Broadcast and pay-TV technology provider Motive Television has received approval from Apple for its TabletTV Internet App to be available to any iPhone user globally. The new App is available from today on all Apple App Stores in the world for a cost of $4.99/£2.99 (€3.96). The TabletTV Internet App enables users to access and […]
Eurosport‘s exclusive coverage of the Australian Open served up record ratings across Europe. Average live audiences were up 17 per cent versus the 2015 tournament and the finals rated as the best tennis matches in the channel’s history. Andy Murray’s final made Eurosport 1 the most watched channel in the UK at the moment Novak […]
Sky 1’s brand new crime drama, Stan Lee’s Lucky Man, starring BAFTA-nominated actor James Nesbitt, has seen the viewing figures for its first episode increase by a record 1.14 million in the week after its launch, resulting in a consolidated audience of 1.74 million, thanks to its availability across a range of Sky viewing options. […]
Content and platform security specialist Friend MTS is ramping up the fight against video piracy with the introduction of Viper, which it says is the first technology-led anti-piracy solution specifically designed to tackle the growing threat from illegal IPTV set-top boxes. Friend MTS will showcase the solution at the CABSAT show in Dubai in March. […]
OSN, the Dubai pay-TV network, thas announced the extension of its partnership with Discovery Communications across the Middle East and North Africa with a new distribution deal that will see the launch of 2 new HD channels exclusively for OSN subscribers, even more hours of new content across Discovery’s existing premium portfolio, as well as […]
A television critic has suggested that Sky’s practice of buying up the later seasons of non-UK television programmes that had already proved themselves popular with UK audiences on free-to-air channels is preventing such shows from reaching a substantial audience in the UK. Writing in left-leaning weekly politics, culture, and international affairs magazine New Statesman, James […]
The BBC and Discovery Communications have confirmed a long-term Olympic Games agreement in the UK, building on a 30-year partnership between the two global media organisations. The deal means that the BBC will sub-license (from Discovery) exclusive free-to-air audio-visual and non-exclusive radio rights to the 2022 and 2024 Olympic Games. In turn, Discovery will sub-license […]
Although the BBC seems to be shedding sports that were one seen as its mainstays, with the loss of Formula 1, horse racing and exclusive coverage of the Open Golf Championship, it has responded to the increasing demand to follow sports online by agreeing a four-year digital rights deal for international cricket that will see […]
Freesat, the subscription free satellite TV service, has confirmed the launch of independent archive film and TV channel Talking Pictures TV on channel 306. Free to view, the channel brings the best of time-honoured British cinema to Freesat viewers. Talking Pictures TV covers films of all genres including westerns, comedy, thrillers, horror, romance, and drama, […]
A film called Shield 5 is set to be released on Instagram over the month of February. The film comprises of 28 15 second episodes that will be published on the social platform each day at 5pm. The plot revolves around a security driver, played by Christian Cooke, who is arrested for his involvement in […]