JAMES JANNARD RED CAMERAS.

James Jannard may be a new name to most but very soon the name will be better known outside the U.S.A. A 56 year old family man with four children who lives in San Juan Washington State.
James Jannard is the man behind the famous glasses frames we all know as Oakley and relatively unknown outside of the U.S. Some pairs of the Thump sunglasses for example have over 125 parts in them made up with the MP3 ability. He also founded a company in 2005 called Red.
What is Red ?
Red is a company who amazingly offer a 4k digital video camera which means the video is shot at 4,000 lines and not the 1,080 from HD(high definition) at present.
Many film directors are jumping on the Red bandwagon as the return video is miles in front of anything else. Who knows maybe an a couple of years HD may have to move over for Red technology.
The U.S. are already selling these new types of the Red technology in the shape of a 3k camera (called Scarlet), a 4k camera and a 5k camera.
The price needs to come down a lot unless you are keen, the Scarlet (3k) comes in at around $3,000 in the U.S.
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FREESAT TV AND RADIO CHANNELS LISTING UPDATE.

FREESAT TV AND RADIO CHANNELS LISTING UPDATE.

Many people ask us what TV and Radio Channels are available on the FREESAT TV platform and of the biggest problems for us is the fact they platform keeps getting larger and bigger almost weekly.

The authors of this Blog try to give the best Freesat information available and we have many website ready and waiting for the next stage of Freesat Multimedia and Broadband services.

Further information with Freesat TV and Radio Listings can be found on our dedicated FREESAT CHANNELS website including additional information not listed here.

EPG Channel Details and Freesat Channel Box numbers.

101 BBC One
102 BBC Two
103 ITV
104 Channel 4
104 S4C Digidol
106 BBC Three
107 BBC Four
108 BBC HD
113 ITV
115 ITV +1
116 ITV3 +1
117 ITV4
120 S4C Digidol
120 Channel
122 E4
124 More
135 Zone Romantica
137 Zone Thriller
200 BBC News Channel
201 BBC Parliment
202 S4C2
203 Al Jazeera English
204 EuroNews
300 Film4
302 True Movies
303 True Movies
304 Movies4Men
306 Movies4Men
402 Wedding TV
411 Overseas Property TV
450 Men & Motors
500 Chart Show TV
501 The Vault
502 Scuzz
503 Bubble Hits
504 B4U Music
600 CBBC Channel
601 CBeebies
602 CITV Channel
603 Pop
604 Pop Girl
605 Tiny Pop
650 Teachers' TV.

Freesat Radio listings can be found on our dedicated Freesat Channels by clicking on the Freesat Channels link above?

More Updates to follow soon!

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SATELLITE ENTERTAINMENT LTD FINED BY OFCOM.

26|08|08

Ofcom fines Satellite Entertainment Ltd for Broadcasting Code breaches

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COMPARE FREE TV TO SUBSCRIPTION TELEVISION.

COMPARE FREE TV TO SUBSCRIPTION TELEVISION.

COMPARE FREE TV TO SUBSCRIPTION TELEVISION and view at a glance the true cost of digital TV.

SKY, VIRGIN MEDIA, FREEVIEW AND FREESAT are saturating British Television with all sorts of programming from Childrens programmes to Adult programmes.
While deciding which TV subscription to go for consider all the new type viewing and future TV set you will buy. Many new viewers are going for the latest "all singing, all dancing" TV sets which compliment their chosen type of viewing.
FREEVIEW;
In U.K. there is an estimated 9.6 million Freeview boxes and an estimated 73% of U.K. can view it, many of course get very bad reception which is forcing them to think again about the type of viewing which will let them see all available channels.
U.K. viewers can buy a Freeview box and those in good reception area's already know the benefit of a Freeview box for as little as £20 with no ongoing fee except their TV licence.
Main benefits of Freeview : no ugly satellite dish, no ongoing monthly suscription, programmes cater for all ages.

VIRGIN MEDIA;
In U.K. there is an estimated 3.0 million Virgin Media viewers and it is possible for more than 50% of U.K. viewers to receive it. The basic Virgin Media package can start at around £11 but can climb to an astronomical £120 plus per month. On top of this fee you will also have your TV licence fee.
Main benefits of Virgin Media : no need for ugly satellite dish.

SKY;
In U.K. there is an estimated 8.89 million and the reach is estimated at 98% of U.K. viewers who can receive it. The basic Sky package can be bought for £16 a month. On top of your chosen monthly subscripion you will still have to pay your licence fee.
Main benefit of Sky TV : for those who can afford the different packages come a wide choice of programmes.

FREESAT;
As a completely new TV platform freesat has not released official information figures so we have taken these figures from official sources.
In U.K. there is an estimated 492,000 viewers who watch the freesat from Sky version. It is suggested that once the free channels migrate to freesat from Sky and the addition of other freesat channels we could see a mass exodus over to freesat.
With a 98% U.K. viewing coverage exactly the same as Sky then most viewers will be able to view it. The basic freesat set top box will cost approx. £50 with no ongoing subscriptions. On top of this you will still have your TV licence fee.
Main benefits of freesat ; Multimedia future proofed which no other system has, no ongoing subscription fees, top quality HD channels for free.

Conclusion; Although the names suggest Freeview and freesat are free this is not the case as we all still have to find a licence fee. For those with excellent reception with Freeview are the luckiest viewers in the U.K.
Sky TV is seen as a company who revolutionized viewers experience in the U.K. and in return the U.K. viewer has for years suffered the greed of big business in the form of escalatory monthly subscriptions and a hate for adverts which they believe they have paid for with their subscriptions.
Virgin Media similar to Sky TV which although has 3.0 million subscribers the cost is formidable.
freesat! freesat is the future; with multimedia ability which no other satellite receiver mentioned here has, add to this no ongoing fees to watch the exact same programming and you have to consider this;; free channels already on the Sky platform which subscribers are paying for will soon be on freesat and cost nothing.
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BEIJING OLYMPICS UNCOVERS INDIA'S JEWEL IN THE CROWN.

BEIJING OLYMPICS UNCOVERS INDIA'S JEWEL IN THE CROWN.

