News Channels.
Feb 26 2019
Financial news channel CNBC has commenced free-to-air tests in HD on the Astra 2E satellite. CNBC is one of the last news channels to make an HD service available in the UK and Ireland. The channel commenced test transmissions as an encrypted service at the beginning of the week, the channel has now switched to […]
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 […]
Oct 1 2017
BBC World News has ceased broadcasting in standard definition on Astra 19.2°E. The BBC has decided to end its dual transmission of both standard and high definition versions of BBC World News via the Astra 1 satellite group. The HD version of the channel, launched in Europe in April 2015, now remains the default way […]
Sep 13 2017
LUXEMBOURG, 12 September 2017 – European viewers will be able to continue to follow the news on SKY News International at the prime orbital position of 19.2 degrees East following an extension agreement announced by SES. Under the agreement, SKY News International will utilise SES’s capacity on ASTRA 1N and related uplink services to broadcast […]
Jun 30 2017
The BBC is closing down the standard definition feed of BBC World News on the Astra 1 satellite position at 19.2° East. This will affect viewers in those parts of Europe where the Astra 1 satellites are used for TV reception, notably Austria, France, Germany and Spain, and Belgium. Since 1st April 2015, the HD […]
May 2 2017
International Turkish news channel TRT World has made its official UK debut after months of testing on satellite, with its arrival on Sky. Sky viewers can now access both standard and high definition versions of the English-language news channel, which is operated by Turkey’s state broadcaster TRT. Under the motto “Where News Inspires Change”, the […]
Mar 2 2017
Schedules for April reveal changes to the BBC’s international news channel, BBC World News, with an apparent restructure of its news provision throughout the day. Most of the channel’s main news strands will be expanded to cover three hour blocks in the schedule from 3rd April 2017, with GMT broadcast on the hour, every hour […]
Mar 1 2017
Global business channel Bloomberg TV has launched in high definition on Sky following several weeks of tests. It is the first high definition version of Bloomberg Television being distributed via satellite in Europe. Sky HD viewers will now see Bloomberg HD on channel 502, replacing the standard definition channel. For HD viewers, the standard definition […]
Feb 17 2017
(CNN) — The Venezuelan government Wednesday ordered cable providers to take CNN en Español off the air, days after CNN aired an investigation into the alleged fraudulent issuing of Venezuelan passports and visas. The network “instigates religious, racial and political hatred,” violence and other themes, National Telecommunications Commission Director Andres Eloy Mendez said Thursday morning […]
Feb 15 2017
US broadcaster NBC has bought a stake in Euronews, following months of speculation. NBC will get a 25% share in Euronews in the latest ownership shake-up for the channel. In 2015, Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris took a controlling stake in Euronews, with the remaining shares in the channel held by various European public service broadcasters. […]
Jan 5 2017
TRT World is testing on the Astra 2 satellites at 28.2°East, serving viewers in the UK and Republic of Ireland. TRT World is the international news channel of the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation. TRT World is based in Istanbul, Turkey. It began broadcasting its high definition (HD) television signal on Turksat 3A satellite on […]
Nov 27 2019
CNN celebrates a decade in Abu Dhabi and eyes expansion in UAE
CNN is celebrating the tenth anniversary of its Middle East hub in Abu Dhabi and looking ahead to expansion plans at the network’s key newsgathering, production, broadcasting and commercial centre. November marks a decade since CNN first went on air live from Abu Dhabi. Since then it has increased its footprint in the Emirate, made […]
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By Expat • News Channels, UAE • • Tags: Abu Dhabi, CNN