Sites We Like

TV Links

UK Free Switchover Advice – Independent digital television and switchover advice. Everything you need to know about upgrading to digital TV in the UK

BBC Backstage – Great non-commercial source for data from the BBC. Get your hands dirty with TV listings and weather data, free of charge. Fantastic mailing list and resource for TV Listings or Broadcast Data topics

Watch TV Online (UK)

iPlayer – Watch BBC programmes from the past week

ITV Player – Great if you need to catchup on your soaps. Requires the Silverlight plug-in

4oD – Channel 4′s catch up service. Requires you to install a standalone application

Demand Five – Channel Five’s catch up service

Useful Websites

BBC Digital – It’s BIG, but it’s not scary. It’s the Beeb, what can I say

Digital UK – Digital UK is the not-for-profit company responsible for leading the UK’s switchover from analogue to digital TV

Freeview – Operator of free digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom

Freesat – Over 140 subscription free TV and radio channels on satellite

Ofcom – Office of Communications

Digital Outreach – Digital Outreach will mobilise local charities in each transmitter area, giving them the resources to support their local communities through switchover.

Digital Television Policy Development – UK Government news and policy about the switchover

Zingzing Links

Zingzing’s Facebook Page – Become a fan and support your favorite online tv guide

Zingzing’s Digg Page – Digg it to support the site

Zingzing’s Twitter Page – Do you tweet?

Technologies We Like

Prototype JavaScript Library – A fantastic JavaScript library. We use this to power much of the site. You should too

Ajaxian – Cutting edge news for JavaScript developers

Memcached – High-performance, distributed memory object caching system, generic in nature, but intended for use in speeding up dynamic web applications by alleviating database load

JSTween – Fast JavaScript animation library built by me, now available for use on your website.

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