बेजिंग ओलंपिक में ढूँढता है भारत के ज्वेल का मुकुट है .

BEIJING OLYMPICS REVEALS INDIA'S JEWEL IN THE CROWN during the Olympic games from Beijing in the shape of India's first ever individual gold medalalist.
In a country which has an estimated; 1,130,000,000 people this is quite amazing and in a country which has always reflected indifference to the world Olympic sports arena.
India managed to get three medals in Beijing; in the 75kg boxing they won a bronze, and another bronze in the mens freestyle 66kg wrestling.
India's hero who will go down in history is Abhinav Bindra who won the gold medal in shooting in the men's 100m air rifle.
The gold medal has made Abhinav a household name in India and you can be sure many young Indians will be starting to train for the 2012 Olympics in London after Abhinav's perfect performance.
A country with so many people must have loads of untapped talent and it is all the more amazing that Abhinav Bindra was the first ever individual gold medalist.

Out of respect of India's Olympic Achievements we have translated the above comment.

बेजिंग ओलंपिक में भारत का पता चलता है ज्वेल में ताज के दौरान बीजिंग में ओलंपिक खेलों के आकार से भारत के पहले कभी सोने की व्यक्तिगत medalalist . एक ऐसे देश में जो एक अनुमान के अनुसार , 1130000000 लोगों में यह काफी आश्चर्यजनक है और एक देश है , जिसे हमेशा उदासीनता परिलक्षित करने के लिए दुनिया के ओलिंपिक खेल मैदान . भारत का प्रबंधन कर पाने के लिए बीजिंग में तीन पदक ; 75kg मुक्केबाजी में वे एक कांस्य जीता है , और पीतल की एक और कुश्ती में mens फ्री 66kg . नायक जाएगा जो भारत के इतिहास में अभिनव बिंद्रा है जो स्वर्ण पदक जीता में 100 पुरुषों की शूटिंग में एयर राइफल हैं . इस स्वर्ण पदक अभिनव ने भारत में एक घर के नाम से किया जा सकता है और आप निश्चित करें कि कई युवा भारतीयों को प्रशिक्षित करने के लिए शुरू की जाएगी 2012 के ओलंपिक के लिए लंदन में प्रदर्शन के बाद अभिनव की पूर्ण है . देश में एक साथ इतने सारे लोगों का भार अप्रयुक्त प्रतिभा होनी चाहिए और यह सब किया गया था और अधिक आश्चर्यजनक है कि अभिनव बिंद्रा का पहला स्वर्ण पदक विजेता व्यक्तिगत है .
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BEIJING TAEKWONDO BLIND JUDGES.

BEIJING TAEKWONDO BLIND JUDGES.

BEIJING TAEKWONDO JUDGES are in bad need of glasses. Over the past few days it has already been echoed about the poor judgements being given in the Taekwondo arena.
In the graphics you will clearly see the GB Team member Sarah Stevenson being robbed of two points.
The first graphic shot shows the head strike, the second graphic shows the grimace of pain on the opponent and the third graphic clearly shows the extent of the force the opponent was hit.
The fourth graphic at the bottom shows one of the four judges viewing from a different angle as the head strike hits. Click on the graphics for a closer look.
The Taekwondo judges; ALL FOUR OF THEM never seen the hit resulting in a loss instead of a win for part of the GB Team.
Considering this is a Sport famed for respect and etiquette this is a disgrace.
UPDATE ON THIS REPORT;
IN AN AMAZING TURN AROUND SARAH STEVENSON HAS BEEN AWARDED THE EXPECTED TWO POINTS WHICH SHE SHOULD HAVE HAD TO BEGIN WITH. IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT SOMEONE WITH THE SENSE TO VIEW THE VIDEO HAS TAKEN THIS DECISION FOR THE BENEFIT OF SARAH STEVENSON AND THE WHOLE BRITISH TEAM NOT FORGETTING THE GOOD NAME OF TAEKWONDO. IT ALSO REINFORCES OUR BELIEF THAT THE BEIJING OLYMPIC TAEKWONDO TEAM OF JUDGES NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THEMSLVE'S AS THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THE BRITISH TEAM HAVE BEEN PENALISED WRONGLY.

FURTHER UPDATE-

Sarah Stevenson finally earned herself the elusive Olympic taekwondo medal she has craved since her Games début as a teenager in Sydney eight years ago by winning the Bronze medal for Team GB the first medal in the sport. WELL DONE SARAH!
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OFCOM REPORT PEOPLE IN THE UK ARE PAYING LESS.

OFCOM REPORT PEOPLE IN THE UK ARE PAYING LESS.

14|08|08

Communication Nation: UK consumers paying less but getting more

People in the UK are spending more time using communications services than ever before – but paying less for them, according to Ofcom’s latest annual report into the UK’s £51 billion communications industry.

Using more

The 365 page report shows that in 2007 we spent an average of 7 hours and 9 minutes a day using an array of communications services - up by 6 minutes from 2002. This includes watching television, surfing the net, using our mobiles, talking on a landline phone and listening to the radio.

Our mobile and internet use has increased by the greatest amount. Between 2002 and 2007 the time we spent talking and texting on our mobiles doubled, up from 5 minutes to 10 minutes each day. Meanwhile, time spent on PCs and lap-tops has grown fourfold between 2002 and 2007 - from 6 minutes to 24 minutes per person every day.

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TEAM GREAT BRITAINS BEIJING OLYMPICS WORLD RECORDS 20th August 2008.

TEAM GREAT BRITAINS BEIJING OLYMPICS WORLD RECORDS 20th August 2008.

