An article by Neil Wilkes, BBC 'considering' HDTV distribution on www.digitalspy.co.uk led me to check out the BBC report Progress towards achieving digital switchover -- a BBC report to the Government . The report includes a description of the digital transition in the United Kingdom, much of which I've reported

The BBC will launch an online media service for PC users this fall

CableLabs has expanded its Go2Broadband service locator to help CE retailers sell HDTV devices. The G2B HD service locator will identify the markets in which HD content and/or digital services are carried as well as the service tiers on which they are carried. G2B began as a high-speed data locator that, for cable, wi

The British Broadcasting Corp. is planning to launch a new Web service that will allow users to download its TV and radio content for up to a week after it airs. Plans for the Beeb's "MyBBCPlayer" were unveiled at the Edinburgh International Television Festival last weekend. Mark Thompson, BBC director general, said

The test will give the BBC an opportunity to evaluate the performance of HD technology while about 500 Londoners enjoy high definition programming from ITV

Radio service will cease

Concluding that an HD service was "essential" for British telly viewers and therefore should be made universally available, the trust gave the go-ahead for the HD channel to begin carriage "as soon as possible" on cable and on Freesat.