There are 13 articles written in September 2009
posted on 30 September 2009Ofcom publishes a regular update of progress in the digital TV market in the UK, designed to assess how prepared UK consumers are for Digital Switchover (DSO).; The report illustrates the sheer scale of digital TV penetration in the UK.; Digital terrestrial television (DTT), as the name suggests, is digital TV received through a terrestrial ae... [read more]
posted on 28 September 2009In preparation for the launch of high definition TV (HDTV) on Freeview and to ensure better coverage of Channel ;5, all Freeview boxes require retuning this week.; This affects over 20 million Freeview boxes and 5 million integrated digital TV sets (IDTVs). The retuning is required due to a change in frequencies used to broadcast more than 50 F... [read more]
posted on 25 September 2009The 3DTV bandwagon is gathering momentum, driven by a combination of the digital TV and chip manufacturers, electrical retailers and digital TV broadcasters like Sky in the UK. ; Justin Rattner, Intel's chief technology officer speaking in San Francisco was pushing 3DTV hard,; He said this week "It seems like there is an announcement every week... [read more]
posted on 25 September 2009Project Kangaroo was the much publicized project to create a standard platform for catch-up TV and on-demand content online.; It was initiated by the BBC and was a joint venture between ITV, Channel 4 and BBC Worldwide.; If successful, it would have provided content from all those channels in a single application - rather like iPlayer but much... [read more]
posted on 24 September 2009Sky Player, as the name suggests, is Sky's version of the iPlayer, accessible online via sky.com.; It shows free and paid for digital TV content. Sky has announced that Sky Player will be available on Xbox in October. Xbox Live Gold members ;will be able to download the application, but only Sky TV subscribers with the relevant Sky Movies and S... [read more]
posted on 23 September 2009Lord Carter's much publicized "Digital Britain" Report made a "universal broadband access" commitment, such that all UK homes should be able to receive a basic broadband service with a speed of 2 Mbs by 2012.; The Report also set relatively ambitious goals for the roll-out of fibre optic broadband which will allow super-fast broadband speeds, w... [read more]