May 17 2018
Digital listening has reached a new record share of 50.9% – a landmark achievement for the industry which hopes will trigger action from the Government about the future of DAB. This compares to 47.2% in Q1 2017 and to 24.0% in Q1 2010 when the Government’s Digital Radio Action Plan, which outlined a programme of […]
May 16 2018
STV has announced it is to close its STV2 channel in June as part of a cost-cutting exercise. The Scottish broadcaster revealed 25 jobs are to be axed as a result of their restructuring exercise as the firm looks to save £1million per year. A further 34 positions will be scrapped with an additional £1m […]
May 12 2018
Richard Halton urges broadcasters to ‘figure out how they co-exist’ with Google and Amazon YouView chief executive Richard Halton believes the commercial PSBs need to go further than a joint streaming service and link up with the likes of Amazon and Google if they are to grow. A Guardian report over the weekend said that […]
May 9 2018
The English Football League and Quest are at the start of a beautiful friendship! From August 2018, we will be the new home of the EFL highlights featuring the Sky Bet Championship, Sky Bet League One, Sky Bet League Two, Carabao Cup and Checkatrade Trophy. The partnership between the EFL and Quest will guarantee FREE […]
May 2 2018
UTV+1 has begun testing on satellite, allowing viewers in Northern Ireland to timeshift Northern Ireland’s main commercial channel UTV. Tests began today following the closure of ITV Encore+1, which previously used the bandwidth. ITV plc purchaised UTV in 2017. No date h as yet been announced for the official launch of the UTV timeshift channel, however […]
Apr 26 2018
Comcast has formally published a Rule 2.7 announcement under the City Code on UK Takeovers and Mergers announcing its pre-conditional cash offer for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Sky. Comcast has confirmed that under the terms of its acquisition, Sky shareholders will be entitled to receive £12.50 in cash for […]
Apr 20 2018
Ofcom has today published a consultation about our provisional decision to approve the launch of a new BBC television channel for audiences in Scotland. The BBC published detailed proposals for a BBC Scotland channel in November 2017. We announced in January that we would undertake a competition assessment to examine whether the public value offered […]
Apr 18 2018
Ofcom has today opened seven new investigations into the due impartiality of news and current affairs programmes on the RT news channel. The investigations (PDF, 240.5 KB) form part of an Ofcom update, published today, into the licences held by TV Novosti, the company that broadcasts RT. Until recently, TV Novosti’s overall compliance record has not […]
Apr 16 2018
Abu Dhabi, Monday 16th April – CNBC, the world’s number one business and financial news network, today unveiled its new Middle East Headquarters in Abu Dhabi. The state-of-the-art facility will act as CNBC’s hub in the Middle East from which the network will continue to deliver world-class business content from across the region. As of […]
Apr 13 2018
Formula 1, the pinnacle of motor sport, will launch F1 TV in May, ahead of the Formula 1 2018 Gran Premio De Espana. Until that time, Formula 1 will continue to run a closed beta version of the service to a small subset of fans for viewing and testing during the upcoming Formula 1 2018 […]
Apr 13 2018
Following a public consultation, Ofcom has decided to approve proposals from Absolute Radio to reduce by 5% the transmission coverage of its AM national commercial licence. The document summarises the responses Ofcom received to the consultation and explains our decision, and the reasons for it. Absolute Radio Limited holds a national commercial radio licence to […]
May 18 2018
Vintage TV leaves Freesat
Vintage TV has left the Freesat platform, the channel was removed from the service on Thursday, with Vintage TV blaming Freesat’s new charging structure and urging viewers to contact the UK’s broadcast regulator Ofcom to complain. However, Freesat says the fees have been lowered. From Thursday 17th May, Vintage TV will no longer be available […]
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By Expat • Freesat, UK Media News • • Tags: Freesat, Vintage TV