As widely anticipated, the Ofcom Board has announced the appointment of Sharon White as Chief Executive of the regulatory body. White will join Ofcom in late March 2015 from HM Treasury, where she is Second Permanent Secretary. In this role, White is the lead official responsible for managing the UK’s public finances, a position she […]
BT TV will offer Sky Sports 1 and 2 on its YouView boxes effective immediately, following its successful application for interim relief at the Competition Appeal Tribunal. The news means that BT TV will be able to enhance its sports channel line-up on YouView boxes, adding Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports 2 to its […]
One of the most gifted but controversial characters in the English Premier League is the Italian Mario Balotelli. One minute he scores a breathtaking goal for his country, the next he sets his house ablaze by letting off fireworks in his bathroom. You get the picture. Once he revealed a T-shirt in a goal celebration […]
Bahrain-based Alarab News Channel will go live on February 1st. Backed by Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal who already has significant media investments in Rotana, News Corp, and Time Warner. The channel will focus on business news and is partnered with Bloomberg TV. The channel is based in Manama, the capital of Bahrain […]
BBC Store, the Corporation’s planned download-to-own service that will effectively supersede the planned global iPlayer, is set to be launched in early summer 2015. Speaking at a Westminster Media Forum Keynote Seminar on growth in the creative industries, Tim Davie, Chief Executive of BBC Worldwide, the Corporation’s commercial arm, noted that rights concerns often hampered […]
ContentWise, the personalisation, discovery and recommendations software for digital TV content, has had a breakthrough 2014, with a dramatic increase in new customer deployments leading to a 400 per cent surge in sales. More than 20 deployments of ContentWise were made in 2014 with some of the world’s leading operators, including maxdome, TIM Brasil and […]
LG Electronics will unveil a new 4K Ultra HD TV with quantum dot technology as part of its expanded TV line-up at the 2015 International CES in Las Vegas. LG’s 4K Ultra HD TVs with quantum dot technology will offer a wider colour palette and improved colour saturation than conventional LCD TVs and will be […]
TalkTalk, the UK telco, is launching mobile as standard for all customers on its Plus TV package. All new and existing Plus TV customers will receive a mobile SIM worth £90, giving them 100 minutes, 250 texts and 200MB of data a month, at no extra cost. TalkTalk says is the first time homes can […]
HBO GO is now available on Amazon Fire TV with an HBO subscription through participating affiliates, with integration of its full catalogue into Fire TV’s voice search. HBO GO will also be available on Fire TV Stick this spring. “Since launch we’ve increased the number of services available on Amazon Fire TV by more than […]
RT’s five main channels on YouTube have racked up more than 2 billion views in total, outperforming all other international TV news networks. RT’s YouTube presence includes channels in English, Russian, Spanish, and Arabic, plus a separate RT America news channel. With over 2 billion views in total, RT is ahead of its main competitors, […]