Freesat Sells 100,000 HD Boxes In Five Months, Connects With Sky Dishes

Does Iran really hate the BBC that much?  It certainly looks that way, according to BBC Director-General, Mark Thompson. If you're going to launch a full-scale attack, then do it in style - which is exactly what Iran is...

China's alternative to the US based GPS navigation system has gone live as the country launched its tenth navigational satellite into space. The Beidou project, started in 2000, aims to provide navigational data to the Chinese...

In-car satellite navigation firm TomTom has been forced to withdraw a BBC Top Gear branded navigation device after BBC Worldwide decided to scrap the deal. According to an article on The Telegraph, Top Gear presenter Jeremy...

Humax brings to you the Foxsat HDR which is an award winning twin-tuner Freesat+ digital TV recorder fully loaded with recording capabilities that will capture incredible colour, sound and crisp images of HD channels. The Foxsat...

The US state department has agreed to donate a low six-figure sum to the BBC World Service to help tackle TV and internet censorship in countries like Iran and China. The deal, which is first of its kind, will see the...

Canadian company Microsat is planning to launch 78 satellites into space to provide the backbone for a robust new Internet infrastructure. The CommStellation system will be launched by Microsat Systems Canada Inc. using six...

Erik 'Tree' Huggers, the director of the Future Media & Technologies division at the BBC, is to leave the broadcaster for sunnier climes, becoming the general manager of Intel's Digital Home Group based out of...

A BBC Trust review has found that the BBC Red Button needs to have its distribution costs reduced and work to increase its audience reach.The review, which was initiated by the Trust in 2009, found that although the Red Button...

BBC has announced that it will launch the BBC One HD channel on the 3rd of November, simulcasting it with BBC One, on Freesat HD and Freeview HD. Viewers will be able to tune in on Freeview channel 50, Sky channel 143 and Virgin...

The Conservative/Liberal government has highlighted plans to use a portion of the BBC TV Licence fees to fund the expansion of high speed broadband in the country if needed. The coalition government revealed, in its programme...

Sky boss Mike Darcy has written an open letter to the Guardian carping about the BBC's plans to pump licence-payers' cash into video on demand service Project Canvas. Petulant from the off, Darcy even complains about Sky being...

The National Press Association is clearly unhappy about the launch of a number of news-oriented iPhone Apps by the BBC by April 2010 and this is certainly an opinion that has to be respected. However, they are likely to...

BBC has announced that it will be extending its Freeview BBC iPlayer beta trials with an official release of codes that will enable the public to access the beta iteration of the much-awaited service. However, the beta version...

Both ITV iPlayer and BBC's popular iPlayer video on demand services will be available on the rapidly growing Freesat Free to air satellite service over the next few months.The managing director of Freesat, Emma Scott, has...

Freeview HD is set to debut in the UK within the next five months thanks to the BBC which expects the standard to cover half of the UK population by the time the World Cup starts in South Africa in 2010.Manchester and London will...