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Entertainment
3:56PM Nick Broughall | If you own a TiVo, you’ll probably notice a slight change happening over the next week or so, as the option to “Watch TV” is twisted to instead say “Watch Freeview”. Confusion FTW!! More »
TiVo Now Pushing The Freeview Mantra
3:56PM Nick Broughall | If you own a TiVo, you’ll probably notice a slight change happening over the next week or so, as the option to “Watch TV” is twisted to instead say “Watch Freeview”. Confusion FTW!! More » 
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1:42PM Nick Broughall | Just following up on this little story from last week — yesterday DViCo’s Aussie distributor, Also Technologies, issued a statement saying they were removing the UK Freeview logo from their marketing, plus materials and packaging, to “avoid confusion”. It’s a shame that the small company has to be the ones to try and stifle all the confusion created by Freeview in Australia, but when the big dogs set your lawyers after you, what’s a small company to do? More »
DViCO Backs Down On Freeview Issue
1:42PM Nick Broughall | Just following up on this little story from last week — yesterday DViCo’s Aussie distributor, Also Technologies, issued a statement saying they were removing the UK Freeview logo from their marketing, plus materials and packaging, to “avoid confusion”. It’s a shame that the small company has to be the ones to try and stifle all the confusion created by Freeview in Australia, but when the big dogs set your lawyers after you, what’s a small company to do? More »
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2:36PM Nick Broughall | So earlier today when I said that DViCo was Freeview badged? Turns out that they stuck the logo on without actually jumping through Freeview’s anti-ad skipping hoops. Which could be a win for potential customers. More »
Freeview Lays The Smackdown On DViCo
2:36PM Nick Broughall | So earlier today when I said that DViCo was Freeview badged? Turns out that they stuck the logo on without actually jumping through Freeview’s anti-ad skipping hoops. Which could be a win for potential customers. More »
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4:00PM Nick Broughall | On the back of their new ad campaign being launched last night, today Freeview have announced which companies will be releasing Freeview badged equipment. And there are some biggies in there. More »
Freeview Announces Its Launch Partners
4:00PM Nick Broughall | On the back of their new ad campaign being launched last night, today Freeview have announced which companies will be releasing Freeview badged equipment. And there are some biggies in there. More »
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11:00AM Nick Broughall | The Freeview marketing campaign rolled on over the weekend, with the second commercial being shown on all the FTA networks at 6:29 last night. But does it clear up all the confusion over extra channels? Hell no! More »
Second Freeview Ad Still Doesn’t Explain Anything, Promises 5 Free New Channels
11:00AM Nick Broughall | The Freeview marketing campaign rolled on over the weekend, with the second commercial being shown on all the FTA networks at 6:29 last night. But does it clear up all the confusion over extra channels? Hell no! More »
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2:00PM Nick Broughall | Finally, the people at Freeview have made a wise decision. According to Sally Jackson at The Australian, they have voted unanimously to include the EPG for community television stations in their broadcast EPG. That is, once Community TV goes digital. More »
Community TV EPG TO Feature On Freeview
2:00PM Nick Broughall | Finally, the people at Freeview have made a wise decision. According to Sally Jackson at The Australian, they have voted unanimously to include the EPG for community television stations in their broadcast EPG. That is, once Community TV goes digital. More »
Entertainment
1:14PM Nick Broughall | Digital Products Group, the company behind Beyonwiz, Homecast and now Slingbox being in Australia, have announced that their Beyonwiz and Homecast products will be co-branded with Freeview from May 1. More »
Freeview Coming To A Beyonwiz DVR Near You
1:14PM Nick Broughall | Digital Products Group, the company behind Beyonwiz, Homecast and now Slingbox being in Australia, have announced that their Beyonwiz and Homecast products will be co-branded with Freeview from May 1. More »
Networks
2:00PM Nick Broughall | After months of not saying anything much at all regarding its second SD digital channel, the Nine network has confirmed that rather than just time-shifting content, there’ll be a heap of original programming. And by original, we of course mean repeats of old sitcoms. More »
Channel 9’s Second Digital Channel Could Be A Cross Between TV1 And FOX8
2:00PM Nick Broughall | After months of not saying anything much at all regarding its second SD digital channel, the Nine network has confirmed that rather than just time-shifting content, there’ll be a heap of original programming. And by original, we of course mean repeats of old sitcoms. More »
Screens
2:00PM Nick Broughall | If any of you happened to read the Herald Sun article on Monday entitled “Clock ticks for plasmas, LCDs” by Peter Familari and were wondering “what the f%*k?! How can a brand new TV be obsolete in less than 2 months?”, you can now rest easy. The article is a load of rubbish. It’s actually pretty unbelievable just how wrong the story is, even though the underlying issue is well worth looking at. More »
Don’t Panic! Your TV Will Not Stop Working After May 1
2:00PM Nick Broughall | If any of you happened to read the Herald Sun article on Monday entitled “Clock ticks for plasmas, LCDs” by Peter Familari and were wondering “what the f%*k?! How can a brand new TV be obsolete in less than 2 months?”, you can now rest easy. The article is a load of rubbish. It’s actually pretty unbelievable just how wrong the story is, even though the underlying issue is well worth looking at. More »
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10:30AM Nick Broughall | What started out as a funny, accurate and refreshing take on the farce that is Freeview in Australia has grown into something much uglier. UPDATED. More »
Did Freeview Pull Down That Parody Ad? (UPDATED: Yes, They Did)
10:30AM Nick Broughall | What started out as a funny, accurate and refreshing take on the farce that is Freeview in Australia has grown into something much uglier. UPDATED. More » 