TEAM GREAT BRITAINS BEIJING OLYMPIC WORLD RECORDS will go into the record books as one of the best Olympic Games Great Britain has ever had and we still have four days to go.
Reverberations are already being voiced that Lottery funding is providing excellent training facilities, but surely the credit has to be directed at the new breed of record breaking athletes and their coaches we are fortunate to have.
The British Sporting Spirit has never been so strong and a big thanks for that must go to the excellent first class coverage we are receiving from our BBC. Six and sometimes seven screens plus BBC HD (for those fortunate enough to have either an HD receiver or any of the new freesat boxes; ie; Grundig Gufsat, Bush BFsat, Goodmans GF or the Humax Foxsat) we have never missed any of the action and we are viewing excellent value for our licence fee.
Beijing Olympics record breakers going into the history books from Team GB are;
Rebecca Adlington (Olympic Record)
Rebecca Adlington (Olympic Record)
Rebecca Adlington (World Record)
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Bradley Wiggins (Olympic Record)
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Ed Clancy } (World Record)
Paul Manning } (World Record)
Geraint THomas } (World Record)
Bradley Wiggins } (World Record)
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Ed Clancey } (World Record)
Paul Manning } (World Record)
Geraint Thomas } (World Record)
Bradley Wiggins } (World Record)
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Victoria Pendleton (Olympic Record)
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Chris Hoy (Olympic Record)

Todays total tally amounts to;
16 gold, 10 silver and 11 bronze making the GB medal count at; 37 medals.
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中国奖牌获得者天12。- CHINESE MEDAL WINNERS DAY 12.

中国奖牌获得者天12。
到目前为止这BLOGGER希望祝贺所有奖牌的优胜者获得在北京2008场比赛由Team中国。 队中国显示了世界的人民什么了不起的运动员和竞争者他们可以是。 中国也显示了多么美妙和友好它的人民可以是从世界的访客可以是非常感到骄傲。 当伦敦2012场比赛开始时它看，好象队中国和队GB再所有荣誉的主要竞争者。

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CHINESE MEDAL WINNERS DAY 12.

This BLOGGER wishes to congratulate the winners of all medals so far won at the Beijing 2008 Games by Team China. Team China has shown the peoples of the world just what great athletes and competitors they can be.
China has also shown how wonderful and friendly its peoples can be that visitors from across the world can be very proud of.
When the London 2012 Games start it looks as though Team China and Team GB will be the main contenders for all the honours again.

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Weightlifting.


女子69公斤级
Women's 69 kg class - 刘春红 Liu Chunhong.
女子75公斤级 Women's 75 kg class - 曹磊 Lei Cao.


摔跤 Wrestling.


男子古典式- 74公斤级 Classic men - 74 kg - 常永祥 Chang Yongxiang.
女子自由式- 55公斤级 Women's freestyle - 55 kg - 许莉 Li Xu. 女子自由式- 72公斤级 Women's freestyle - 72 kg - 王娇 Wang Jiao.


游泳 Swimming.



女子200米蝶泳 Women's 200 meters butterfly - 刘子歌 Liu Song - 焦刘洋 Jiao Liu Yang.
女子4x200米自由泳接力 Women's 4 x200-m freestyle relay - 杨雨 , 朱倩蔚 , 谭淼 , 庞佳颖 , 汤景之 Yang Yu, ZHU Qian Wei, Tan Miao, Pang Jiaying, Tang Jingzhi.
女子4x100米混合泳接力 Women's 4 x100-m medley relay - 赵菁 , 孙晔 , 周雅菲 , 庞佳颖 , 徐田龙子 Jing Zhao, Ye Sun, Zhou Yafei and Pang Jiaying, Xu Tian Long.
男子400米自由泳 Men's 400 metres free - 张琳 Zhang Lin. 乒乓球 Table Tennis.
女子团体 Women's - 郭跃 , 张怡宁 , 王楠 Guo Yue, Zhang Yining, Wang Nan.
男子团体 Men - 马琳 , 王皓 , 王励勤 Ma Lin, Wang Hao, Wang Liqin.



跆拳道 Taekwondo - 女子49公斤级.



Women's 49 kg class. 吴静钰 Wu Yu.


网球 Tennis.


女子双打 Women's doubles.
晏紫 , 郑洁 Yan Zi and Zheng Jie.


举重 Weightlifting.


男子56公斤级 56 kg-class men. 龙清泉 Long Chingchuankang.
男子62公斤级 62 kg-class men 张湘祥 ZHANG Xiang Xiang.
男子69公斤级 69 kg-class men 廖辉 Liao Hui.
男子77公斤级 77 kg-class men 李宏利 Hong-Li Li.
男子85公斤级 85 kg-class men 陆永 LU Yong. 女子48公斤级 Women's 48 kg class 陈燮霞 Xia Chen Xie.
女子58公斤级 Women's 58 kg class 陈艳青 Chen Yanqing.


射击 Shooting.


男子10米气步枪 Men's 10 meter air rifle 朱启南 Zhu Qinan.
男子50米手枪 50m pistol men 谭宗亮 Tan Zongliang.
男子10米气手枪 Men's 10 meter Air Pistol - 庞伟 PANG Wei.
男子飞碟双多向 Man to more than double trap - 胡斌渊 Hu Binyuan.
女子50米步枪三种姿势 Women's 50 m rifle three positions.
杜丽 Du Li.


田径 Track and Field.


女子链球 Women's Hammer Throw.
张文秀 Zhang Wenxiu.


羽毛球 Badminton.


男子单打 Men's Singles -林丹 Lindane. 陈金 Chen.
女子单打 Women's Singles - 张宁 Zhang Ning.
谢杏芳 Xie Xingfang.
男子双打 Men's Doubles - 蔡赟 , 傅海峰 Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng.
女子双打 Women's Doubles - 杜婧 , 于洋 Du Jing and Yu Yang. 射击


Shooting.


女子25米手枪 Women's 25 meters pistol - 陈颖 Chen Ying.
女子10米气手枪 Women's 10 meter air pistol - 郭文珺 Guo Wen Jun.


羽毛球 Badminton.


女子双打 Women's doubles - 魏轶力 , 张亚雯 Li Wei Yili and Zhang Yawen.
混合双打 Mixed Doubles - 何汉斌 , 于洋 He Hanbin and Yu Yang.



游泳 Swimming 女子200米自由泳.



Women's 200 meters freestyle - 庞佳颖 Pang Jiaying.
自行车- 场地分项.


Bicycle - sub-venues 女子争先赛.


Woman first to赛 - 郭爽 Guo Shuang.


跳水 Diving.


