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 [...]

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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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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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 [...]

iPhone users – you can now watch 11 Freeview channels live on your phone. The service from TVCatchup.com allows you to watch the following channels: BBC1, BBC2, BBC3, ITV1, ITV2, Channe 4, Five, Film 4, e4, More 4 and 4 Music. To watch, point your iPhone web browser to http://iphone.tvcatchup.com/ – No subscription, no sign-up, [...]

Show 44 of FrequencyCast, the UK’s TV and Tech podcast, has just been released. 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 Retune time, Vision updates, Google’s new SideWiki and more. Focus: Save cash by going subscription-free. Also, how to [...]

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If you’re reading this on Wednesday the 30th of September 2009, today is Freeview Retune Day. If you get your digital TV from Freeview, you will need to get your Freeview box or TV set to re-scan its Freeview channel lineup, to make sure you get all of your channels. The changes that are being [...]

We’ve just released an audio update. Here’s what we cover: Quest Take 2, Freeview retune, ESPN latest, iTunes Chart, a Welsh apology and the best deals for your old mobile. Links from the show: ESPN help: http://www.radioandtelly.co.uk/espn.html Best deal for your old mobile: http://www.sellyouroldphone.co.uk iTunes Review: https://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZFinance.woa/wa/addUserReview?type=Podcast&id=142899029 Today’s update is a 10 minute mp3 file. [...]

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

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 [...]

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We’ve just released an audio update to cover some stories that have broken since our last full-length show… In our update, we look at the latest on Setanta / ESPN, good news for Virgin Media customers looking for HD, news of a product recall for the o2 Joggler, plus the end of the road for [...]

FrequencyCast Update - 13 July 2009 [ 7:54 ] 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, [...]

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Today, 14th of May 2009 – Launch day for the new free-to-view documentary channel from Discovery… “Quest”. Or so we were assuming. Adverts had been released, Freeview’s website was carrying the news of the launch, user’s Freeview boxes had the channel placeholder on channel 47, TV listings were in the Radio Times, and the on-screen [...]

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Show 39 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: HD on iPlayer, concerns for canvass, plus 1 billion apps on iPhones Focus: Get more from [...]

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On the 20th of May 2009, there’ll be a couple of changes to Virgin 1′s service on Freeview. Firstly, Virgin 1 will go 24 hours a day (currently it’s only 12) And secondly, there’ll be a timeshifted “+1″ service – although Virgin 1 + 1 has an odd ring about it (1 and 1 makes [...]

Show 34 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. Here’s what we cover in this show: News Updates: ITV joins BT Vision, phones for a fiver, new channels, and the imminent Facebook phone. Focus: A round-up [...]

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Well, well, well… it’s been less than a week since we released Show 32, and here we are again with another podcast! Show 33 is a special edition show featuring some new gadgets including Pure radios, the SWAP watch, TVonics boxes and more. We’re also covering some important news for Virgin Media customers, as well [...]

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