The fruits of more than $65 million of investment in digital TV production will be on show for viewers from early July, when pay TV operator Sky launches its new high-definition satellite service and a successor to the MySky digital recorder.
Sky will broadcast Sky Sport 1 and Sky Sport 2, Sky Movies and Sky Movies [...]
by Peter Griffin | from the New Zealand Herald
Digital satellite TV operator Freeview admits a “stuff-up” with its flagship brand of set-top boxes marred the service’s launch, but says the technical glitches are now behind it.
Freeview general manager Steve Browning said it was too early to give accurate Freeview sales figures and that a clear [...]
Here’s the deal: New Zealand rolls out digital TV, claiming that being years behind the rest of the world in doing so means we’ll do it better, learn from the mistakes of others.
So our Freeview consortium goes and accredits only two suppliers of satellite receivers, to the outrage of set-top box importers who want their [...]
This story I wrote for the Herald this week about problems with one of the Freeview satellite receivers sparked a big email response. Interestingly, the email isn’t really coming from consumers who are having problems with the new Zinwell set-top box. It is coming from people in the industry who actually want to sell [...]
A plethora of stories in the Herald today about Freeview free-to-air digital TV which is launched on Wednesday. John Drinnan does an interesting piece about how Freeview might change the competitive landscape. John’s story suggests 30,000 people have already bought the set-top boxes that will allow them to receive satellite digital TV. I think that’s [...]
Here’s a link to my Herald column about TVNZ’s new OnDemand service, which allows you to stream feeds of free-to-air programmes for free and download drama for a fee. It’s worth checking out the website for the archive footage of the Wahine disaster and the 1981 Telethon alone. Those Radio with Pictures clips are also [...]
Turn your computer into TV and video
Friday July 14, 2006
Reviewed by Peter Griffin
A computer can do many things: connect you to the internet, burn DVDs, play music and store all your digital photos. With the addition of a simple tuner card and some software it can also become a television and personal video recorder, capable [...]
I’ve just looked back at the column I wrote following the Government’s announcement and seen the ludicrous intro the subs put on the top of my story. Originally, I’d made some comment about Steve Maharey referring to digital TV as being the biggest thing in the TV industry that he could remember since the switch [...]
I’ve been immersed in discussion on digital TV of late, even went on Media Watch to talk about what it might mean for the country. It was a bad performance so I won’t link to it. Below however are a handful of articles on the subject of Freeview and the coming launch of digital free-to-air [...]