男子3米跳板 3m Springboard for Men - 何冲 Dr Chong. 秦凯 Qin Kai.
女子3米跳板 Women's Three Meters Springboard - 郭晶晶 Guo Jingjing.
吴敏霞 Wu Minxia.
男子3米双人跳板 Double men three meters springboard - 王峰 , 秦凯 Wang Feng and Qin Kai
. 女子3米双人跳板 Double women's three meters springboard - 郭晶晶 , 吴敏霞 Guo Jingjing, Wu Minxia.
男子10米双人跳台 Men's 10 meter platform diving double - 林跃 , 火亮 LIN Yue, fire. 女子10米双人跳台 Women 10-meter platform diving double - 王鑫 , 陈若琳 Wang Xin, Chen Lin.


击剑 Fencing.


男子佩剑个人 Peijian individual men - 仲满 Zhong Man.
女子佩剑团体 Women's groups Peijian - 倪红 , 谭雪 , 黄海洋 , 包盈盈 NI red, Tan Xue, Huang oceans, Bao Yingying.
竞技体操 Gymnastics. 男子个人全能 Men's individual all-round - 杨威 Yang Wei. 男子自由体操 Men's floor exercise - 邹凯 Zou Kai.
男子鞍马 Men pommel horse - 肖钦 Xiao Qin. 男子吊环 Men rings - 陈一冰 Chen Bing. 杨威 Yang Wei.
男子双杠 Men parallel bars - 李小鹏 Li Xiaopeng.
男子单杠 Horizontal Bar men - 邹凯 Zou Kai. 男子团体 Men - 陈一冰 , 黄旭 , 李小鹏 , 肖钦 , 杨威 , 邹凯 Chen Bing, Huang Xu, Li Xiaopeng, Xiao Qin, Yang Wei, Zou Kai.
女子个人全能 Women's individual all-round - 杨伊琳 Irina Yang.
女子跳马 Women's vault - 程菲 Cheng Fei.
女子高低杠 Women's uneven bars - 何可欣 He Kexin. 杨伊琳 Irina Yang.
女子平衡木 Women's balance beam - 程菲 Cheng Fei. 女子团体 Women's groups - 程菲 , 邓琳琳 , 何可欣 , 江钰源 , 李珊珊 , 杨伊琳 Cheng Fei, Deng Linlin, Ho Ke, Jiang Yu Yuen, Shan-Shan Li, Yang Irina.


蹦床 Trampoline.


男子项目 Man - 陆春龙 Lu Chun.


董栋 Dongdong.

女子项目 Women's - 何雯娜 He Wenna.


柔道 Judo.


女子52公斤级 Women's 52 kg class - 冼东妹 Xian Dong-mei.
女子57公斤级 Women's 57 kg class - 许岩 Yan Xu. 女子78公斤级 Women's 78 kg class - 杨秀丽 Xiu-Li Yang.
女子78公斤以上级 Women's over-78 kg - 佟文 Tong Wen.

射箭 Archery.


女子个人 Women's personal - 张娟娟 Zhang Juanjuan.
男子团体 Men - 薛海峰 , 李文全 , 姜林 Xue Haifeng, Li Wen-wide, Jianglin. 女子团体 Women's groups - 张娟娟 , 陈玲 , 郭丹 Zhang Juanjuan, Chen Ling, Dan Guo.


赛艇 Rowing.

女子双人单桨 Double-propeller woman - 吴优 , 高玉兰 Miss gifted, high-Magnolia.
女子四人双桨 Four women Shuangjiang - 唐宾 , 金紫薇 , 奚爱华 , 张杨杨 TANG Bin, Jin Ziwei, Xi Aihua, Zhang Yang Yang.


帆船 Yacht.


女子帆板 Woman windsurfing - 殷剑 Yin Jian.
女子单人艇-激光雷迪尔级 Single women boats - laser-Lei Dier - 徐莉佳 Xu Lijia.


田径 Track and Field.


女子马拉松 Women's marathon - 周春秀 Zhou Chunxiu.


射击 Shooting.


男子50米步枪三种姿势 Men 50 m rifle three positions - 邱健 QIU Jian.

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TEAM GB SWIMMERS WINS SILVER AND BRONZE 10KM OPEN WATER.

TEAM GB SWIMMERS WINS SILVER AND BRONZE 10KM OPEN WATER.

Team GB swimmers must go down in history as being the greatest a bravest Open Water swimmers the world has ever seen.

Keri-Anne Payne (Silver) and Cassie Patten (Bronze) became the first British swimmers to win Olympic Games medals in the 10km open water race.

The Team GB swimmers were far too strong for the rest of the field in the early stages and led the race all the way up until the last 150 m of this race that was won by the current world record holder from Russia.

We will update this latest Olympic news story shortly.

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BEIJING OLYMPICS U.S.A. MEDAL LIST 19th AUGUST 2008.

BEIJING OLYMPICS U.S.A. MEDAL LIST is very impressive to read with stunning results from the magnificent Michael Phelps picking up gold medals in everything connected with world class swimming. I am sure we will never see such a result again ever. When the great Mark Spitz picked up seven many thought that it would never be beaten but Michael Phelps knew different but I think this time this astounding record will never be beaten.
At this time the U.S.A. have succeded in amassing 26 gold, 26 silver and 27 bronze making a total of 79 medals.

北京奥林匹克中国奖牌名单。

BEIJING OLYMPICS CHINESE MEDAL LIST is amazing and checking over their medal winners many up and coming stars can be seen.
At this time the Chinese lead the games with their medal success's and like other countries they too have had many surprises with 43 gold, 14 silver and 19 bronze which amount to the staggering 76 medals.

OFCOM LICENCE UPDATES.

Television Broadcast Licensing Update July 2008

Television services licensed in this period

Licence Type	Licensee	Service Name
TLCS	Ayngaran International (UK) Limited	Ayngaran-Kalaignar TV
TLCS	Poeckingham Media Limited	Monopol Art TV
TLCS	Dolphin Broadcast Services Limited	Movies 4 Women
TLCS	Dolphin Broadcast Services Limited	Movies 4 Women 2
TLCS	General Entertainment and Music Limited	General Entertainment and Music (GEM) TV
TLCS	New Syria Limited	New Syria TV
TLCS	Shorts International Limited	Shorts TV

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We wonder; how many of these are destined for Freesat ?

