http://www.digital-tv.co.uk Get set for digital! Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:05:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en OFT repeated cry of regulation Project Kangaroo, working title for the joint on-demand venture between the BBC, ITV and Channel 4, has been referred for investigation by the Competition Commission after the Office of Fair Trading concluded that there was a danger that the platform could become too big and could ... http://www.digital-tv.co.uk/blog/oft-kangaroo.html Can I get a rebrand? Freeview Playback, the brand used to advertise the pause-record-rewind functionality first introduced by Sky way back in 2001, is to be sensibly rebranded as  "Freeview +" keeping it in line with both Sky+ and Virgin Media's V+. This change is set to be closely by a significant ... http://www.digital-tv.co.uk/blog/freeview-plus.html 3 for the price of 1 Usually picking out the Friday Feeling choice movie isn't really hard work – with literally hundreds of channels to watch, looking for the pick of the week is like searching for the proverbial diamond in the dog poo; it doesn't take very long. However this ... http://www.digital-tv.co.uk/blog/friday-feeling-spoilt-for-choice.html Trouble in the Jackson family Soap opera EastEnders will tackle the issue of child sex abuse in what could potentially be a controversial storyline, the BBC has announced. The plot will involve Bianca Jackson's 15 year old stepdaughter Whitney, played by Shona McGarty - pictured right - and her stepfather Tony who ... http://www.digital-tv.co.uk/blog/eastenders-childx-abuse.html The world's most watched TV show gets slammed The popular motoring programme Top Gear has been criticised by the BBC's independent watchdog for glamorising drink-driving. The BBC Trust said that a special edition of the programme broadcast last July in which presenters Jeremy Clarkson and James May raced to the North Pole, ... http://www.digital-tv.co.uk/blog/topgear-drink-driving.html Scottish Premier League football clubs are rejoicing after it was announced yesterday that Setanta, the satellite company that currently hold the rights to screen live Clydesdale Bank Premier League action, has renewed a deal to screen live matches from Scotland, at double the price they paid for the privilege four ... http://www.digital-tv.co.uk/blog/setanta-sp-contract.html 1080p for all, at last Word on the street is that since the launch of Freesat a couple of months ago, take up of HD TV equipment has really started to take off. According to sales figures, there are approximately 10 million HD TV sets currently in use in British households, ... http://www.digital-tv.co.uk/blog/hd-tv-in-the-uk.html Sky supersize Hi-Def telly package price With the take up of HD TV in the UK soaring since the arrival of the HD video formats, next-gen gaming consoles and now Freesat, Sky have upped the ante on the competition by slashing nearly £100 off of the asking price of its high ... http://www.digital-tv.co.uk/blog/sky-hd-slas.html I have a cunning plan… Cate Blanchett delivers one of her most memorable roles as Elizabeth (9:00pm Tonight, More4), which documents the rise of one of the most prominent figures from British history, and the early years of her reign. As a Protestant and a reformist, she has more enemies than she ... http://www.digital-tv.co.uk/blog/friday-feeling-elizabeth.html More Prime Time Reality Family Fun Amateur choir is to be given a prime-time face-lift on a new show hosted by Myleen Klass and Nick Knowles. Last Choir Standing, to be shown on BBC1, will scour the country for the choir with the most talent, passion and pizzazz. The two presenters ... http://www.digital-tv.co.uk/blog/last-choir-standing-coming-soon.html