Top Up TV Anytime boxes will be shipping next week - media website Digital Spy have revealed. More details are available at http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds40193.html.
Archive for November, 2006
A new MHEG service called Teletext Games has appeared on channel number 103. A reboot of your set top box is required in order to pick up this new service. As the name suggests, this will be a gaming service utilising MHEG capabilities - similar to how YooPlay Games used to work before it closed down. At present, there is no MHEG displaying on the new Teletext Games channel (or any other content for that matter). The service is rumoured to be launching in the New Year. More news as we get it.
New broadband TV service, BT Vision, will launch on Monday. BT Vision is similar to Top Up TV Anytime - whereby you can record TV, watch catch-up TV, films and all the normal Freeview channels. The BT Vision box holds up to 80 hours worth of TV. A BT Broadband connection is required for this service, and most of the content is pay-as-you-go. Catch-up TV will only have Channel 4 content upon launch - with BBC and ITV content said to be launching next year. More news as we get it.
More information is available on the official BT Vision website at www.btvision.bt.com.
It is thought the first batch of Top Up TV Anytime boxes will finally be shipped by Christmas. It is thought these boxes will be sent out to people who signed up to the service before the 31st October. Any people who signed up after this date aren’t likely to get their boxes until the new year. Top Up TV Anytime has been testing on the 3 video streams on DTT for quite some time now, but no one has their DVR boxes yet. More news as we get it.
The TOPUPTV PROMO channel has returned after a brief absense. It can be found on channel number 43. However, at the moment, the channel is just a blank screen - a placeholder for the return of the promo loop with Craig Doyle? More news as we get it.
It is rumoured that the CBBC channel is to extend its hours - but maybe not on Freeview. This news is in the very early stages, so check back when we have more on this - if it develops into something. Media Guardian reports “Digital channel CBBC could be on air until 10pm under plans being considered by the BBC children’s controller, Richard Deverell.”
Film4 +1 has replaced Quiz Call on Freeview channel 32. A rescan is needed to pick up the new channel name - as without a rescan, the channel will still be named as Quiz Call with a Film4 +1 picture.
It is rumoured ITV will be launching a film channel next year. This has not been confirmed as yet, but could mean reduced hours for ITV Play on Freeview - if the rumoured film channel was to launch on Freeview - or the creation of more channel space for ITV on DTT. More news as we get it.
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