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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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 [...]

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This evening, ESPN America has started broadcastoing on Freeview channel 34, the slot taken by Setanta Sports until its collapse yesterday. It seems that ESPN America is being transmitted by Top Up TV, and anyone with a Top Up TV subscription can view ESPN for free though it’s not clear how long for). Users with [...]

We’ve been reporting on the ongoing financial problems at Setanta for weeks. Today at 6pm, the plug was finally pulled and the Setanta channels in the UK went dark. The company formally went into administration at 2:30pm on Tuesday 23rd June, leaving an estimated 1.2 million UK customers without their sports service. We’ll be covering [...]

News just in on the Setanta saga. Setanta has today failed to make the required £30 million payment to the English Premier League, and accordingly, the Premier League has terminated the agreement This means that Setanta’s 1.2million UK customer won’t be able to watch the 46 Premier League matches planned for the upcoming 2009/2010 football [...]

An update on the ongoing Setanta Sports story.. The Daily Mail is running with the story Setanta on the brink of collapse. Setanta needs to pay £30m to the Premier League by the end of the week as part of its contract before the end of the week, but appears to have been unsuccessful in [...]

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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The latest version of BT’s wireless router, the BT Home Hub 2.0 has been released today, the 18th July 2008. We’ve got an online review available at www.frequencycast.co.uk/homehub2.html We’ve also released an audio “hands-on” review, which can be downloaded from the same page, as well as from our FrequencyCast iTunes page

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