The English Premier League has issued Invitations to Tender (ITT) for its UK audiovisual broadcasting rights for seasons 2016/17 to 2018/19 which include a package that will see live coverage of Friday night football for the first time since the League’s inception in 1992. It has made available to interested parties two separate ITTs inviting […]
The commercial benefits of ITV’s Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) licence significantly outweigh the costs, providing ITV with a net benefit of between £87 million (€110m) and £221 million per year, according to an independent report commissioned by the Commercial Broadcasters Association (COBA) – the trade body for digital, cable and satellite services in the UK’s […]
UK comms regulator Ofcom has published a consultation on its third review of public service broadcasting against a backdrop of what it suggests is reduced viewing of and investment in such services. The latest review examines how the BBC, ITV, STV, UTV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and S4C have fulfilled the purposes of public service […]
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) is extending the distribution of its pre-school children’s channel, Tiny Pop, on the national Freeview platform. Set to fully launch on January 7th 2015, Tiny Pop will be available on Freeview channel 126 across the whole UK. This extends SPT Networks’ reach of children’s programming on Freeview to two channels, with […]
Arqiva has announced the launch of global news and entertainment channel ARISE NEWS in standard definition on Freeview, using the more advanced Digital Video Broadcasting technology MPEG4 DVB-T2. ARISE News will be available to those Freeview viewers who are within the broadcast coverage of Arqiva’s new HD multiplex – around 72 per cent of the […]
Senior executives at the BBC have revealed further details of the Corporation’s proposals to close BBC as a broadcast channel and reinvent it online. The changes – which are subject to approval by the BBC Trust – will generate savings of £50 million, which will be reinvested into BBC Three online, as well as strengthening […]
Broadcast technology specialist Motive Television has confirmed that it will start taking pre-orders for TabletTV UK (TTVUK) for Christmas delivery. Customers will be able to pre-order TabletTV UK on the TabletTV UK website www.tablettv.co.uk to ensure they will be among the first to receive the product. Once the units are ready to ship, pre-orders will […]
The BBC Trust has now received detailed proposals from the BBC Executive to close BBC Three as a broadcast channel and re-invent it as an online only proposition. Alongside this, the Executive also propose launching a BBC One+1 channel, extending the hours for CBBC and enhancing BBC iPlayer. The Trust confirmed the proposals represent a […]
The Electronic Communications Committee (ECC), the expert group responsible for harmonising the efficient use of the radio spectrum across Europe, has agreed a draft Decision for the harmonised use of the 700 MHz range (694-790 MHz) for wireless broadband in Europe which is now subject to public consultation. The draft Decision provides a common technical […]
Australian pay-TV operator Foxtel and US cable giant Discovery Communications have signed off on a takeover bid for Ten Network, as the media company’s advisers Citi closed the sale process. Ten failed to attract any other firm bidders in what is said to have been a tepid auction for the FTA network. The offer values […]