Diane Coyle, the acting chair of the BBC Trust, says the corporation will put forward proposals that people who only watch its content via the iPlayer should still pay the licence fee. Coyle, the BBC Trust vice-chair who has applied to become Lord Patten’s full-time replacement, also defended the existing licence fee system, saying it […]
Australian public broadcaster SBS’s dedicated catch-up viewing service, SBS On Demand, will now be available to the public in beta (pre-release test version) via HbbTV enabled televisions, which are launching in Australia in coming months. The launch anticipates the delayed introduction of hybrid service FreeviewPlus. From today, users with new HbbTV-enabled televisions which are connected […]
Vintage TV – the music channel dedicated to bringing the best of a century of popular music, culture, fashion and trends – is now available to UK viewers with an Internet-connected Freeview HD or Freeview+HD set-top box or TV. Those with compatible equipment can enjoy full, subscription-free access to the channel thanks to Arqiva’s Connect […]
TVPlayer, the free TV streaming app for mobile and tablet, has agreed a licensing deal for popular lifestyle entertainment channels Food Network and Travel Channel, including their ‘plus ones’, from Scripps Networks UK & EMEA. Food Network and Travel Channel are the only dedicated lifestyle entertainment channels on the platform and include programming such as […]
Kenya’s pay-TV broadcasters are in dispute with the country’s Communications Commission (CCK) because they are showing the FIFA World Cup games whose rights are formally held by Kenyan Broadcasting Corp (KBC), the nation’s FTA public broadcaster. Star Times and the Pan-African Network Group, as well as the Wananichi Group which owns the Zuku pay-TV system, […]
Thailand’s military rulers achieved a key victory in their efforts to rally Thais to their cause this week after securing a deal to broadcast all 64 World Cup matches on free-to-air television networks, blocking the rights-holder’s pay-TV distribution plan. The move enables millions of people who might otherwise have missed many matches to view the […]
With the nation gearing up to watch the most exciting global football event of the year, free-to-air live TV streaming service TVPlayer is offering consumers the opportunity to watch the live matches in one place – completely free! A survey recently conducted by TVPlayer reveals that that 81 per cent of its respondents will be […]
European pay-TV revenues will reach $40.35 billion in 2014, up from $36.87 billion in 2010, according to a report from Digital TV Research. The European Digital TV Databook (covering 39 countries) reveals that the 2014 total will only increase by 0.6 per cent on 2013 as ARPUs are
The Spanish Competition watchdog CNMC has ruled that Telefonica’s bundling of free TV content within its Fusion TV offer is not in breach of any competition rule, rejecting a complaint filed by Orange Spain. Orange argued that the incumbent operator was abusing its position in Spain to reduce competition in the telecoms sector by offering […]
Findings from a study by market research firm Peerless Insights gauging consumer opinions about the highly anticipated Supreme Court ruling ‘American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. v. Aereo, Inc.’ reveal that