Top Up TV Category

As we discussed in today’s podcast update, it’s now possible to get ESPN on a Freeview box or TV that has a suitable card slot (known as a CI slot). The CI slot accepts a CAM, which accepts a subscription card. If you were previously able to get Setanta Sports on Freeview, then you should [...]

FrequencyCast Update 12 August 2009 [ 10:43 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Show 40 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: News Updates: Plans for Freeview HD in doubt, all change for the charts, new content for Top Up, [...]

FrequencyCast UK Show 40 [ 0:01 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

As we’re hoping you know, FrequencyCast produces regular online radio shows (a.k.a. podcasts). Now and then, we release special audio “updates” to cover breaking stories, and so far there’s been a bunch of stories this month already. So, we’re just out of the studio with a 16 minute audio update looking at Quest‘s failure to launch, [...]

FrequencyCast Update 14 May 09 [ 16:41 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

More troubles for Top Up TV users… It seems that over the Bank Holiday weekend, something happened that affected users of a number of Thomson Top Up TV Anytime boxes. The Thomson DTI 6300 hard-disk recorders appear to be failing to start up – showing an orange light. Attempts to reboot the boxes don’t seem [...]

PODCAST: Top Up TV Boxes fail [ 16:41 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

As part of our promise to get a new Tech podcast out each week in December – here’s this week’s show – covering a new handset release. Carl (suffering from a bout of scurvy), sits in a studio with Pete and looks closely at the new INQ1 phone from 3, better known as The Facebook [...]

FrequencyCast Update 14 Dec 2008 [ 9:42 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Top Up TV has today released a hotfix to overcome a problem affecting their Thomson Top Up TV Anytime boxes. Their boxes have been hit by the recent Freeview transmitter updates, which created a problem for users who performed a channel rescan. v2.93 has to be downloaded manually, via Menu > 4 > 6. Then [...]

Top Up TV has updated their software from v2.88 to v2.91. This appears to be a minor release that apparently addresses a “channel scanning issue” that affects users on the Sutton Coldfield transmitter, adds an option to the Engineering menus to temporarily stop the video preview window in the library, and adds some stability fixes.

Top Up TV has started sending out a batch of new Top Up TV viewing cards to their subscribers. It’s not immediately clear from the rather condescending covering letter what the change is all about “Why a new viewing card? Well the boffins here did explain, but it’s a bit techy” Here at FrequencyCast, we [...]

Top Up TV has released an updated version of their Top Up TV Anytime box. The Thomson DTI6300-25 comes with a 250Gig driver (versus the original 160gig version), and can hold up to 180 hours of Freeview programmes, plus the small amount of content that’s automatically downloaded overnight. The new box costs £129.99 (£30 up [...]

Some changes to Top Up Tv Anytime, the service that provides extra content on a special set-top box. Broadcasting hours for UKTV Gold on the TopUp TV service have dropped (again), this time to make way for some new content. Boxes will now be able to get programming from The History Channel, the Crime & [...]

A new version of Top Up TV Anytime software began being rolled out on 8th November 2007. This reportedly offers: EPG & VOD Search, an expanded Synopsis window, stability improvements to Series link and VOD downloads, and some other user interface changes. Updates should be received on your Anytime box automatically. www.frequencycast.co.uk/topuptv.html

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

Top Up TV has just released another patch for their Anytime box, which we reviewed in Show 10. V2.44 adds Series Link and parental control. The fix reportedly addresses the issues raised in the BBC Watchdog show – such as failed recordings, black screen and playback skip. New Features: Series Link, Child Lock and display [...]

It looks like Top Up TV is reducing their £7.99 non-Anytime service even further with the Discovery channels and Cartoon Network disappearing from the live line-up in February. This puts the live content to: UKTV Gold (4pm – 1am) UKTV Style (1pm – 4pm) British Eurosport (7.30am – 10am) TCM (7pm – 1am) It’s rumoured [...]

The FrequencyCast team now have their hands on a Top Up TV Anyime set-top box, and are in the process of reviewing the box for Show 10. You can see the team’s initial review here. We would like to get your questions on Anytime, so we can include them in the next FrequencyCast show. Please [...]

Originally meant for release in early October 2006, the FrequencyCast team has learnt that the Top Up TV Anytime digital boxes have slipped by another couple of months. There’s a prerecorded message on Top Up TV’s number, 08700 543210, stating the following: “Boxes will start to be dispatched towards end of November, with delivery completed [...]

Top Up TV‘s Anytime service continues to be big news for us here at FrequencyCast, and we’re still getting lots of emails on the subject. Latest news in the last couple of days is that they’ve announced a new service, Picture Box, which will add a movie service to Anytime. There’ll be seven movies available [...]

Details are slowing becoming available of TopUp TV Anytime. It seems that the current subscription service will be reducing its output to make way for a new service. Top Up TV Anytime will cost an additional £2, there are some changes to the lineup, and the service needs a PVR (digital recorder) to capture programmes. [...]