A new month.. a new show. FrequencyCast Show 57, for the 1st of November 2010, is out now. In our latest TV and Tech show, we cover the following: News Updates: BBC One HD, BT Vision Powerline Recall Focus: Seconds Generation Apple TV Hands-on: TomTom Go 1000 Sat Nav Your comments and questions on tablets, [...]

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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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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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The first of the month means a new episode of your favourite TV and Tech Podcast. FrequencyCast Show 51 is a bumper edition, looking at the following topics: News Updates: New iPhone details leaked, 3D TV is here, HD news and HomePlug hassle. Focus: How the rushed-through Digital Economy Act affects you, TV, radio and the [...]

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With Sky working hard to own the HD market, Virgin has just made their own HD offering that little bit sweeter. Here’s what’s new… 1. The cost of the V+ HD box has just dropped to £49 (free if you get the XL TV package) 2. No extra fee for HD channels. Unlike Sky’s offering, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Show 42 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: ESPN launches Premier League service, 4 HD channels come to Virgin, half-price mobile broadband and robotic [...]

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Show 32 of FrequencyCast, the UK’s TV and Tech podcast, has just been released. Be one of the first to listen to this bumper show. Here’s what we cover: News Updates: Freesat PVR details revealed, Freeview HD next year, and lots more. Focus: We’re looking at three items in our focus – the only digital [...]

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The first Freesat hard-disk recorder is expected to appear in mid-November. Made by Humax, the Foxsat-HDR will bear the “Freesat+” badge, have a dual tuner, and will support HD, series link, live pause, live TV rewind and the ability to split recordings. With two SCART sockets, one HDMI high definition socket, the Humax Foxsat-HDR has [...]

The UK TV regular Ofcom has today confirmed that BBC, ITV and Channel 4 (with Welsh-language broadcaster S4C) will soon be broadcasting in High Definition over Freeview. Channel 4 plans to simulcast an HD version of their main content as well as show show HD movies during peak hours. ITV will offer their 6 to [...]

BT Vision’s High Definition service is now live. If you have an HD-ready TV, the free BT Vision set-top box will now let you download and watch HD movies. Films available from the start of September 2008 include The Other Boleyn Girl, The Hulk and Babe. New HD film releases cost £4.95 per download, with [...]

The ITV High-definition service launches on Satuday 7th June 2008, exclusively on Freesat. Euro 2008 will be available in high definition. ITV HD will be available via the Red button on Freesat. More on Freesat at frequencycast.co.uk/freesat.html.

It’s the first of the month, and Show 23 of FrequencyCast has just been released to the world. FrequencyCast Show 23 covers a whole bunch of TV and tech topics, including: News Updates: An update on the HD DVD format wars, some BT Vision news, two national radio stations departing DAB, the iPhone software update, [...]

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This month, we’ve seen two new HD channels go live on Sky Digital… Sky Channel 140 – Channel 4 HD Sky Channel 286 Luxe TV HD14