The BBC Trust has appointed (Lord) Tony Hall, former BBC chief of news and current CEO of the Royal Opera House, as the new Director General replacing George Entwistle, who resigned in the wake of the Savile and McAlpine scandals. Hall was made a Lord in light of his role with several public and charitable […]
There has been a consensus since the hapless George Entwistle was assisted onto his sword point a couple of weeks ago that the BBC should appoint an outsider as the new DG. All senior insiders were, to some extent or other, either tainted by the events that brought poor George down, or had no editorial […]
Multichannel provider UKTV, a commercial television network in the UK co-owned by BBC Worldwide and Scripps Networks Interactive, has secured a deal for a fourth DTT channel slot. Dave Ja Vu, a catch up service for entertainment channel Dave, will hold Freeview channel 25 for a limited time from January 2013 while UKTV firms up […]
Italian DTH platform TivùSat has announced that the number of active smart cards reached 1.7 million in mid-November, which means that 5.6 per cent of Italian households are receiving its TV and radio services. The Italian regions with the highest penetration level are Calabria, where 12 per cent of households have opted for TivùSat, followed […]
UK Culture secretary Maria Miller has told ITV and Channel 5 that they may be expected to up their public service broadcasting commitment to news and original programming, as she confirmed the 10-year renewal of their licences. Both of the commercial broadcasters will have their licences renewed as expected after their current agreements expire at […]
From December 12th, TV viewers across metropolitan France will be able to watch six new DTT channels broadcast exclusively in HD: Chérie 25, HD1, L’Équipe 21, Numéro 23, RMC Découverte and 6TER. The launch of these brand new channels marks another milestone in the expansion of free-to-air digital broadcast services in France and the progressive […]
Modern Times Group (MTG), the international entertainment broadcasting group, has signed a channel distribution agreement with Boxer TV-Access A/S (‘Boxer’) in Denmark, which will significantly boost the national penetration of MTG’s TV3 and TV3 PULS Danish free-TV channels. The Group also announced that it has signed an agreement with Canal Digital Denmark to further strengthen […]
ITV reported a 6 per cent year-on-year fall in TV ad revenues in the third quarter of 2012 as advertisers held back spend while the BBC covered the London Olympics. Meanwhile ITV Studios is forecast to make profits of more than £100 million (€125m) this year. TV ad revenues fell 10 per cent year-on-year in […]
Television software and services company Motive Television has confirmed the successful demonstration of the ability to watch over-the-air HD television channels on an iPad without the need of cable, satellite, or Internet. The New York demo utilises a small six-inch antenna plus Motive’s software to deliver all the free-to-air broadcasts in extremely high quality. In […]
From December, Swisscom DSL customers will get free digital TV: Swisscom TV light offers access to more than 60 TV channels, as well as 22 in HD. The introductory offer is automatically included in DSL monthly subscriptions, giving customers telephony, Internet and TV in a single package. In addition, Swisscom TV start customers will now […]