BEIJING OLYMPICS TEAM GB MEDAL LIST 19th AUGUST 2008.

BEIJING OLYMPICS TEAM GB MEDAL LIST grows by the day. The Great Britain medal tally has grown again to an amazing 16 gold medals, 9 silver medals and 8 bronze medals to total 33.
The list above can be clicked on for a clear view of who won.
We still have 5 days to go and more shocks are likely as our GB team do us all proud.
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OLYMPIC TEAM GB IN FANTASTIC FORM.

OLYMPIC TEAM GB IN FANTASTIC FORM.


BEIJING OLYMPIC TEAM GB WONDER WEEKEND and still seven days to go.
What a weekend for Team GB which is now showing in third spot overall in the list of medal positions and with still seven days to go it looks like Team GB still have the odd medal to come.
We reckoned there would be shocks and surprises and some have been real shocks but maybe not always to the participants.
GB's excellent shocker came in the form of a 19 year old superb athlete by the name of Louis Smith. Who would have thought that the eighty year old (yes; 80) record would be broken, because it has been that long since Great Britain has won anything in this section. His pommel horse routine was amazing and considering no GB athlete had won a medal for 80 years it shows the sort of ability this future star holds for the 2012 LOndon OLympics.
The final result was;
Gold - Xiao Qin - China
Silver - Filip Ude - Croatia
Bronze - Louis Smith - Great Britain
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For me one of the top performances this weekend has come from Rebecca Romero who turned her sport on it's head by winning a silver medal in the last Olympics(Athens 2004) as part of Team GB in the rowing and exchanging the oars for a bicycle.
She realised her dream in winning the gold medal in the Ladies Pursuit Final in such easy fashion it was a joy to behold and her determination and relief at the finish could be seen in her reaction when she crossed the winning line.
As Rebecca says on her website;
You can but dream……but can you live your dream??
A shade unlucky for Team GB sister member Wendy Houvenaghel that she should be racing against her fellow Team member but her silver medal will always give her solace that she was against the best and the only woman in GB history to have won a medal in two different sports.
The final result was;
Gold - Rebecaa Romero - Great Britain
Silver - Wendy Houvenaghel - Great Britain
Bronze - Lesya Kalitovska - Ukrain

REBECCA ADLINGTON WORLD RECORD GOLD MEDAL 2.

REBECCA ADLINGTON WORLD RECORD GOLD MEDAL 2.

Rebecca Adlington has produced the best swim of all Team GB swimmers at this years Beijing Olympic Games and has shattered the old Women's 800m freestyle by 2.1 seconds.

Team GB swimmers are now on course to be up there with the worlds best swimmers at the next London Olympic games.

Well done Rebecca you have done Team GB proud and really pushed UK swimmers to a new high point!

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BEIJING OLYMPICS TV.

BEIJING OLYMPICS TV.

BEIJING OLYMPICS TV is being broadcast to millions all over the world, and just in case somebody has already missed it, this will probably the biggest TV audience figure of all time.
The graphic above is taken from one of the two Chinese TV channels showing full time Olympics and as you can see they too are interested in there own competitors.
We viewed today the huge effort made by Chris Hoy, Jamie Staff and Jason Kennie to win the Gold Medal for the U.K. so it should come as no surprise all nations will be concentrating on their own competitors and with nine days still to go we will see many shocks and surprises before they curtain comes down on the 24th August 2008.

CHRIS HOY AND TEAM GB TEAM SPRINT WINS GOLD.

CHRIS HOY AND TEAM GB TEAM SPRINT WINS GOLD.

Chris Hoy and his fellow British riders produced the goods to win in fantastic style beating the French team by a huge margin.

Many in the Team GB had tipped Chris Hoy and his fellow team mates of great success here in this Beijing Olympic cycling venue.

Watching the form of Team GB Cycle Squad its clear there is a lot more medals to come and this is shaping up to be Team GB Cycling Olympic Games ever.

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PHELPS WINS GOLD NUMBER 6 FOR TEAM USA.

PHELPS WINS GOLD NUMBER 6 FOR TEAM USA.
M. Phelps wins number 6 gold medals after the 200m ind medaly in yet another world record.
This is one of the most impressive displays by any Olympian in the history of this or any other Olympic games.
With another two Gold Medals to aim for this may well be the greatest Olympian for the next 100 years or longer.
PHELPS will now go down in history as the greatest swimmer of all time, we salute you M. Phelps and wish you well in your personal quest for 8 Golds at the Beijing Olympic Games.

BEIJING OLYMPIC TIMETABLE 15th AUGUST 2008.

BEIJING OLYMPIC TIMETABLE 15th AUGUST 2008.

Hockey 01-30 - 05-00

Athletics 02-00 - 06-25

Basketball 02-00 - 06-00

Beach Volleyball 02-00 - 05-50

Fencing 02-00 - 09-50

Handball 02-00 - 05-15

Shooting 02-00 - 08-00

Table Tennis 02-00 - 05-00

Volleyball 02-00 - 05-30

Softball 02-30 - 07-00

Badminton 03-00 - 06-00

Swimming 03-00 - 04-34

Weightlifting 03-00 - 07-00

Archery 03-30 - 05-30

Baseball 03-30 - 06-30

Artistic Gymnastics 04-15 - 06-14

Baseball 04-30 - 07-30

Judo 05-00 - 09-30

Volleyball 05-30 - 09-00

Sailing 06-00 - 12-00

Water Polo 06-00 - 11-00

Boxing 06-30 - 09-30

Diving 06-30 - 09-30

Handball 07-00 - 10-15

Basketball 07-30 - 11-30

Table Tennis 07-30 - 10-30

Weightlifting 08-00 - 10-30

Archery 09-00 - 11-45

Tennis 09-00 - 15-00

Cycling Track 09-30 - 12-00

Softball 10-00 - 14-30

Baseball 11-00 - 15-00

Beach Volleyball 11-00 - 14-50

Fencing 11-00 - 14-20

Football 11-00 - 14-00

Hockey 11-00 - 15-30

Judo 11-00 - 12-30

Badminton 11-30 - 15-00

Swimming 11-30 - 14-16

Athletics 12-00 - 16-20

Boxing 12-00 - 15-00

Handball 12-00 - 15-15

Weightlifting 12-00 - 14-00

Equestrian 12-15 - 16-15

Table Tennis 12-30 - 15-30

Basketball 13-00 - 17-00

Volleyball 13-00 - 16-30

Football 14-00 - 17-00
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What an impressive Gymnast China's Yang Wei is, his display in the Men's All Round was stunning and he earned that well deserved Gold Medal spot.
Japan's Kohei Uchimura had tough luck on the Pommel Horse which dropped his points, Kohei's floor routine was excellent.
The U.K. representative did Britain proud and although finishing out of the medal positions was excellent on the Pommel Horse being best of all, "well done Daniel Keatings", considering this was his first Olympics.
The Pommel Horse has been a formidable piece of apparatus in the Olympics for many years so to be best in the world on it on the day speaks volumes for Daniels ability against the impressive World Champion Yang Wei.

