Ofcom has invited applications from commercial public service broadcasters for this fifth HD slot on Freeview.

The move opens the door for Channel 5 to make the Freeview HD plunge, 18 months or so after it ballsed up its last attempt by not...

Freesat has announced that it will be increasing its high-definition offerings to four channels by, ironically enough, adding Channel 4's HD platform - C4HD - to its line-up.

Freesat managing director Emma Scott said: "This is fantastic news...

Formula One Management (FOM) has confirmed that all races for next season's championship will be shot in HD with the feed being provided to all providers.

And the good news is that the BBC has confirmed that its coverage will be available to...

Sky News is to begin its HD service at 9pm 6 May to coincide with the forthcoming general election. The high definition channel, which had a solid trial with The Sky News Debate last week, will feature on Sky channel 517 and be simulcast alongside...

Sky News, which is expected to go HD by the end of the month, has said that it will be showing the prime ministerial debate in HD when it's its turn on 22 April.

The 1.5-hour long debate between Gordon Brown, Nick Clegg and David Cameron will...

Virgin Media has announced that it's going to be launching a set-top box that's capable of accessing the six new HD channels that the broadcaster has announced this year. The V HD Box will be available without extra subscription fees.

Instead,...

Telecoms provider Virgin Media has announced that its customers will be the first to get access to Film4 HD when it begins broadcast in summer 2010. The channel will be making the movie to HD alongside E4, which will also be coming to set-top boxes...

Samsung has announced that it's expanding its H-series lineup to include four new full HD camcorders. There's the  HMX-H200, HMX-203, HMX-H204, and HMX-H205. All of them include Samsung's new BSI CMOS imaging sensor, which it reckons excels in low...

Sanyo has dropped word of a trio of camcorders that it'll soon be bringing to market. There's the VPC-GH2, VPC-CG102, and VPC-CG20. All three come with full 1080p video and up to 14-megapixel photo capability.

All three record onto SD, SDHC...

Samsung has pulled off a bit of a coup by introducing the world's first camcorders to offer built-in Wi-Fi and DLNA connectivity.

The Samsung HMX-S15 and HMX-S16 both allow users to send recorded footage either wirelessly to DLNA compatible...

LG has unveiled what it claims is a world first - a 3D 1080p single-lens projector - at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

The CF3D pumps out 2500 ANSI-lumens and has a contrast ratio of 7000:1. It runs at 120Hz in standard mode, which...

Asus has dropped us word of its latest Eee Box, the 1501. The Eee box series are nettops - tiny, cheap, relatively low-power machines that are designed as secondary computers (perhaps for use in a media centre setup) or for those who don't use their...

Google has announced that its YouTube video-sharing site is going 1080p. It's available to test right now on some videos, but will be going live for all users at some point next week. Until then, you can see some 1080p content by appending "&fmt=37"...

ITV has announced that it's going to be showing Star Wars episodes I to VI in high definition on its ITV HD service that's available on Freesat. It'll be starting on 24 October with Episode I: The Phantom Menace.

Then the movies will run each...

DDD, the company behind forthcoming 3D laptops from the likes of Acer, Dell, HP and Sony, has told Pocket-lint that it'll soon be launching a content store for digital downloads of 3D movies and video. It'll be called "Yabazam", and should be open...