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Massive Price Drop On TechniSat HDFS

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:03:30 +0000

The highly rated TechniSat HDFS Freesat HD receiver has seen a massive price drop over the past week which now puts it firmly in contention with the cheaper Humax FOXSAT-HD. The TechniSat HDFS originally retailed for £199 but recent trade price drops and price matching has meant that this fantastic unit can be picked up brand [...]

BBC iPlayer To Launch On TechniSat, Harvard

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:25:57 +0000

We have been tipped off that TechniSat will be receiving BBC iPlayer as part of their new software update due for release on the 16th March 2010. In the same week, and maybe on the same day, Harvard Group is expected to also launch new software to give access to iPlayer, though at this stage we [...]

Update Scan – 23/02/10

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:17:05 +0000

Latest update scan on all Freesat receivers (23/02/10) 1 Added – 210 CNBC 0 Removed 1 Changed – 402 Information TV frequency change

CNBC To Join Freesat

admin — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:28:21 +0000

It has been confirmed that the Business and financial news channel CNBC will be making its way to Freesat on Tuesday 23rd February 2010. The channel moved from being an encrypted subscription channel on Sky’s news pack to becoming free-to-air (FTA) on 21st January 2010, leading to speculation that it might be launching on Freesat and [...]

Panasonic Launch New Freesat TV Range

admin — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:39:28 +0000

Following what we thought was the expected launch of iPlayer on Panasonic televisions today, it would seem that the secrecy has been over the new range of televisions launching soon, rather than anything else! This is still good news though, especially for those with access to both Freesat and Freeview reception, as the new [...]

Freesat Information Channel Live

admin — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:49:08 +0000

Freesat last evening launched their information channel on 999. Take a look. (we’ll update this page with more information soon)

BBC iPlayer On Panasonic From Mid-February?

admin — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:29:02 +0000

It has been brought to our attention by one of our readers (thanks Mike!) that according to DTG, Panasonic’s current software version is due to be updated on Monday 15th February 2010. We know that Panasonic have been working with the BBC to introduce iPlayer across their range of televisions (following Sony a few weeks back) [...]

Humax Software Update Now OTA

admin — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:00:52 +0000

Humax have released a new software update for the Humax FOXSAT-HDR (version 1.00.13) and Humax FOXSAT-HD (version 1.00.26), which is available for download over-the-air (OTA) today. The update for the FOXSAT-HDR is said to just resolve MHEG issues for iPlayer, whilst the FOXSAT-HD the same plus issues with loss of signal on high-band vertical channels. Do let [...]

Update Scan – 26/01/10

admin — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:32:21 +0000

Latest update scan on all Freesat receivers (26/01/10) 1 Added – 692 Genesis TV 0 Removed 1 Changed – 140 BET frequency change

BBC iPlayer Beta Testing On Sony

admin — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:48:23 +0000

Sony yesterday released their latest software (1.630SA) to enable BBC iPlayer on all their Freesat built-in Sony televisions. If you have one of these televisions, you should now be able to access BBC iPlayer from BBC1 by pressing the red button followed by code 5483. (instructions on how to connect your Sony television to the [...]