Jul 27 2017
Dave and Home, two of the UK’s best-known and most popular TV channels are now free-to-air on satellite. The two channels will be available to Freesat viewers from the 1st August 2017. Dave will be on Freesat channel 157 and Home on 166. Loads of the most loved programmes like Taskmaster, Red Dwarf XI, and […]
Jul 27 2017
The Premier League has been awarded a new High Court order for the 2017-18 season to allow it to block pirated streams of matches via Kodi set-top boxes. In March, the High Court had approved a Premier League application to block the computer servers that power the illegal streams, rather than just individual streams, and […]
Jul 27 2017
With total UK TV advertising spend having dropped for the first time in eight years, advertising in the UK grew at its slowest rate for four years — at 1.3% during the first quarter of this year — according to the latest Advertising Association/Warc Expenditure Report. This was the 15th consecutive quarter of growth, reaching […]
Jul 27 2017
10% increase in revenue on a comparable 52 week basis to £12.9 billion; 5% growth at constant currency EBITDA of £2,139 million; operating profit of £1,468 million, down only £97 million after absorbing £629 million of Premier League costs Earnings per share of 61.4 pence, 3% lower Return to profit growth in Q4, operating profit […]
Jul 27 2017
Sky and Devialet, one of the world’s most innovative names in audio, have joined forces to create Sky Soundbox, a new all-in-one sound system designed to take the TV viewing experience to the next level. From one single compact speaker unit, Sky Soundbox delivers powerful and immersive sound that puts the viewer at the heart […]
Jul 26 2017
Ketchup TV offers unlimited children’s entertainment and educational shows, available to watch for free. Popular favourites for children on Ketchup TV include Ben & Holly’s Little Kingdom, Little Baby Bum, Caillou, Fireman Sam and Thomas and Friends, as well as educational programmes Super Why! and Monster Maths. Plus, this summer on Ketchup TV, kids can […]
Jul 25 2017
LONDON (July 25, 2017) – IHS Markit, a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions, today released findings from its Cross-Platform Television Viewing Time 2016 report, which analyzes TV consumption trends across the ‘big five’ European markets: France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK. Online video continues to disrupt the TV market as competition […]
Jul 25 2017
Over the last few years Freeview has been growing – so much so that the TV guide is bursting at the seams. To make room for new channels we are updating the TV guide on 2 August. All you need to do is retune in the afternoon or evening to get the full refreshed line […]
Jul 24 2017
Revenue for the first half of 2017 reached €1.04 billion ($1.2 billion) at TF1, up 1.1 percent, as costs were down considerably thanks to the year-on-year comparison with the spend for the Euro 2016 football championship. Group advertising revenue of €782.1 million ($910 million), up 1.6 percent, was led mainly by stronger revenue from the […]
Jul 24 2017
ITV will reshuffle some of its channels on the Sky platform on 1st August 2017, the changes will see ITVBe move to CBS Drama’s current EPG slot in many areas of the UK. The move on August 1st by ITVBe to channel 149, will also see many of ITV’s +1 channels move up the Sky […]
Jul 24 2017
With an additional nine TV operators joining SES’s Ultra HD trials, a total of 30 US Pay TV providers, with a combined audience of more than 10 million subscribers, are now testing SES’s 4K content delivery platform across their distribution networks. The latest wave of Pay TV system operators to ink Ultra HD trial agreements […]
Jul 27 2017
Arqiva secures long-term capacity with Eutelsat for broadcasting in UK & Ireland
Arqiva, the UK’s leading communications infrastructure and media services company, and Eutelsat Communications (NYSE Euronext Paris: ETL) today announced an agreement that strengthens their relationship at the premium 28° East video neighbourhood. The multi-year, multi-transponder agreement covering high-power transponders at 28° East reinforces Arqiva’s competitive position as a leading service provider for DTH services in […]
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By Expat • Eutelsat, UK Media News • • Tags: 28.2°East, Arqiva, DTH