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Sky Original Life & Rhymes returns for a 2nd season on Sky Arts

BAFTA Award-winning spoken word series Life & Rhymes will return to Sky Arts, the UK’s only TV channel dedicated to arts and culture, later this year. The Sky Original series, hosted by acclaimed British writer and poet, Professor Benjamin Zephaniah, sees some of the country’s leading spoken word performers and select members of the audience […]

June 18, 2021

Brands pull ads from GB News

A number of high-profile brands have pulled their adverts from new channel GB News, which went live on June 12th. Swedish furniture outlet Ikea, Ovo Energy, Dutch beer company Grolsch and cider firm Kopparberg are among the brands that have withdrawn advertising since GB News’ launch. OVO Energy said: “We have a media partnership which […]

June 16, 2021

GB News to launch June 13th

GB News, the news channel which includes Discovery among its backers, has confirmed it is to launch on June 13th. A tweet from the service says: ‘GB News will launch on Sunday 13th June at 8pm with a special programme “Welcome to GB News”’. The channel, positioned as an alternative to BBC News and Sky […]

May 26, 2021By Colin Mann

Stingray adds 13 global partners

Stingray, a music, media, and technology company, has announced the launch of free, ad-supported TV channels and premium SVoD services with thirteen major OTT providers: Alteox (Luxembourg), Amazon Prime Video Channels (Italy, Spain and Netherlands), ChannelBox (UK), Maskatel (Canada), Pluto TV (Latin America and US), Pzaz (Global), Rakuten TV (Europe), Redbox (US), Rostelecom (Russia), Ruutu […]

May 5, 2021

Switch Media provides Framework for Freeview Australia’s HbbTV service

Switch Media, a provider of online video technology, has announced that it has delivered Freeview Australia’s new integrated Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) service, which launched on 12th April 2021. A long-term technology partner, Switch Media previously worked with Freeview Australia to deliver its world-first Freeview FV mobile app as well as its Freeview Plus […]

April 29, 2021

NTD channel joins Freeview

New York-based TV Network NTD has launched its English channel on Freeview 271 via the Channelbox platform. NTD Television is a global television network founded in 2001 by Chinese-Americans who fled China. In the past two years, NTD has been particularly focused on developing its 24/7 English programming services. NTD launched its UK Sky TV […]

April 6, 2021

Law&Crime to provide coverage of Chauvin trial in UK

Dan Abrams’ Law&Crime Network will provide primetime coverage of the Derek Chauvin trial for the alleged murder of George Floyd beginning March 29th –  the scheduled date for the trial is set to start. The Law&Crime Network, available on Channelbox on Freeview channel 271, will provide gavel-to-gavel coverage once the trial commences. New York City […]

March 24, 2021

Stingray channels launch on Freeview

Qello Concerts by Stingray and Stingray Naturescape have launched on Freeview via the Channelbox platform. The Qello Concerts channel offers a collection of full-length concerts and music documentaries featuring an array of iconic and new artists including Coldplay, Queen, Adele, The Beatles, Sting and Madonna among many others. Stingray Naturescape broadcasts a rotation of scenery […]

March 17, 2021

That’s TV ad-free Valentine weekend on Freeview

That’s TV, the UK music channel, will rebrand as That’s 60s on Freeview on February 13th/14th, and will go completely ad-free so millions of viewers across the UK can get into the spirit of Valentine’s Day with no interruptions. The ‘60s’ rebrand will see some of the hippest music from the swinging sixties broadcast non-stop […]

February 11, 2021

PSBs to integrate Digital UK and Freesat

UK public service broadcasters the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 plan to integrate Digital UK – the joint venture which facilitates the provision of Freeview TV services and Freesat – which offers access to the UK’s subscription-free satellite television service. They say the integration of Digital UK and Freesat will help ensure viewers continue to […]

February 10, 2021By Colin Mann