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| 28 June 2009 | Some info added to the FTA page about using a Comag SL12 receiver | |
| 22 May 2009 | Latest news about the analogue switch-off | |
| 14 May 2009 | ITV HD on Sky+HD digiboxes! Thanks to Barry Henthorn who emailed me this week, here's how. | |
| 25 April 2009 | New page outlining the differences between Sky, Freesat and free-to-air. | |
| 18 April 2009 | Site map updated. 'Why can't I watch the BBC in Spain?' page updated. | |
| 2 April 2009 | The West Country analogue switch-off will take place in spring/summer 2009, earlier than originally planned. Details here. | |
| 1 April 2009 | Announcement about Sky's new viewing cards (on my main Sky page and also on the welcome screen at EPG 998) | |
| 26 March 2009 | Cautionary note added to the equipment page about the use of a caravan battery to run 12V equipment such as TVs and satellite receivers. | |
| 23 March 2009 | Launch of the website blog | |
| 11 February 2009 | Correction to an omission in the FAQ page (query number 31). | |
| 9 December 2008 | Sky's auto power-off nonsense and how to cancel it. See the FAQs page. | |
| 20 November 2008 | First region (Border) has now been fully converted to terrestrial digital. Details here. | |
| 5 November 2008 | Announcement that Five will join the Freesat channel line-up on Tuesday 18 November. | |
| 1 November 2008 | Question mark over Freesatfromsky. There are rumours it might have been withdrawn (further update: 2 November: I've checked with Sky and the rumours are false, FSFS is still available). | |
| 31 October 2008 | Updated list of encrypted ITV1 regions | |
| 29 September 2008 | Information added to the main Sky, Freesat and free-to-air pages about F connector push-on adapters | |
| 10 August 2008 | Further information added to the generic free-to-air page | |
| 2 July 2008 | Freesat - 'Add non-Freesat channels' facility now available on all boxes. | |
| 28 June 2008 | Extra page added ready to describe the use of generic free-to-air receivers | |
| 21 June 2008 | ITV1 regions are currently being reorganised and some are encrypted. | |
| 20 June 2008 | Added to the main Freesat page, a comparison with Sky digiboxes of good and bad points. | |
| 6 May 2008 | Freesat launched - details here | |
| 27 April 2008 | Latest information about the launch of Freesat. | |
| 12 April 2008 | Updated info on 2 French campsites. | |
| 29 January 2008 | Paragraph added to Freesat page about Freesat's use of the Eurobird 1 satellite. | |
| 9 January 2008 | Main page split into 2 to accommodate the forthcoming launch of Freesat. | |
| 21 December 2007 | Links to 2 websites that list campsites with WiFi access, also Sky+ screenshots added to main page. | |
| 29 November 2007 | Freesat from the BBC - new website launched and details here | |
| 17 July 2007 | New report on the emailing page about emailing using the "3" network | |
| 24 April 2007 | Neat trick added to Other Info page to pick up the BBC1 (red button) pages in southern Europe. | |
| 15 March 2007 | Announcement of analogue switch-off date for Whitehaven (ftvchanges.htm) | |
| 7 November 2006 | New page explaining why it isn't easier to get BBC/ITV in southern Europe | |
| 10 August 2006 | New page explaining what is meant by azimuth, elevation and skew. | |
| 1 July 2006 | Stop Press announcement on Freesat page about FilmFour | |
| 30 March 2006 | New page giving abbreviated instructions to aiming a dish. | |
| 5 March 2006 | New page covering the analogue switch-off, due to begin in 2008. | |
| 28 February 2006 | BBC1 regional channel number changes in FAQ page | |
| 12 January 2006 | Warning added to the equipment page about 12v LCD televisions. | |
| 1 December 2005 | Letters page launched | |
| 20 November 2005 | New version of this website for mobile phones and PDAs added | |
| 6 November 2005 | New section added to the FTV Changes page about Freesat from the BBC. | |
| 1 November 2005 | ITV1 and ITV2 are now broadcasting clear (without encryption). | |
| 12 October 2005 | Extra information added to the dish size reports page. | |
| 21 August 2005 | Extra ITV1 regions added to the ITV tuning page. | |
| 21 August 2005 | Addition of a note to the FAQ page about how to get E4 following its move to Astra 2D. | |
| 7 August 2005 | Correction of an omission for which I quite rightly had my wrist slapped by a reader! Ireland added to the compass bearings page. | |
| 31 July 2005 | Extra ITV1 regions added to the ITV page | |
| 18 July 2005 | Announcement on emailing page re hoax email about the new ICE (In Case of Emergency) scheme. Also extra paragraph on same page about connecting via WiFi. | |
| 15 July 2005 | Rearrangement of page links on the main page (including the addition of a link to this one!) | |
| 15 July 2005 | Minor additions to the Emailing page to list phones with advanced texting/emailing features. | |
| 15 July 2005 | This page launched! (One or two historical milestone changes are also included for interest's sake). The page is something of an afterthought; in fact I didn't think of it at all, it was suggested by fellow caravanner Bob Moore so if you find it useful thank him, not me! | |
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| Milestones | ||
| 6 May 2008 | Freesat launched. | |
| 12 September 2007 | The site has now clocked up half a million visitors. | |
| March 2005 | Quarter millionth visitor to website. | |
| Autumn 2003 | Announcement that BBC has removed encryption and is now broadcasting free-to-air. | |
| January 2002 | Announcement regarding ITV1 and ITV2 launch on satellite. | |
| December 2001 | Website launched for the first time. | |
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