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Teletext Holidays has followed up its pioneering move into web-enabled television by securing a deal with freeview high definition set top box manufacturer Humax.

The tie-up will see the Teletext app sit alongside other popular smart TV apps like BBC iPlayer and YouTube, allowing users to browse holiday deals from the comfort of their sofas.

The Teletext App will be accessible through the Humax TV Portal, available on the HD-FOX T2 and HDR-FOX T2 boxes. The TV app works in a similar way to smart phone apps, with viewers able to launch the app by simply clicking on it.

Teletext Holidays, which made its name on television through its much-used but also widely der…

Watch and record Freeview TV wirelessly on-the-go on your iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Mac or PC, subscription free with no data plan usage 

London, 02 February 2012 - Hauppauge Digital Inc, the leading developer of digital TV receiver products for the personal computer market, are proud to launch their latest portable TV tuner, the myTV 2GO. myTV 2GO is a portable wireless Freeview TV tuner which transmits live television directly to your iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, PC and Mac, requiring no cables or adapters. Simply turn on the myTV 2GO device, extend the built-in Antenna, connect to the myTV 2GO Wi-Fi network, download the free App from the App store and start to wa…

IF Harold MacMillan had been lent a large LCD telly and a Freeview box he’d probably come out with a variation on his most quoted phrase.

"As far as home entertainment goes, most of our people have never had it so good," he’d say having watched a repeat of Mock The Week in high definition on Dave +1. ‘Supermac’ would have needed to live to a near world record age of 120 to appreciate the joys of today’s home technology, but that’s beside the point. When it comes to being sedentary in our living rooms we’ve never had it so good.

Long gone are the times where entertainment peaked at painstakingly assembling a jigsaw to find a piece missing, or shouting at y…

“A lot of people still don’t have a clue about it,” reveals Mark Somerville of Midhurst TV firm CJ Hampshire on the hugely-significant digital switchover.

“A lot of people still don’t have a clue about it,” reveals Mark Somerville of Midhurst TV firm CJ Hampshire on the hugely-significant digital switchover.

While the benefits of this era-defining evolution for television viewing with its vast increases in channels, improved picture quality and enhanced interactive features are clear, there are many people still unaware of its finer details.

This has been more than ably demonstrated by Trading Standards offering warnings of rogue traders across the c…

UK hybrid TV service BT Vision plans to be the first customer to discard Microsoft's Mediaroom software, almost imminently, after at least a year-long effort to put in completely new software building blocks to rejuvenate the service.

BT controversially refused to launch a fully-fledged IPTV service when it finally got Vision out of the door in 2006, instead insisting that competing with a free-to-air digital terrestrial Freeview system, based on DVB-T, was pointless, and offered instead a system which merely used IPTV for the VoD delivery and also accepted the Freeview DVB-T linear broadcasts.

Now BT plans an ambitious over-the-internet upgrade to over half a million …

TV tuner maker Hauppauge has introduced a mobile gadget that streams Freeview content to you phone, tablet or computer over its own wireless network.

The MyTV 2GO makes Freeview digital TV shows appear on a free app that's available for iDevices, Macs and Windows PCs.

The gadget has its own lithium-ion battery for, the company claimed, three-and-a-half hours' viewing.

From the look of the device, it's the same bit of kit that TV tuner specialist Elgato has already been offering for some time as the Tivizen, itself a device produced by Chinese company Valups.

Reg Hardware has reviewed the Elgato Tivizen here.

The Hauppauge MyTV 2GO goes on sale later t…

The ESPN Sports network of channels in the UK is the official home of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, and much like some US premium subscription networks, occasionally offer a Freeview weekend to entice new customers to sign up with them.

Since 6am GT on Friday ESPN, ESPN Classic and ESPN America have been free to watch, with High Definition options available depending on your provider and setup.

UFC 143 is free to watch tonight, with the Countdown to UFC 143 starting at 02:30 am GT and UFC 143: Carlos Condit vs Nick Diaz Live at 03:00 am GT.

UFC 143 on ESPN can be watched on:

Sky Channel 417

Virgin Media Channel 529 / 530 (note: Freeview offer ex…

There are several ways to watch live TV on your iPad and iPhone, including websites such as tvcatchup.com which allow you to 'tune in' to popular channels for free. All you need is a broadband connection within the UK.

The Broadway 2T lets you watch TV anywhere in the world with an internet connection by streaming the video feeds from two internal Freeview tuners across your home network, and over your broadband connection when you're out and about. This means you can watch TV on your iPad or other iOS device using its Safari browser, as well as on mobile devices that support Flash, such as Android phones and tablets. Naturally, PCs and Mac owners can also view the streams …

Some 42 million homes have extra reasons to be grateful this Thanskgiving: They will have access to a free preview of Starz and Encore programming throughout the holiday weekend.Starz Entertainment will offer the Starz and Encore premium channels and their various multiplexes, along with HD on demand, 3D on demand and hundreds of titles on demand from Nov. 23 through Nov. 27, with availability of channels varying by distributor.Among the distributors that have signed up for the freeview: DirecTV, Dish Network, Verizon FiOS and AT&T U-verse, plus a host of smaller providers.Exclusive Starz movie titles and Starz original series available during the free preview include Kelsey Gramm…