British Media News
Nov 28 2017
BBC Radio Cymru’s new second radio service is to launch on the 29th January, offering additional choice to Welsh speakers on DAB, online, iPlayer Radio and digital TV platforms. In a speech at Pontio in Bangor on Monday night, the Director of BBC Wales, Rhodri Talfan Davies, said the development of Radio Cymru 2 was […]
Nov 28 2017
Just missed an episode of Wheeler Dealers on Quest? Or maybe you’ve tuned in late to an episode of Say Yes to the Dress on Quest Red? Well, we have some good news because you can now enjoy your favourite shows from the beginning on Quest+1 on channel number 168, and Quest Red+1 on channel […]
Nov 24 2017
Please find below a list of upcoming 700MHz clearance events in Q1 2018. Detailed technical information for installers and industry, including UHF channel changes, is available in regional documents following this table. These will be updated as further information is released. Some transmitter groups will have multiple retunes between now and mid-2020 as airwaves are […]
Nov 23 2017
TV channels that run from the UK but broadcast into Europe will likely have to decide in the first half of next year whether to move their operations due to Brexit uncertainties, warned COBA executive director Adam Minns. Speaking at the Media Summits Brexit Briefing in London last night, Minns raised doubts about the UK’s […]
Nov 21 2017
Arqiva, the leading UK communications infrastructure and media services company, has today announced that British vintage film channel, Talking Pictures TV, is moving to one of its main standard definition (SD) multiplexes at the end of November – expanding the channel’s reach to around 19 million homes across the UK. To date, Talking Pictures TV […]
Nov 13 2017
ITV is set to close its pay TV channel ITV Encore and turn the brand into a digital on demand service. The channel, which shows repeats of major ITV series such as Victoria and Broachurch along with a number of original series such as Harlots, will close as a traditional channel next spring. Although ITV […]
Oct 23 2017
Arqiva has announced plans to proceed with a £1.5 billion Initial Public Offering and will list on the London Stock Exchange. The move abandons the transmission company’s previous strategy to auction the company. “Connectivity is key to the growth and on-going competitiveness of the British economy. Arqiva provides the critical infrastructure and skilled workforce that […]
Oct 12 2017
In the first of three cases, Janet Ferguson, Lisa Kaye and Arnold Martin of The Mayflower[1] in Bootle, Merseyside, were found guilty in their absence of six offences and were each fined £750 per offence and ordered to pay £170 Victim Surcharge and costs of £779.77, totalling £5,449.77 each (a grand total of £16,349.31). In […]
Oct 10 2017
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has set out more detail about what it intends to examine in its investigation into the proposed takeover of Sky Plc by 21st Century Fox. On 20 September, Karen Bradley, the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport referred Fox’s proposed takeover of Sky to the […]
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 […]
Sep 13 2017
UK, London, 12 September 2017: Arqiva*, the UK’s largest independent towers provider and communications infrastructure group, announces excellent results for the year ended 30 June 2017, with another year of record revenues and earnings. Arqiva provides communications infrastructure used by mobile telecoms network operators, TV and radio broadcasters, and satellite TV broadcasters. The company has […]
Dec 1 2017
Motorsport TV goes Free-To-Air
Motorsport TV has of December 1, 2017 become a free-to-air channel on satellite. Encryption on satellite has now been removed in time for live coverage of the Autosport Awards 2017 on Sunday 3rd December at 20:30 UK time. Motorsport.tv UK is not currently available on Freeview or YouView. The channel experimented with these platforms to […]
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By Expat • UK Media News • • Tags: free-to-air, Motorsport.tv