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Sky2, from December 25 at 10am: Sky’s offering fantasy fans another chance to see its trio of Terry Pratchett adaptations, kicking off with the seasonally-appropriate Hogfather, starring David Jason and the late Ian Richardson. It’s the festive season on the Discworld – but the local dispenser of gifts to children, the Hogfather, has gone missing, so Death ( […]

Barry Fox’s Inside View The news that Toshiba is due to launch ‘no-glasses’ 3D television sets in Japan in time for Christmas looks sure to trigger a rash of me-too announcements from other major manufacturers. As the Toshiba press release was garbled and technically incorrect, it might be useful to get a few facts straight. There is nothing new in ‘autoster […]

Chinese news channel CNC World is launching in the UK on January 1. The channel, which launched 12 months ago in the Asia-Pacific region and North America, will be available on Hot Bird at 13° East and Eurobird at 28.5° East. The English-language channel aims to provide a Chinese perspective on breaking news and major political, economic and cultural develop […]

Top Up TV is planning to offer Sky Sports on digital terrestrial using a CAM instead of a set-top box with built-in conditional access. Viewers with suitable TVs or set-top boxes will be able to buy a Nagravision CAM and insert a viewing card, instead of completely new equipment. However, the CAM will only be compatible with the new CI+ Common Interface, and […]

News Corp's move to take over Sky has been approved by European business regulators. UK media regulator Ofcom still needs to decide whether the merger will reduce the range and variety of news and media outlets for consumers. The European Commission's investigation was focussed on the risk of creating a monopoly which could affect the provision of […]

The GuidePlus+ electronic programme guide data signal will be withdrawn from its ITV1 analogue terrestrial host channel on December 31. It means that some legacy equipment by Bang & Olufsen, JVC, Panasonic, Philips, Pioneer, Sharp and Sony won’t have an EPG or they will need to be adjusted to run the Freeview digital TV EPG if possible.  Analogue GuidePl […]

From December 20, Sky1 (+HD): Following the success of its series of short films last Christmas, Sky1’s commissioned a similar project for this year – rounding up some of Britain’s biggest comedy names to produce  a set of autobiographical short films. Subscribers to the Sky 3D service will get a Christmas treat; Meera Syal’s Little Crackers short is being s […]

Aerial installers in Kent are incorrectly claiming you'll need a new aerial for Freeview HD or even to use Freeview+ 'trick play' features. TV Aerial & Satellite Installers claim 'some of the older aerials do not have full signal support for all Freeview HD Digital channels and the Plus record, pause and rewind capabilities'. As […]

Consumer electronics giant Samsung will launch set-top boxes and TVs with built-in Freesat in 2011. Wotsat was yesterday treated to a brief but exclusive preview of Samsung's HD zapper box for Freesat. The box has one of the smartest versions of the Freesat EPG, in Full HD, we've yet seen, and Freesat is keen for Samsung to integrate its Smart TV a […]