Internet TV streaming service Aereo has filed a brief with the US Supreme Court saying that it will now not oppose an action brought by a range of broadcasters which petitioned the Court to overturn a denied injunction. In a statement, Aereo Founder and CEO Chet Kanojia said: “We have decided to not oppose the […]
The BBC is to launch five new subscription-free HD channels on December 10th. The new channels: BBC Three HD, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, CBeebies HD and CBBC HD will be available on Freeview HD, Freesat HD, YouView, Sky HD and Virgin Media. Viewers will also be able to catch-up on HD programmes from […]
South Africa’s Cabinet has approved a number of amendments to the Broadcasting Digital Migration Policy relating mainly to whether the set-top boxes required to achieve the migration should have a control system or not. Among the criteria used to decide on this were the following: the need for speed on digital migration, especially to release […]
Internet TV streaming service Aereo has revealed plans to launch its online television technology in the Baltimore metropolitan region on December 16th. The Baltimore metro area includes 11 counties across Central Maryland. Aereo’s announcement follows its expansion earlier this year to the Boston, Atlanta, Miami, Salt Lake City, Houston, Dallas, Detroit and Denver metropolitan areas. […]
Public service broadcasting promotes a ‘race to the top’ with the commercial sector, according to a new report published by the BBC . The report explores the impact of public broadcasting on the commercial sector by analysing levels of public and commercial funding, investment in programming, and the diversity and quality of content. The analysis […]
Al Jazeera English HD has launched on Freeview, the UK’s biggest TV platform. It is the first time anywhere in the world that the channel is available in HD. The announcement comes as the UK regulator OFCOM announced a launch of a total of 10 new HD channels freed up by the switch off of […]
The closure of the Regional pubcaster RTVV, in Valencia has been carried out with the switch-off of its signal, putting an end to its 24 years of history and paving the way for other regional TV stations, such as Telemadrid, to follow suit. This unprecedented move will bring the dismissal of all RTVV 1,660 workers […]
Tony Hall, the BBC director general, has said the it should be more aggressive andabout using its own TV, radio and online services to make the case for the licence fee. Preparing for the BBC’s charter renewal and licence fee in three years’ time, Hall said it was too early to say whether BBC3 or […]
Ofcom has awarded licences to run local TV services in York and Middlesbrough on digital terrestrial TV (DTT). The awards follow legislation enabling Ofcom to issue local TV licences. The channels will be broadcast on DTT by the local multiplex, a discrete amount of spectrum reserved for local TV broadcasting on DTT. The licences have […]
Maria Miller, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, has welcomed the November 26th afternoon of launch of the UK’s first local TV channel – Estuary TV- in the northern coastal town of Grimsby. She said that local television was an important part of a connected society. “Viewers consistently say they want local TV […]