BEIJING OLYMPICS MEDAL TABLE - 13th AUGUST 2008.

BEIJING OLYMPICS MEDAL TABLE FROM THE BBC as of day 5 of the Beijing Olympics with 11 days still to go.
As expected China and the USA dominate the tables with many surprises from other nations.
The whole world watches as American Michael Phelps the best Olympiad of all time shows superhuman achievements in swimming and with lots of heats still to go superhuman or superstar will have to shine through, we wish him the best of luck but somehow we don't think he will need it.

GRUNDIG GUFSAT01HD NEW REPORT LOOP THROUGH 12th AUGUST 2008.

GRUNDIG GUFSAT01HD NEW REPORT LOOP THROUGH 12th AUGUST 2008.

GRUNDIG GUFSAT01HD LOOP THROUGH IS ALIVE AND KICKING and our new tests have also revealed that this type of loop through system maybe unique to freesat set top boxes alone.
We tested the loop through using ONLY this time freesat receivers and we can report that the Grundig Gufsat01HD and then the Bush BFsat01HD can use ONE SINGLE coax cable from the LNB and both set top boxes can be switched on and SHOW DIFFERENT channels without any problems.
This augers well for those interested in using freesat in all rooms with one single coax cable, we now know it works.
Many have reported problems trying to use the loop through and initially the Grundig, Bush and Goodmans coped easily enough with most Sky receivers, we say most as some Sky receivers are using the same voltage whether they are switched on or switched off with no drop while in stand by and this may contribute to some Sky boxes being unable to be paired with freesat set top boxes. It's worth remembering at this point that the Humax Foxsat is a miser when it comes to electricity useage closely followed by the group; Grundig Gufsat, Bush BFsat and the Godmans GFsat all using the same.
We have been told that freesat loop through is intended for those who wish to use freesat in every room and using one single cable.
In our tests we used;
Grundig Gufsat01HD the Bush BFsat01HD and the Goodmans GFsat200HD there was no visible signal loss and you would never have known we were using a loop through, all can be switched on and all can view different channels as long as you use the same polarity; ie horizontal or vertical, if you use a different polarity from the master you get a blank screen but the blank screen does NOT stop the loop through to the next freesat box.
For those looking outside the box I have a PaceHD looped into a Humax Foxsat with no problems as long as one box is switched off while the other is switched on. I also tested the Humax Foxsat with a Samsung receiver loop through and the Humax Foxsat worked 100% with the Samsung remembering to switch one off while using the other.
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DAVID FLORENCE WINS SILVER IN C1 BEIJING.

DAVID FLORENCE WINS SILVER IN C1 BEIJING.

David Florence an Aberdeen born C1 canoeist has won the silver medal and only the 4th person ever to win a medal in the sport.
A proud day for David his family and to the people of the North East of Scotland where David comes from.
Well Done David.
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BEIJING OLYMPIC GAMES MEDAL TABLES.

BEIJING OLYMPIC GAMES MEDAL TABLES.

AFTER DAY 3.

Cycling, Women's Road Race...

Nicole COOKE,
GOLD MEDAL.
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Swimming, Women's 400m Freestyle...

Rebaca Adlington,
GOLD MEDAL.
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Joanne Jackson,
BRONZE MEDAL.
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Team GB has won 3 medals after day 3 including 2 Gold and 1 Bronze is quite some achievement and
tomorrows events are shaping up to provide perhaps even more success,
these games looks like this may be the most successful Olympic games ever for
TEAM GB.

The three day horse event competition has team GB lying in third place in the team event and the individuals we are lying in close 5th position which is great news for Team GB.

Team GB rowers are also in fine form as is or canoeists all have a great chance of going for gold and further success tomorrow in day 4.

GOOD LUCK TEAM GB!

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BEIJING OLYMPICS - TEAM GB LATEST NEWS.

BEIJING OLYMPICS - TEAM GB LATEST NEWS.

BEIJING OLYMPICS - TEAM GB LATEST NEWS, Early news from day one!

Good day to all our website visitors from across the world although we are a UK based web team we will be publishing latest news for most other countries as well during the Beijing Olympics 2008.

Here is some of the first news stories to break in the first day of competition.

Boxer James Degale wins his bout on points by 13-4 (only 31 bouts to go)

Judo player Criag Fallon wins first round contest by
Ippon but is beaten in his 2nd bout by the European Champion
Ludwig Paischer of Austria, hopefuly he still has a chance of winning
a bronze medal through repechage.

Yngling - (the Yngling is a sleek and seaworthy small racing keelboat (6.35 m (21') LOA, 645 kg or 1422 lbs.)
Girls finished 2nd in race one.

Ben Ainslie finishes tenth in his first race in the Finn Class.

Team GB Horse Eventers are in sixth place after the morning dressage session.

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Beijing Olympic Opening Ceremony 08-08-08 - Team GB.

Beijing Olympic Opening Ceremony 08-08-08

Beijing Olympic "Opening Ceremony"' 08-08-08 beautiful start to the XX1XX Olympiad will go down in history as a planning masterpiece.
Nations from all over the World tuned into watch the "Opening Ceremony". It's worth remembering over ten and a half thousand athletes are taking part and over twenty thousand news media ready to report on every medal position possibility.
We are all set for a brilliant sixteen days of quality World sport. The twenty eight different sports that make up the friendly sport are planned down to the last detail.
We remind our readers that the BBC have coverage like no other with lots of mulit-screen action accessed via; BBC1, BBC2, Freeview, Large City Screens, but best of all on freesat we can watch via multi-screen on BBC1 and BBC2 and BBC HD. For those lucky enough to own a freesat HD set top box we are being spoilt.

