Spanish multimedia communications group Mediapro is to launch a 24 hour Formula One channel for the entire Latin American region (except Brazil) in 2015 devoted to everything surrounding and related to the championship. The new channel, which will be produced and distributed with Direct TV, will offer live broadcasts of all the Grand Prix races, […]
ITV has reported a strong performance in terms of online, pay and interactive revenues in the first 9 months of the year, counterbalancing a decline in main channel ratings. Adam Crozier, chief executive, said that online, pay and interactive revenues would show double-digit growth again next year. VoD viewing also grew strongly, up 24 per […]
TV technology specialist Vision247 has confirmed it will stream more than 20 free-to-air channels to connected Freeview HD set top boxes and TVs. Supporting TVs, set top boxes and digital TV recorders from brands such as Samsung, LG, Sony, Toshiba and Sharp, users just need to connect these devices to a broadband connection to access […]
A senior executive at satellite operator BSkyB has suggested that the occasion of commercial Public Service broadcaster ITV’s latest financial results may see the company give further details of its call for pay-TV platforms to start paying fees to the UK’s PSBs for the right to carry their main channels. In a Blog post, Graham […]
A gang of veteran TV execs have teamed to launch Justice Network, a free-to-air US multicast channel that will focus on true-crime programming. The team includes founder Lonnie Cooper, a founder of Bounce TV. Steve Schiffman, former president of National Geographic Channels is acting as CEO of the company whilst the head of distribution is […]
RT, the former Russia Today news channel, managed to breach Ofcom regulations four times in a single week back in early March over its allegedly biased coverage of the Ukrainian crisis. Ofcom considered that as news programming, the content in question raised issues warranting investigation under its key rule that: “News, in whatever form, must […]
Republican politicians are seeking to carry out a major overhaul of the rules governing the US phone, TV and Internet sectors after winning control of Congress in the midterm elections. Updating the Communications Act is understood to be a key priority for Senator John Thune who is expected to take the reins of the influential […]
The MTV EMA (European Music Awards) has celebrated the 20th anniversary of its first ever staging by equalling its highest TV audience in the UK, according to BARB overnight ratings. The two-hour music awards show, broadcast ‘as live’ from the SSE Hydro in Glasgow on Novmber 9th attracted an average audience of 551,000 viewers throughout […]
Q3 revenues for TVN, the Polish commercial television network, increased by 7.1 per cent resulting in 3.2 per cent nine months growth and reflecting the strong performance of the autumn programming schedule at the opening of the season coupled with continuing strong contribution of Premium TV. Advertising related revenues accelerated as expected and grew by […]
Alex Pumfrey, Chief Operating Officer of Digital UK – the company which supports the UK’s terrestrial TV service and its viewers – has suggested that digital terrestrial television will remain an important user of spectrum into the future. Participating in a Westminster eForum Keynote Seminar on the next steps for spectrum, Pumfrey noted that DTT […]