BBC Monitoring is reporting that Ukrainian channel Inter TV is having its news bulletins and political talk shows “systematically jammed”. A correspondent for the channel said that the State Centre for Radio Frequencies had confirmed that the channel’s signal was being jammed at the stage of transmission to the satellite using a “vehicle with a […]
A survey of pay-TV subscribers shows that international news is still in huge demand and remains an integral part of the European pay TV market. BBC World News has conducted a study of 1,500 pay-TV subscribers with access to the channel from five countries across the continent. The standout finding is how important news is […]
Individuals running websites that give access to pirated content are putting thousands of jobs at risk and threatening to undermine an entire creative enterprise according to Philippe Dauman, President and CEO of Viacom. Speaking at a Broadcasting Press Guild briefing in London, Dauman said that companies such as his needed to make content available in […]
Ofcom has accepted ESTV’s request to reduce the number of repeats in its programming commitments for the London Live local TV licence. Last month, Ofcom refused a request from ESTV – the provider of the London local TV service London Live – to make changes to its programming that would have substantially altered the character […]
A report from LS Telecom reveals a mobile and wireless industry that is driving hard to gain access to C-Band and other satellite frequencies for expansion of its services while leaving 30 per cent of its existing allocated spectrum unused in most regions of the world. In filings and presentations to national regulators in the […]
Virgin Media TV customers can now watch ITV’s new free-to-air entertainment and lifestyle channel, ITVBe. ITVBe launches on Virgin TV’s channel 119 immediately and can also be streamed to smartphones, laptops and tablets using Virgin TV Anywhere. The new channel features reality programming from the UK and the US. It is available in SD to […]
Amazon and Studiocanal have signed a multi-year extension to their movie agreement in the UK and Germany for streaming service Amazon Prime Instant Video. As per the new deal, Prime Instant Video gets the exclusive first pay-TV rights to all Studiocanal theatrical titles in the UK and Germany – including upcoming family favourites Paddington and […]
Astro, Malaysia’s integrated consumer media group that provides pay-TV and radio services, has signed an agreement with Kantar Media to design, deploy and manage a proprietary audience measurement service. This service is the first of its kind in Malaysia. Astro will use Kantar Media’s return path data (RPD) research techniques to collect data from its […]
Pace, a specialist in digital TV and broadband technologies, has announced that Indian cable MSO, Radiant Digitek Network, has selected its pre-integrated middleware, conditional access and STB solution to deliver premium TV services to its subscribers. Radiant Digitek, a major cable MSO in the Rajasthan region of North India, have selected the turnkey Pace solution […]
Even before the season 5 premiere, Fox International Channels (FIC) has announced that global hit series The Walking Dead will return for a sixth season around the world. Across Hong Kong & Southeast Asia the series will once again join the roster of “First on FOX” shows, bringing the show to audiences within 24 hours […]