Sky Sports on Freeview – can you use a CAM?
While many are eager for the chance to watch some top class football without installing a satellite dish, not everyone wants to have a dedicated receiver sitting under their TV just for a couple of...
View ArticleSky Sports on Freeview – how do you get it?
Now that Sky Sports 1 and 2 are available on terrestrial TV, a lot of people are wondering just what equipment they need to receive it, and what it will cost. Essentially there are two ways to get the...
View ArticleThe future for CAMs
When I wrote about Sky Sports on Freeview a couple of weeks ago, I mentioned that one possible outcome may be the ability to use a CI Plus module with some receivers. Before people get too excited,...
View ArticleCalling time on Sky Sports via a CAM?
When Sky Sports was launched as an add-on to Freeview by TopUpTV and BT Vision, quite a few people wondered if they’d be able to use a CAM – the module into which a subscription card fits, which itself...
View ArticleOfcom rules against Sky on CAMs for TopUpTV
Now you’ll be able to get Sky Sports on Freeview without a set-top box A few months ago, I wrote about how to get Sky Sports on Freeview (strictly ‘digital terrestrial television’, before someone...
View ArticlePanasonic Convention roundup
I spent two days this week at the Panasonic Convention, held in London’s Excel Centre. The Convention is an annual event where Panasonic shows off its new European product ranges to both press and...
View ArticleBT goes multi-cast – awkward for TopUpTV?
A story on The Register today says that BT is planning upgrades to its network that will support multi-cast, which is good news for digital TV, but buried away in the middle is a comment that may be...
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