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Guide highlighting Digital TV benefits to be Published

Angeline — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:38:08 +0000

A freshly developed guide that would be published in a very short time is expected to highlight the advantages of the digital TV services. It is believed that the fresh digital TV guide would be distributed among homes across the Cotswolds.

It was confirmed by Digital UK that guidance would highlight the measures to be taken when homes were purchasing set-top boxes of Freeview or those bought from broadband providers that also offers digital TV such as BT and Virgin Media, to make sure that even after the changes they could still enjoy TV.

Meanwhile, the Cotswold journal has reported that the process that involves a couple of stages would start of the 24th of March.

Meanwhile, Digital UK’s regional manager for the south west, Bill Taylor said that with the arrival of the new year, and resolutions fresh in the minds of the people, this could be a good time to ponder over significant changes to the way people watched television.

The news of the publishing of the new digital TV guide has come after an important confirmation from Sky that the 3D digital TV service of its own would be launched later in the year.

The Digital TV Switchover in Gloucestershire Round the Corner

Mersault — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:38:18 +0000

It has been reported that as the Gloucestershire County’s switchover to digital TV was inching closer to realization, the people in the County have been urged to be prepared for the historical event.

According to a report published in the Forester, a good number of homeowners were yet to buy set-top boxes or relevant services from the broadband TV service providers such as BT Vision to be prepared for the event while the date for the area’s switchover announced officially has been in April and June in 2011.

The assistant manager of Digital UK for the south west, David Farwig said that the customers served by the transmitter at Ridge Hill, could be affected by the potential changes.

Farwig added that a great number of people in the county have already switched to digital TV, and with only a few months to go for the big switchover day, they were urging every viewers of analogue television to be prepared.

It was revealed earlier this month that the BBC Trust was supporting Project Canvas, the freshly proposed digital TV service.

Price-Comparison Websites to be Accredited by Ofcom

admin — Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:44 +0000

BillMonitor, a price comparison website that serves by highlighting cheaper mobile phone deals through the monitoring of online bills has been accredited by Ofcom, the telecoms regulator of the United Kingdom. The price comparing calculator of BillMonitor, had provided the watchdog a scheme logo for price accreditation to meet the terms of a stringent independent audit. The audit strives to help Ofcom as well as the other customers to know whether the information provided to them by the companies are up-to-date, accurate, comprehensive, transparent and accessible.

Incidentally, BillMonitor price comparison website becomes the first one of its kind to have their price comparison machine accredited by the regulator of telecoms. The operational mode of the service is all about the analysis of historical patterns to bode future usage. It keeps the users updated on various updated money saving policies, in accordance to the changing price plans of the networks.

Meanwhile, a research undertaken by Ofcom revealed that about 57 percent of the people were highly prone to go shopping, provided reliable information on calculating the cheapest deals as well as identifying the most economic store. Beside, 50 percent of the users were more likely to rely on a price comparison website that was accredited by Ofcom, according to the survey.

Alongside, a fresh price accreditation scheme logo also has been unveiled by Ofcom that could be used by all accredited services to display the reliability and transparency of their calculators of price comparison. The regulator had also accredited a broadband and digital TV price comparison website, apart from an exclusive broadband comparison site, previously.

Broadband video downloads

broadband enthusiast — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 20:48:40 +0000

A number of broadcasters are planning to provide video download service with the support of broadband internet connections. The Guardian states that the Entitled Project Kangaroo, the proposal, is thought to be under discussion by the BBC, ITV and Channel 4. This would allow the customers to download episodes of their most wanted soaps from the same place.

From a reliable source, it was found out that the project intended to “do for broadband what Freeview did for digital televisions”. According to the information given by The Guardian, it is to be noted that the service is likely to have been stimulated by the digital TV facility Freeview and is also legally responsible to face examination from broadcast regulator Ofcom.

In the intervening time, the recently launched broadband service by ITV is anticipated to make available the access to a range of programmes to the public, including This Morning and The X Factor.