Australia’s Communications minster Malcolm Turnbull has introduced the Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Primary Television Broadcasting Service) Bill 2015, an amendment to 1992’s Broadcasting Services Act that will remove the regulation requiring Australian television stations to broadcast in standard definition on their main channels. The Bill provides the national and commercial free-to-air broadcasters with the flexibility to […]

CBS Drama will launch on Freeview in the UK on September 1st. The network is currently carried on the Sky and Virgin Media pay TV satellite platforms and Freesat. The new deal means it will now be available in 90 per cent of UK television households via the digital FTA platform. At launch, the channel […]

Most UK university students fail to understand the difference between recorded TV and catch-up services, according to research from TV Licensing. Almost 60 per cent of current university students are unsure about TV terminology which has evolved in recent years to describe advancements in technology and TV viewing habits, including streaming, downloading, on demand and […]

Charlie Ergen’s Dish Network is in dispute with a major TV broadcaster. Maryland-based Sinclair Broadcast Group is the USA’s biggest local broadcasting combine, owing or operating more than 150 local TV stations, mostly in the South and Midwest of the US. They reach some 30 per cent of US viewers, with 87 of the stations […]

Whereas pay TV operators -Telefonica, Vodafone and Orange- are involved in a fierce battle to offer the best football packages with low cost prices, public broadcaster RTVE has reached an agreement to air one La Liga and one Copa del Rey match on a free-to-air basis every week. The deal with La Liga aims “to […]