21st Century Fox has denied as “categorically untrue” a story that appeared in the Australian Financial Review saying that senior executives from 21st Century Fox and Discovery Communications had met to discuss a tie-up that could create a $100 billion movie, entertainment and sports giant. Rupert Murdoch of Fox and John Malone, a major shareholder […]
Digital UK – the body supports the UK’s terrestrial TV service and its viewers – and DTT platform Freeview have announced that Panasonic will be the first manufacturer to launch TVs featuring the Freeview Play connected TV service. The news follows the recent announcement of Freeview Play as the brand for the service as part […]
FA Cup giant-killers Bradford will get their chance to play in front of a national TV audience after BT Sport announced plans to broadcast their quarter-final against Reading free to air. The League One side have already beaten Barclays Premier League sides Chelsea and Sunderland in the last two rounds, but neither match was shown […]
Campaigners have delivered a petition signed by more than a quarter of a million people calling on the BBC not to axe digital station BBC3. The petition, signed by 271,222 individuals, was delivered to the BBC Trust, which has yet to rule on the plan to take the youth-oriented station online-only. Jono Read, who set […]
Australian commercial broadcaster Network Ten has extended its long-term partnership of more than a decade with Formula One Management to broadcast the FIA Formula One World Championship until the end of the 2019 season. The new deal incorporates the final year of Network Ten’s existing agreement in 2015, making the new broadcast deal five years, […]
UK DTT platform Freeview has undergone a major rebrand in preparation for a new product launch that will introduce a mass- market connected TV offer. The Freeview logo and visual identity have been refreshed to reflect the platform’s evolving service and will be introduced across Freeview’s product portfolio and brand marketing. The name for Freeview’s […]
UK subscription-free satellite TV service Freesat has announced strong quarterly results with the addition of 24,000 new homes in the three months to the end of December 2014. After adding 56,000 homes over the course of the year, Freesat is now available in over 1.9 million households and is watched by more than four million […]
The BBC has renewed its deal to show Premier League highlights for a further three years, through to and including the 2018/19 season. The agreement covers the weekend programming of Match Of The Day; its Sunday morning repeat; MOTD2; Football Focus; plus a new midweek magazine show to air 10pm Wednesday nights on BBC Two […]
London Live, the struggling London city TV station, is set to cut 20 jobs, around a third of its staff, with the cost-savings to be re-invested in programming content. The channel, owned by Evgeny Lebedev, is making the cuts to its news and current affairs team. “As the business develops, we are able to assess […]
The BBC has revealed BBC Taster, an initiative to develop its latest ideas for digital content and emerging technology. Taster will feature early and experimental concepts from across TV, Radio and Online, enabling the BBC to explore the future of content with audiences and offer them something completely new to try, rate and share. Taster […]