The government says it is committed to supporting a UK broadcasting landscape that can continue to succeed as technologies develop and the way audiences watch television changes. Electronic programme guides (EPGs) – the on-screen menus integrated into TVs, set-top boxes and apps – remain an important way for viewers to find and access content, and […]
A new Freeview TV channel, That’s TV 2, launches on January 3rd celebrating 35 years since Australian soap Home and Away first launched in the UK. That’s TV 2 will be the new sister channel to That’s TV, offering a raft of classic TV shows to Freeview viewers including the very first season of Home […]
Relaunching on Freesat’s 4K TV Box, customers can once again access the Channel 4 app to stream a selection of British TV shows, US series, true crime, world drama, live sports and more. Freesat users will be able to access an additional 16,000 hours of on-demand content via the Channel 4 app. That’s instant access […]
UK broadcaster Narrative Entertainment has announced the annual launch of popular seasonal channel, GREAT! christmas, on September 7th. The festive channel reached 5 million people in the last 12 months and grew its commercial impacts by 20 per cent year on year in contrast to a market decline of -5 per cent which delivered share […]
Droners, a high-tech adventure set in an animated, eco-friendly world, will make its UK linear premiere on children’s channel, POP, on March 6th. In Terraqua, a world that is 95 per cent covered in water, the eco-technology genius Wyatt Whale has organised the Whale Cup, a drone race competition that will determine his future apprentice. […]
The UK’s leading public service broadcasters – the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 – have appointed Erik Huggers as the new Chairman of free TV platform operator, Everyone TV. Huggers is a highly respected senior executive with a wealth of international leadership experience gained across a variety of media and tech businesses. He […]
Everyone TV is the new name for Digital UK, the organisation that brings free British television to UK viewers and the platform operator of Freeview, and of its satellite twin, Freesat. Owned by the UK’s leading public service broadcasters, the change in name is designed to reflect a revised mandate for the organisation: To lead […]
Legendary TV and radio personality Tony Blackburn – who was the first ever Radio 1 DJ back in 1967 – will become the first presenter on That’s 60s, a new TV channel dedicated to the 1960s. Blackburn when present the first show on That’s 60s when it launches tonight (January 6th) at 6pm. Blackburn has […]
Freeview and Freesat operator Digital UK has appointed Samsung’s Deep Halder to the newly-created role of Chief Commercial Officer, as well as making a number of other senior staff changes. Halder is currently part of Samsung’s UK & Ireland TV leadership team. At Digital UK, he will lead the development of the organisation’s commercial and […]
Classic TV channel That’s TV has announced that it will show the long-running sitcom, Till Death Us Do Part, including four episodes which have not been seen on British TV for over 50 years. Till Death Us Do Part and its successor, In Sickness and In Health, ran for four decades on BBC One with […]