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Ofcom approves Freeview HD

admin — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:30:27 +0000

Ofcom has effectively given Freeview the green light to deliver HD TV channels. Ofcom has changed the terms of the BBC Free to View Limited’s (aka Freeview) licence on Multiplex B, allowing them to upgrade and reorganise their use of the airwaves for the digital terrestrial broadcast of HD television. HD Freeview is a big [...]

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Sky to offer video on demand via Xbox 360

admin — Sat, 30 May 2009 19:39:52 +0000

Sky have announced they will launch Sky Player on the Xbox 360 games console in the UK. The service is due to launch this autumn but Sky have already been showing an early version off to journos. Not only will Sky offer video on demand access to their back catalogue of TV programmes, it will [...]

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Sky Offer free Sky+ and £25 Tesco Gift Card

admin — Fri, 15 May 2009 16:36:25 +0000

Top TV provider Sky is offering Sky+ for free plus a £25 Tesco Gift Card to new joiners. The free Sky+ offer will save you £99 compared to the standard price for Sky+. The offer is only available until Tuesday 19th of May so don’t miss out! Read more at Sky.com Copyright © 2008 This [...]

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Freeview to add BBC iPlayer by Christmas

admin — Mon, 11 May 2009 21:37:13 +0000

Freeview look set to rescue the armchair iPlayer enthusiast by building iPlayer funtionality into Freeview set top boxes by Christmas. For now the only TV provider to support the iPlayer was Virgin Media who were able to add access thanks to their fast cable TV and broadband network. Most of us have to huddle around [...]

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Virgin Media launch iPlayer HD

admin — Mon, 04 May 2009 21:45:01 +0000

Good news for Virgin Media customers. The HD TV (High Definition) version of BBC iPlayer is now available on the Virgin Media’s TV platform. This is a great new feature from Virgin Media. It’s the only way of properly experiencing the HD version of the BBC iPlayer on an HD TV. Who wants to watch [...]

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Google powered Set Top Box to challenge Sky and Virgin Media?

admin — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:26:19 +0000

A great article by US TV blog NewTeeVee discusses how and why Google may move into the digital TV set top box market later this year. Below are my own thoughts on how Google could bring fundamental change to how we watch and interact with TV, whilst destroying the existing business model for Sky and [...]

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BBC iPlayer goes HD

admin — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:48:33 +0000

The BBC has today announced that it’s iconic iPlayer service will now offer many of it’s shows in HD (High Definition) TV, whilst also improving the quality non-HD Standard Definition (SD) programming. Standard Definition will now match the quality provided on Freeview. Some other new techie things are being done under the hood that will [...]

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Sky secures Premier League football rights until 2013

Digital TV Expert — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:55:08 +0000

The Premier League has agreed TV deals worth a record £1.782bn with BSkyB and Setanta. Sky won five of the six rights packages available giving it 115 matches a season from 2010, a rise of 23 matches. Setanta won the remaining 23 game package in the rights auction. The Disney-owned American sports giant ESPN also [...]

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Virgin Media launches Sci-Fi on demand

Digital TV Expert — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 13:03:18 +0000

Virgin Media has launched a new Sci-fi & Fantasy section for its TV on demand service. There’s around 150 hours of Sci-Fi TV shows available for customers to watch whenever they like, perfect for Sci-Fi fans who want to avoid Dancing on Ice. If you’re on Virgin Media’s XL package, or subscribe to TV Choice, [...]

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BBC iPlayer on Virgin Media

Digital TV Expert — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:57:09 +0000

A version of the BBC’s iPlayer service made specifically for digital cable will soft-launch on Virgin Media in May. According to a page on Virgin’s website, digital TV customers will be able to access the iPlayer from May by pressing the red button when tuned to any BBC channel. After the service has soft launched, [...]

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