Good luck, Team GB.

HUMAX FOXSAT LATEST FREESAT UPDATE.

HUMAX FOXSAT LATEST FREESAT UPDATE.

HUMAX FOXSAT LATEST UPDATE graphic shows the software being flashed to 1.00.13 from 1.00.10. The 1.00.10 we reported yesterday showed the Olympic Multi-screen but could not control them.
We find today the multi-screens from the BBC are identical to the ones from Goodmans, Bush, Grundig freesat receivers and work especially well.
Using the remote for the Humax Foxsat to change from one screen to another is slick and unlike the Goodmans, Grundig and Bush freesat set top boxes the Humax Foxsat shows a small message when you try to access part of the multi-screen which is temporary switched off.
We tried a few channels to find the lip sync problem but could find nothing this morning so we keep our fingers crossed this has been addressed.
We have found that the Humax Foxsat picture while viewing through the HDMI has improved in upscaling and nearly lost that soft picture. We find that the Humax Foxsat is very quick while changes from one multi-screen to another while watching the Olympic feeds from the BBC. We did a complete factory re-set after the software flash upgrade and the Humax Foxsat shows 105 channels.
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BBC MULTI-SCREEN WIZARD.

BBC MULTI-SCREEN WIZARD.

BBC MULTI-SCREEN WIZARD from the BBC on the Goodmans GFSAT200HD freesat set top box is now switched on in preparation for the sports feast ahead from the Beijing Olympics.
The graphic shows part of the wizard screens which allow users to key in four digit multi-screen pages which in this graphic is 3001.
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BBC BEIJING OLYMPICS MULTI-SCREEN DEBUT 6th AUGUST 2008.

Freesat came of age today with the first glimpses of freesat multi-screen. BBC HD will be showing a full itemised schedule from the "Opening Ceremony" on Friday the 8th of August 2008.
Humax Foxsat is first on the multi-screen scene with the red button partially working of which we hope will be complete in two days time ?
The multi-screen on freesat can be reached either by BBC1 or BBC2 and following the interactive wizard, we do understand the full multi-screen can be added via the "Extra Channels Feature", incorporated in ALL of the official freesat branded boxes.
The Humax Foxsat today shows screen number one (1) and attempting to get to another screen as directed by the open wizard shows the remote control non-responsive on our freesat receiver.

The Goodmans freesat, Bush and Grundig are still to be switched on. You can however tune in the multi-sat screens using the "Extra Channels Feature".
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OLYMPICS LATEST NEWS SERVICES FOR MOBILES AND PDA.

OLYMPICS LATEST NEWS SERVICES FOR MOBILES AND PDA.

If you need the latest BBC Olympics News while your on the move please remember about the excellent services the BBC can provide you and your families.

The BBC Sport website is available on mobile phones, palmtop computers and other wireless hand held devices including PDA.
Get the top stories from all your favourite sports on your device any time, anywhere. The easiest way to access the BBC Sport website on your mobile is to text 'sport' to 81010. Then simply click on the link we send you (they will only send you one SMS).
Their site is free for you to access, but your network operator will charge you for the amount of data you use. Check with your operator for more information on the actual costs?
Text 'SPORT' to 81010.
Once you have the above set up and you want other great services from our BBC then just follow the same instructions as above.
Text NEWS' to 81010.
Text 'My Club' followed by your club name (see below) to 81010.
Text 'CBBC' to 81010.
Text 'Bitesize' to 81010.
Text 'ENTS' to 81010. (Entertainment's)
Text 'Lottery' to 81010.
Text 'Traffic' to 81010.
Text 'WEATHER' to 81010.
Text 'Whats on' to 81010. (What's on TV)

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BBC OLYMPICS TELEVISION BROADCASTING TEAM.

BBC OLYMPICS TELEVISION BROADCASTING TEAM.



As we reported earlier today on this Blogspot, the BBC has sent what many in world sporting media think as some of the best sporting broadcasters and reporters the sporting world has ever known which guarantees perfect TV coverage from some of Britain's best known and loved sport stars that are now sport Commentators and reporters which will be the envy of many other media outlets covering these Olympic games in China!

Ceremonies (Opening and Closing),

Sue Barker, Huw Edwards, Hazel Irvine, Carrie Gracie

Archery,

Eddie Butler.

Athletics,

Steve Cram, Michael Johnson, Colin Jackson, Jonathan Edwards, Brendan Foster, Paul Dickenson, Stuart Storey.

Badminton,

David Mercer, Gillian Clark.

Basketball,

John Amaechi, Ron McIntosh.

Beach Volleyball,

Matt Chilton.

Boxing,

Jim Neilly, Richie Woodhall.

Canoeing,

Garry Herbert, Helen Reeves.

Cycling,

Hugh Porter, Chris Boardman, Gary Sutton, Jill Douglas.

Diving,

Bob Ballard, Leon Taylor.

Equestrian,

Michael Tucker.

Football,

Martin Fisher, John Roder, Alistair Mann, Jacqui Oatley.

Gymnastics,

Matt Baker, Christine Still, Mitch Fenner.

Hockey,

Barry Davies, Sean Kerly.

Judo,

Nicola Fairbrother, Nick Mullins.

Modern Pentathlon,

Andrew Cotter, Eleanor Oldroyd.

Rowing,

Garry Herbert, Daniel Topolski, Sir Steve Redgrave, John Inverdale.

Sailing,

Shirley Robertson, Richard Simmonds, Rob Walker.

Shooting,

Eleanor Oldroyd.

Swimming,

Andy Jameson, Adrian Moorhouse, Sharron Davie.s

Table Tennis,

Matthew Syed.

Taekwondo,

Nick Mullins, John Cullen.

Tennis,

John Lloyd, Sam Smith, Chris Bradnum, David Garrido.

