The launch of a new national TV network, a key plank of culture secretary Jeremy Hunt’s plan for new local TV services, is to be delayed and may even be scrapped. Licensing of a new network to provide a national “spine” for the local TV services was due to commence next month, to be followed […]
ESPN has launched an Android app but only for customers of Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks and Verizon FiOS TV. The sports programmer is making four live network feeds – with most of the same programming that’s available on TV – available through a free app for Google’s Android operating system to subscribers of […]
Sony is planning to restore its online PlayStation Network (PSN) in full by the end of May. It admitted the company had missed a self-imposed deadline of restarting a partial service by the weekend. Sony said it continues to investigate the case, after personal details from 100 million accounts were compromised. The company had originally […]
QVC Beauty has launched on Freeview reaching a further 10.8 million primary homes and 23 million secondary sets. Transmitted by Arqiva, QVC Beauty will broadcast from 08:00 to 13:00, 365 days a year. QVC Beauty broadcasts one hour programmes of video clips from the most recent live presentations on QVC UK, enhanced with original content […]
Content security provider Conax has confirmed that its EVP, Products and Markets, has left the company. Bjørndal has played a major role in the development of the Telenor-owned security provider and has been a key figure in moving the technology company from a small Scandinavian company to a major global player. The Norway-based business ranks […]
Formula 1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone has warned Grand Prix teams that it would be “suicidal” for them if the sport moved to News Corporation’s subscription channels as part of a takeover deal. According to Ecclestone, who holds the sport’s commercial rights, teams would lose huge sponsorship interest if coverage was no longer on mass […]
NHK Worlds HDTV feed has launched on the BSkyB and Freesat platforms over the UK. GlobeCast is providing re-encoding, uplink, and capacity on Eutelsat’s Eurobird 1 satellite, bringing the channel to a new community of over 10 million Sky subscribers, and over a million Freesat viewers. Available on BSkyB EPG channel 507, NHK World HD […]
GlobeCast and Japan International Broadcasting, JIB) have announced that NHK World HD has launched on the Sky and Freesat platforms in the UK. GlobeCast provides re-encoding, uplink, and capacity on Eutelsat’s Eurobird 1, bringing the channel to a new community of over 10 million Sky subscribers, and over a million Freesat viewers. Available on Sky […]
Sony Chief Executive Officer Howard Stringer has apologised to users of the PlayStation Network and other online services. “As a company we – and I – apologise for the inconvenience and concern caused by this attack,” Stringer said on Sony’s US PlayStation blog. Sony issued its first warning on the break-in a week after it […]
Alongside its statement denying responsibility for the Sony data theft, hacker group Anonymous issued a warning to Viacom. It said that because of Viacom, “thousands of people have undergone the unfortunate experience of receiving falsely-claimed copyright infringements”. “Anonymous demands from Viacom a public press release to admit and apologise for the fraud and crimes that […]