British Media News
Dec 20 2017
FreeSports the free-to-air sports channel, is to offer Ice Hockey fans free-to-air access to the IIHF World Championships for the first time. The channel will cover Great Britain’s Men’s games for the next five years. The six-team tournament runs from 22nd to 28th April 2018 and will take place at the Papp Laszlo Sportarena in […]
Dec 19 2017
Forces Radio BFBS is returning to national DAB digital radio next year. After nine months away we will return as a DAB+ station on January 24 2018. As the forces broadcaster, we entertain, inform and connect the British Forces community worldwide. Even if we do say so ourselves, Forces Radio BFBS broadcasts a superb line-up […]
Dec 1 2017
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 […]
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 […]
Jan 2 2018
Changes at Euronews in 2018
The international channel, which has NBC as a new partner, is revisiting its formats. Becoming “the leading influential media in European affairs, Politico de la television”. This is the goal of Michael Peters, Chairman of the Executive Board of Euronews. The international channel, which is the most watched in Europe, is changing. The “all in […]
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By Expat • UK Media News • • Tags: Euronews, NBC