Freeview has started the roll-out of its Accessible TV Guide, available on Channel 555 through Freeview Play devices. Freeview says this is the first time that a dedicated solution to make television easily accessible to people with visual or hearing impairments has been made available on a UK TV platform. Freeview’s Accessible TV Guide will […]
Channel 4 has published its Annual Report 2019, describing the year as “a transformational year for the organisation as it delivered the biggest structural change in its history – opening new bases in Leeds, Glasgow and Bristol – and continued to grow its digital viewing and revenues at pace”. Channel 4’s digital views on All […]
Premier Media Broadcasting has acquired the rights to Karate Combat’s second season in the UK and will air the weekly Friday night fights on FreeSports. Karate Combat Season 2 features bouts between the world’s top athletes in four virtual worlds rendered in real-time using Unreal Engine, the video game engine behind Fortnite. “The UK and […]
A report from Arab Advisors Group analysed the impact of Covid-19 on the advertising rates of 20 free to air satellite TV channels broadcasting in the Arab World. Arab Advisors Group established comparison basis to determine the initial impact of Covid-19 on the channels and corresponding media groups in the Arab World. Covid-19 affected media […]
In association with Zense Entertainment and the FA Thailand, Eleven Sports will work with Mycujoo to deliver coverage of the Thai League to fans in Thailand for the remainder of 2020. The streaming service will be in operation in the coming weeks and will offer supporters access to every game from the Thai League 1 […]
Having earlier announced its intention to offer live streaming of the Formula 1 Aramco Grosser Preis Der Eifel 2020 in Germany on the Formula 1 YouTube Channel, the platform has confirmed its coverage plans. The livestream starts at 11am CEST on October 9th with the first practice session. Fans will be able to watch the […]
This week IMPACT Wrestling, the long-running US grappling promotion, returns to free-to-air prime-time TV in the UK via a partnership with Premier Sports and its FreeSports channel. To hype the new agreement, IMPACT Wrestling’s Executive Vice President Scott D’Amore spoke exclusively to Advanced-Television about the importance of the deal, and what the future holds for […]
Sportfive is collaborating with Bundesliga International to market free TV rights within the territory of sub-Saharan Africa for the next 3 seasons The deal also includes the previously reported marketing of Bundesliga media rights within the territory of Latin America, excluding Brazil, for the ongoing 2020-21 Bundesliga season The cooperation regarding the territory of sub-Saharan […]
IMPACT Wrestling has announced a new television partnership with Premier Sports, and its FreeSports channel, that will bring British and Irish fans closer to all the action from the US wrestling promotion. IMPACT’s new relationship with Premier Sports begins on October 6th, with a special presentation of IMPACT Plus Presents: Victory Road. The three-hour event […]
The BBC has reviewed its decision to bring an end to its interactive Red Button TV text services. In November 2019, the Corporation said it planned to remove the text and data element of the service as a result of financial pressures and the significant technical effort and cost of retaining the service, which would […]