeview HD [...]

FrequencyCast UK Show 47 [ 30:40 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

As we covered in our November audio update, the BBC dropped the bitrate of the BBC HD channel in August, angering many viewers. The BBC has denied that the 40% bitrate reduction will have any impact to the viewing experience, but HD viewers aren’t convinced. HD viewers are being encouraged to sign a new petition [...]

A new podcast update has just been released, keeping our listeners up-to-date with some hot TV news, including: Freeview HD lauches – where are the boxes? BT Vision releases a new PVR Two new HD channels join Sky’s lineup Freesat gets 4 new channels Plus your emails on WiFi Hotspots, TiVo and TV listings The [...]

FrequencyCast Update 16 Dec 2009 [ 14:29 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

It’s the first of December and Show 46 of FrequencyCast, the UK’s TV and Tech podcast, has just been released for your listening pleasure. In this show, we discuss all that’s new with digital TV and technology. Here’s what we cover in this show: News Updates: Freeview HD about to launch, o2 Joggler changes, iPlayer [...]

FrequencyCast UK Show 46 [ 30:59 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Hot off the press, over 16 minutes of tech and TV news from the team at FrequencyCast. In this update we look at the merging of two mobile networks, what Apple’s been up to this month, Freeview HD testing, BT Vision updates, a Sky offer, the latest on iPhone sat nav applications, and a new [...]

FrequencyCast Update 16 Sept 2009 1597790 [ 16:37 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download