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Freeview Channel changes in August 2012
News of a few minor changes to the Freeview Channel lineup in the last few days: Vanished Channels The following two channels have disappeared: Channel 62 – TV Stars Channel 90 – TV News These two...
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Teletext Holidays departs Freeview
The text service Teletext Holidays left Freeview today, the 1st of October 2012 This marks the end of 15 years of the TV text-based holiday breaks service. Until recently, the service was operated by...
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Show 80 of our Telly and Radio Podcast
Show number 80 of the FrequencyCast podcast, has been released today. FrequencyCast is produced by the Radio and Telly team and covers the latest news on all things TV and radio related, as well as...
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Freeview Channel renumber 17 Oct 2012
Earlier today, there were a number of changes made to the Freeview channel numbers. Changes were as follows: The Freeview HD channels moved to channels 100 to channels 105 The Al Jazeera news channel...
View ArticleDigital Switchover Is Complete
The five year Digital Switchover is now complete – Last night, the final analogue TV transmitters in Northern Ireland were taken out of service, and the UK’s TV service is now fully digital. Bye Bye to...
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BT Launches YouView Service
BT has today launched its YouView TV service. We take a look at what’s on offer: The Service The YouView service combines Freeview with a large library of on-demand content. With BT, you’ll get the...
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All change for Freeview between 2014 and 2018
Now, we don’t want to worry you, but there’s a danger that there’ll be some Freeview hassle to look forward to in 2018. OK, so this is a long way off, but we thought we’d give you as much advance...
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Freeview retune after rabbit hops off
Yet another Freeview channel shuffle has taken place today, but this one’s unlikely to be a bother to anyone… Two text channels have moved from the PSB2 to the COM4 multiplex, meaning that if you’re a...
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BT Vision to offer 11 extra channels
BT Vision users, or those with new YouView boxes from BT, are in for a bunch of new channels “soon” Various announcements over the last few weeks have show that BT has been putting in a lot of legwork...
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Sky turbo-charges its iPhone app
This month, the Sky+ app on the iPhone has undergone a transformation – you can now use it to take control of your Sky box Here’s what you can now do on an iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch: Change channel...
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Sky’s Christmas 2012 Promotions
Sky has announced details of its annual Christmas offers designed to tempt people to switch over to Sky in time for the festive season. The headline offer is this: Take out the standard Sky package,...
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Changes to Freeview Channel 32
Freeview channel 32 has undergone a change today. Until today, the channel was labelled Big Deal, but has today has become Movie Mix The channel seems to have something of a split personality. What we...
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Happy New Year: 2012 Roundup
Happy 2013 everyone, and welcome to a new year! 2013 promises to be an interesting year for digital TV and radio in the UK, and as it’s the first day of a new year, it’s always good to take stock and...
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BBC News Channel Theme Revamped in March 2013
The BBC News channel “countdown sequence” has this week has a revamp – new graphics, and a change to the iconic BBC countdown theme that rolls in before the hourly news bulletin on the 24 hour rolling...
View ArticleOnly Fools and Horses Interview with Sue Holderness
In March 2013, our podcast team met up with the lovely Sue Holderness, better known to us all as “Marlene” from Only Fools and Horses. Here’s our interview with Sue, where she tells us about her...
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YouView Box and Broadband for £10 a month
Here at Radio & Telly, we’re seeing increasing interest in the YouView TV offering – the service that combines Freeview, a hard-disc recorder, and extra content on your TV via Broadband. YouView’s...
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Argos TV Closes Down
TV shopping channel Argos TV has closed down. The TV version of the laminated book of dreams started broadcasting in 2011, showcasing hundreds of products found in Argos catalogues in their high street...
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Drama TV channel launches
A new TV channel, Drama, has launched today, the 8th of July 2013. The channel promises to show best of British drama from the last 40 years, including popular UK drama series such as Auf Wiedersehen...
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FrequencyCast March 2015 Show
Our news section has been very quiet of late, so we thought we’d wake it up with a reminder about our podcast. FrequencyCast is a technology radio show that looks at TV and Technology news here in the...
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FrequencyCast Radio Show June 2015
Listeners to our online radio show FrequencyCast may be interested to know that we’ve just released our latest episode. This covers TV and Technology news here in the UK. The latest show, number 112...
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