FrequencyCast – UK Tech Radio Show
The online radio show covering UK digital TV and technology
The UK Digital Switchover continues, with Devon, Dorset and Somerset next on the list. The Beacon Hill transmitter and its 23 relay transmitters serve Torbay and South Devon. They’re set to go fully digital from 08 April 2009. Stockland Hill, serving Exeter, parts of Devon, Somerset and Dorset, is due to follow in May 2009….
The clock is ticking for the UK commercial radio industry. Ad revenue is falling, the big players are struggling to make money, listening is down, digital’s not taken off, and big names have scaled back their plans for future radio services. That’s the bleak picture being painted by many, and at the recent Changing Media…
The second round of local radio station re-brands have taken place. From 23rd March 2009, another group of Global Radio owned radio stations will lose their local name, and become part of their “Heart” brand. The first round of Heart re-brands was in January this year, and now we’re seeing the following stations vanish in…
Google Streetmaps for the UK has just been launched. 25 UK towns and cities have now been digitised, with Google’s camera cars patrolling the streets. Coverage of the following towns and cities is now online: London, Aberdeen, Belfast, Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Coventry, Derby, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich, Nottingham, Oxford, Scunthorpe,…
Following on from Show 37 at the start of March, Carl and Pete bring you a FrequencyCast update. In this podcast update, we look at the following: BT’s plans for their 21st century network, here may be trouble ahead for Tiscali customers, a new EPG for Sky HD users, and a silly name for Dave….
Sky+ HD users will soon be noticing some changes when they press the “TV Guide” button. Sky will shortly be updating the look and feel of the on-screen programme guide. Here’s a preview: Sky+ HD boxes made by Thomson will be the first to get the new guide, which includes a mini-TV view (so you…
Show 37 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: Sky HD boxes recalled, the fourth Freeview HD services, and the UK footy coverage wars. Focus:…