Cable Broadband provider Virgin Media is about to start rolling out a speed increase for its customers, and the good news is, it’s going to be free! From February 2012, customers of Virgin Media’s broadband service will start to see a sizable increase in speed or their already fast fibre-optic cable Internet connection. For customers [...]

Sky’s planning to launch the UK’s first 3D channel, “Sky 3D“, this Friday, the 1st of October, and you can’t have failed to notice the amount of cash Sky has spent promoting their 3D offering. Well, those cheeky chappies and chapessess at cable company Virgin Media have pipped them to the post by today launching [...]

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 [...]

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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The third of our December trials of a weekly podcast has just escaped from the studios. Carl’s almost back on form, and Pete runs through some Virgin Broadband, BBC DAB and movies news, plus the bit where we read your emails, in our “Bit where we read your emails” section. Download from our FrequencyCast Latest [...]

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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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Show 26 of FrequencyCast, the UK’s TV and Tech podcast, is online now. Here’s what we cover: News Updates: Freeview HD, iPhone price cuts, FreeSat rumours, and the return of Blake’s 7. Focus – BBC iPlayer: Carl and Pete explore Auntie Beeb’s catch-up TV service, now available on PC, Mac, Wii and iPhone. Virgin Media: [...]

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Phorm is a US company that has a commerical offering called Webwise. They’ve done deals with broadband providers BT, Virgin Media and TalkTalk about collecting information about sites that consumers are viewing, and serve up adverts based on browsing habits, back to consumers. Phorm claims that no personal information is extracted, and that this type [...]

The seven-day catch-up service from the BBC will soon be available to Virgin Media customers, and we’ve heard that from March, you’ll be able to watch BBC catch-up TV on Apple iPhones and iTouch devices.

Another FrequencyCast has just rolled off the press – you can now download Show 19 of FrequencyCast, the UK’s online TV and Tech radio show. In Show 19, released on the 1st of October, here’s what Carl and Pete discuss: News Updates: – A busy month for Freeview viewers, Apple news, Tiscali TV expands, an [...]

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FrequencyCast show number 14 is now online. In this show, we feature: Help and advice on getting a better Freeview signal Hands-on with the new Nokia N95 GPS handset A look at the free TV offer from Virgin Media Prices drop on Mobile Internet, plus free SIM cards. News of some survey software to help [...]

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Confirmed – as of midnight on 1st March 2007, the Sky channels, Sky One, Sky Two, Sky News, Sky Travel and Sky Sports News vanished from the Virgin Media Cable TV channel lineup. This happened after Virgin Media failed to agree to Sky’s terms for ongoing broadcast of the Sky channels on Virgin’s Cable TV [...]