Triathlon,

Matt Chilton,

Volleyball,

Matt Chilton.

Water Polo,

Bob Ballard.

Weightlifting,

Andrew Cotter.

Presentation team,
Sue Barker, Hazel Irvine, Adrian Chiles, Clare Balding, Gabby Logan, Jake Humphrey, John Inverdale, Rishi Persad.

Reporters,

Garry Richardson, Phil Jones, Jill Douglas, Sir Matt Pinsent.

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BBC OLYMPICS WHAT'S ON.

BBC OLYMPICS WHAT'S ON.

BBC OLYMPICS WHAT'S ON covers the first few days of the start of the Beijing Olympics what's on timetable.
Olympic armchair pundits can look and see when the expected timetable schedule is expected to be. As you read spare a thought for all of our athletes who will be competing in very hot conditions which on the opening ceremony day are expected to be around 32 Celsius or 90 Fahrenheit and add to this many will be competing when they would normally be fast asleep.
Please note; we try to make our forum as accurate as possible but there maybe times when as human beings we are infallible and can make errors and as we are also in the pool the same as all blogs for exactly the identical press releases we are not in control of these factors.

Wednesday 6th August 2008.

Womans Football;
10-00 am - 2-30 pm.
Argentina versus Canada
China versus Sweden
Japan versus New Zealand
Norway versus USA
Germany versus Brazil
Korea versus Nigeria
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Thursday 7th August 2008.

Men's Football;
10-00am - 2-30 pm.
Brazil versus Belgium
China versus New Zealand
Honduras versus Italy
Korea versus Cameroon
Japan versus USA
Netherlands versus Nigeria
Australia versus Serbia
Ivory Coast versus Argentina
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Friday 8th August 2008.
Beijing Olympic games Opening Ceremony;

1-00 pm - 4-00 pm.

11-30 pm - 03-30 am.
Equestrian Team and Individual Dressage
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Saturday 9th August 2008.

01-30 am - 08-50 am
Shooting

02-00 am - 05-00 am
Badminton

02-00 am - 06-00 am
Basketball

02-00 am - 07-50 am
Beach Volleyball

02-00 am- 05-15 am
Handball

02-00 am- 06-30 am
Shooting

02-00 am- 05-30 am
Volleyball

03-00 am- 06-45 am
Fencing

03-00 am- 05-00 am
Weightlifting

04-00 am- 10-30 am
Cycling road race

05-00 am - 07-00 am
Archery

05-00 am - 07-06 am
Artistic Gymnastics

05-00 am - 09-30 am
Judo

05-30 am - 09-00 am
Volleyball

06-00 am 12-00 noon
Sailing

06-30 am - 09-45 am
Boxing

06-50 am - 11-00 am
Rowing

07-00 am - 09-30 am
Badminton

07-00 am - 10-15 am
Handball

07-30 am - 11-30 am
Basketball

08-00 am - 10-00 am
Archery

09-00 am - 11-06 am
Artistic Gymnastics

10-00 am - 2-30 pm
Football

11-00 am - 4-50 pm
Beach Volleyball

11-00 am - 12-30 pm
Judo

11-30 am - 3-30 pm
Badminton

11-30 am - 2-30 pm
Swimming

12-00 noon - 3-15 pm
Boxing

12-00 noon - 1-50 pm
Fencing

12-00 noon - 3-15 pm
Handball

12-15 pm - 4-15 pm
Equestrian

1-00 pm - 3-06 pm
Artistic Gymnastics

1-00 pm - 5-00 pm
Basketball

1-00 pm - 4-30 pm
Volleyball

11-30 pm - 03-30 am
Equestrian.
We will update this as requested by some who are having problems reading the proposed schedule (and for my other half..:) )
We also advise surfers to check out the official Beijing Olympic website.

OLYMPICS SHOWING ON BBC 1, 2 – IPLAYER-INTERACTIVE-RADIO-HD.

OLYMPICS SHOWING ON BBC 1, 2 – IPLAYER-INTERACTIVE-RADIO-HD.

The BBC will be showing over 3000 hours of coverage which is more than any other major western country in the world. Every day there will be over 17 hours of coverage either on BBC 1, BBC 2, BBC RADIO, BBC INTERACTIVE, BBC IPLAYER and BBC HD.

The BBC has also sent one of the largest team of high quality sporting presenters to add to the enjoyment of millions of British TV viewing public both here in the UK and ex-pats from across the World.

We have no doubt the BBC will be providing an excellent service for its viewers and value for money for its UK licence payers. More information and interesting news stories to appear here daily!

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BEIJING OLYMPICS 5 DAYS TO KICK OFF.

BEIJING OLYMPICS 5 DAYS TO KICK OFF.

Only five days to go before the start of the XX1X Olympiad games. As over 20,000 members of the world media are invited we can expect news bulletins on a regular basis.
For U.K. readers it's worth remembering the European athletes will take some time to get used to the huge time difference and to acclimatize.
Beijing is approx. seven hours in front of the United Kingdom and for those into the Olympics in a big way this means for U.K. followers that the U.K. sleeps while games are going on, so the coverage will be excellent.
We have our Grundig Gufsat01HD, Bush BFSAT01HD, Goodmans GFSAT200HD and the Humax FoxsatHD all ready and waiting to be tested, the idea of multi-screen+HD is something very few are taking seriously. This is a big deal for British Television being first yet again onto ground breaking viewing.
Roll on the 8th of August...Beijing! here we come!
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HUMAX FOXSATHD NOW SHOWING OVER 100 CHANNELS 1st AUGUST 2008.

HUMAX FOXSATHD NOW SHOWING OVER 100 CHANNELS 1st AUGUST 2008.

Humax Foxsat freesat boxes are updated today again with some new radio channels including the much awaited Classic FM.
Our Humax Foxsat box had to be Factory Set to pick up the latest channel updates which for those users using the extra features with the Humax Foxsat it was less than ideal.
As the ITV HD has not national coverage we kept our Houses Of Parliament Postal Code in so that ITV HD (when transmitted) could be useable. The Postal Code for those who are in outside areas of the ITV HD can still use the Postal Code W1A 0AA
To view local ITV networks this can be done via any of the freesat boxes extra channels feature.
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