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Barbie: It Takes Two to premiere on POP

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 […]

March 15, 2022

Month Python on That’s TV

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 […]

March 11, 2022

ducktv joins Channelbox

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 […]

March 8, 2022

Channelbox adds 4 sports channels

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 […]

March 4, 2022

Netgem eyes 500,000 subs in 2022

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 […]

January 28, 2022From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

VisionTV launches HbbTV App on Freeview

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 […]

January 26, 2022

Sky News announces new programmes for 2022

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 […]

January 25, 2022

Sky Arts orders Gods of the Game: A Football Opera

Sky Arts has commissioned a new opera about corruption in football which will coincide with the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Sung in English across 90 minute, this celebration and condemnation of the world’s most popular sport will play to in-person audiences at Grange Park Opera, Surrey in October, airing on Sky Arts, NOW and […]

January 24, 2022

Heritage and Sacred Sites on Freeview

Heritage and Sacred Sites have launched on Freeview UK via the Channelbox platform. Heritage+ is entirely dedicated to world heritage, historical, cultural and tourism sites, whilst S+ is a channel that takes viewers on a journey around the globe to discover the most inspiring sacred sites. Both channels are available immediately through Channelbox, available on […]

January 20, 2022

BBC Three returns on Feb 1

The BBC has announced that BBC Three will return as a broadcast channel on February 1st. Broadcasting from 7pm every night, the channel will be available to watch on Freeview, Sky, Virgin and Freesat. It can also be watched live on the BBC Three channel page on iPlayer (TV, Mobile and Web) with live restart […]

January 11, 2022