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Archive for December, 2006
NHS Direct - the new Interactive service - has launched on Freeview. After the placeholder message appearing on Sky Text’s homepage on Freeview a short while back, it has now officially launched. Just go to the Sky Text channel on Freeview and press blue to access NHS Direct.
Ofcom has published a report, which reveals that three out of four households now watch digital television. It says 9.3 million houses in the UK have DTT on at least one TV. Sales for boxes have skyrocketed and continue to do so. This is now even more the case as people are snapping up set top boxes for Christmas. The report also details increases in Cable and Satellite subscriptions.
The report is available at http://ofcom.org.uk/media/news/2006/12/nr_20061220
Heart (the radio station) has now officially launched on Freeview on channel number 728. The channel is regionalised, meaning you will get the London feed if you live in London, and either East Midlands or West Midlands feeds if you live there.
There is a new message on the Sky Text channel’s MHEG screen on Freeview stating Sky Text is coming soon to their service.
NHS Direct was once thought to be launching on a channel on its own as an MHEG service, but it now seems it will launch as an additional MHEG service on Sky Text’s EPG slot.
It will be launching in 2007. More news as we get it.
The BBC are to trial a new on-demand idea with 300 Digital Terrestrial viewers across London. This will be a very similar idea to Top Up TV Anytime. The people involved with the trial will receive a PVR box - which automatically downloads 50 hours worth of BBC programming every week - and allows for 50 hours worth of additional programmes, which can be recorded to it from any Freeview channel. It is unknown whether this is related to the recent “hidden” BBC tests (using channel 302 bandwidth) - which were video streams showing a menu-based system indicating choices of programmes. More news as we get it.
The Top Up TV Promo channel feed is now back on air. The channel returned a while back, but the video is now showing on the channel - with Craig Doyle presenting. The video is shown on a loop.
BT Vision setup costs are £60 (installation fee) plus £30 (connection fee). It runs off a set top box called a V-box - which also includes a free BT wireless router for certain BT Broadband customers. For BT Vision to work, you must subscribe to BT Broadband. Prices for content on the service varies - movies start from £1.99 each, music from 29p and other shows from 49p (TV shows from 79p and kids programmes from 49p). Subscription is month by month - no annual contract. Subscription is either £6 per month (for either TV shows, kids programmes or music videos), and £9 per month for TV shows and TV Replay. BT Vision runs through your broadband connection - IPTV (Internet Protocol Television).
More information - www.btvision.bt.com
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