Spanish satellite operator Hispasat formally launched Hispasat 4K, a FTA TV channel that will be available for all the industry to perform tests and develop advanced solutions for new video formats. The first transmission will be a 50 minute documentary on the Prado Museum, in Madrid, produced by TVE an co-produced by Hispasat. The channel […]
TV viewers across the UK will be able to watch this Friday’s Aviva Premiership Rugby clash between Harlequins and Northampton Saints, after BT revealedthat it will make the game available via BT Sport on all major television platforms, regardless of subscription. BT Sport is offering the live game on BT TV, Sky, Virgin and Freeview […]
A group of broadcasters has won a preliminary injunction against web TV service FilmOn in a federal court in Washington DC. Judge Rosemary Collyer said: “This Court concludes that the Copyright Act forbids FilmOn X from retransmitting Plaintiffs’ copyrighted programs over the Internet. Plaintiffs are thus likely to succeed on their claim that FilmOn X […]
French Pay-TV group Canal+ saws revenues reach €2.6 billion in the first six half of 2013, up 5.3 per cent compared to first half of 2012. This increase was largely attributed to new FTA TV channels in France (D8 and D17) and the ‘n’ platform in Poland. Relaunched in October 2012, D8’s audience continued to […]
Freesat, the subscription-free satellite TV service, has announced the addition of two new channels to its line-up. Holiday and Cruise is located on channel 409 serving up a selection of holiday and cruise deals for viewers alongside holiday related programmes such as Cruising with the Stars. LBC, a 24/7 platform for listeners to express their […]
Analysis of UK TV viewing figures for the first half of 2013 shows how people’s TV diet is developing as on-demand TV viewing becomes a more established part of people’s lives. According to Thinkbox, the marketing body for commercial TV in the UK, total average daily TV viewing in the UK during January-June 2013 was […]
Comux UK, the community-owned business selected by Ofcom to build and operate the local television broadcasting platform, has released details of ‘Local TV’, the brand that will be the public face of the UK’s local television service. Local TV will be responsible for maximising awareness and providing information about local television stations and programming through […]
South Africa’s state-backed Sentech transmission company will launch a free-to-air satellite platform on September 30th. Dubbed ‘Freevision’, the service is a rehash of its existing ‘Vivid’ service. The launch will be a few hours ahead of a rival service, OpenViewHD, from e-TV and Platco. Sentech’s scheme is, essentially, a gap-filler service to bridge the period […]
Colors, a top channel in India, is to shift from pay to free TV in the UK, as a direct challenge to existing channels such as Rupert Murdoch’s Star Plus, as well as Sony Max, B4U Movies, Sony TV Asia and others which have also switched to free-to-air in the past few months. Colors is […]
at800, the organisation responsible for ensuring viewers can still watch Freeview when new mobile signals go live, has launched the UK’s first postbox for Tweets – so a Tweet can now reach even those who aren’t on Twitter. People can Tweet a family member or friend using the hashtag #at800postbox. at800 will print the personalised […]