Following on from the launch in the US last month on Local Now, Country Music Entertainment (CME) has now launched in the UK via On Demand 365, which is available on Freeview Channel 265, Roku, and Samsung TV Plus, along with an app available on iOS or Android for all devices. Further platforms will follow. […]
Freeview and LG have announced an extension of their partnership that will see all new LG Smart TVs come with Freeview Play built in as standard for at least the next five years. The Freeview Play platform combines live linear broadcast channels with on-demand and catch-up content from subscription-free apps such as iPlayer, ITV Hub, […]
Arabic entertainment TV channels Rotana Cinema and Rotana Khalijia have launched in the UK on Freeview via Channelbox. Both channels offer conten from a large library of Arabic movies, series and general entertainment programmes. Rotana is one of the largest media house producers in the Arab world. “We are honoured to work with Rotana Media. […]
POP, the free-to-air television channel for 6 to 10-year-old children, will air the UK premiere of musical adventure-filled animated TV series, Barbie: It Takes Two from April 2nd. Created by toy and entertainment company Mattel, Barbie: It Takes Two follows Barbie ‘Malibu’ Roberts and Barbie ‘Brooklyn’ Roberts as they enrol in a performing arts high […]
Monty Python’s Flying Circus is returning to UK terrestrial television for the first time in nearly 35 years. Classic TV channel That’s TV, which broadcasts on Freeview, Sky and Freesat, has acquired the exclusive network television rights to all four seasons of the cult comedy which was first shown on BBC1 more than five decades […]
Mega Max Media has announced the launch of ducktv, its educational children’s channel, on the UK DTT platform Freeview via Channelbox. It is the first kids’ channel in the Channelbox portfolio. ducktv offers educational programming aimed at pre-school children from 6 months to 4-years-old. It offers original animation, mini-cartoon series and real-life content produced exclusively […]
Channelbox has added four new sports channels to its line up including FUEL TV, MMA TV, Unreel and Auto Allstars and now hosts seven sports channels available on Freeview channel 271 and Channelbox mobile apps. Channelbox has also recently rolled out a new user interface to allow listing by category and the platform can […]
Netgem has posted a 30 per cent growth in subscribers – direct and non-direct – reaching a total of 363,000 customers in 2021. The company, which attributes the rise to the development of its content-as-a-service activity, is forecasting 500,000 subscribers by the end of 2022. Netgem’s main markets are the Nordics, UK and France. In […]
VISION247 has announced that VisionTV is now available with both HbbTV (Hybrid broadcast broadband) and MHEG Apps via the UK’s biggest TV platform, Freeview. Used in 18 million UK homes, Freeview gives access to 95 per cent of the nation’s most popular TV for free. VisionTV seamlessly and successfully went live as an HbbTV App […]
Sky News has announced a raft of new programmes to further reflect the wide-ranging debate and opinion across the UK that’s a key part of the Sky News brand. Following the announcement that Political Editor Beth Rigby will host a new prime time interview show Beth Rigby Interviews… from 10th March, Sky News has also confirmed The Great Debate with […]