Jul 17 2017
Egypt’s national team has suspended Qatari satellite company beIN Sports from covering their training in Tunisia in preparation for the game against the North African side in the 2019 African Cup of Nations qualifiers. Earlier this week, the Egypt Football Association (EFA) along with Egyptian clubs banned beIN Sports from covering their games after Egypt […]
Jul 14 2017
The US arm of production house ITV Entertainment has acquired Armoza Formats’ studio entertainment show The Bubble. The Bubble is an adaptable entertainment format that isolates celebrity contestants in a ‘bubble’ for an entire week – no Internet, no mobile phones, no TV – and then brings them into the studio where they learn of […]
Jul 13 2017
Television and film trade body, Pact, has issued its response to the Government’s consultation into Channel 4’s future. It believes that the broadcaster should increase its investment in the nations and regions to 50%. Its current requirement is 35%, although last year, it spent 40% outside of the M25. “If C4 matched [the percentage of […]
Jul 12 2017
Channel 4 well prepared for future after second successive year of record revenues and record content investment: Record corporation revenues of £995m (2015: £979m) Record British content investment of £501m (2015: £455m) Record delivery of public service remit metrics +13% increase N&R content spend and record Nations spend +21% increase in All 4 views to […]
Jul 12 2017
Freesat viewers with the latest set-top-boxes won’t miss a moment of their favourite BBC shows thanks to a new ‘Watch from Start’ feature in the TV guide. Available from today, ‘Watch from Start’ allows you to restart live programmes on all BBC channels without waiting for the programme to end. Freesat is the first TV […]
Jul 12 2017
TVPlayer, has agreed a deal with ITV to provide exclusive streaming services for the UK broadcaster’s pay-per-view content. The deal starts this weekend with ITV Box Office’s coverage of the IBO world super middleweight boxing championship bout and will then apply to future ITV pay-per view content. The fight between super-middleweight champion Chris Eubank Jr. […]
Jul 12 2017
From 15th August 2017, the price for the monthly Entertainment Pass will increase by £1 to £7.99, the first price increase since 2015. Now TV is currently serving notice on subscribers about the change, in line with its terms and conditions. Now TV users who pay for their Entertainment Pass on a rolling monthly basis […]
Jul 12 2017
Research conducted by Broadband Genie has found more than half (60 per cent) of the public believe the TV licence doesn’t offer good value for money. Additionally, it seems many believe the current system is outdated, as 68 per cent say it’s unfair for users to have to pay for a licence if they’re just […]
Jul 11 2017
KMTV launched yesterday at 5:30pm, with the local programme Kent Tonight, an hour-long news programme broadcasting from the University of Kent’s Medway campus. The programme will air every weeknight. In the mornings, viewers will be able to watch KMTV’s weekday breakfast show with Garry and Laura. Local TV has gone on air across the UK […]
Jul 10 2017
London Live, the local TV channel for London, is to launch a new children’s strand. It follows a deal between the channel, Saban Brands and Studio 100. The new strand, to be called “Bounce”, will feature programmes including Heidi, Digimon and Power Rangers. Bounce will run from Monday to Saturday from 6am to 9am and […]
Jul 10 2017
Kiss Fresh has taken a national slot on DAB digital radio, the station is now broadcasting on the Digital One national DAB multiplex using a bitrate of 80 kbps mono. As part of the move on to a national platform, Kiss Fresh will focus on new tracks from 7 am, with specialist programmes now starting […]
Jul 17 2017
Carolyn McCall appointed ITV Chief Executive
ITV plc today announces that Carolyn McCall is to join the Board as Chief Executive. Carolyn joins ITV from easyJet where she has been Chief Executive for seven years. Prior to easyJet, Carolyn was Group Chief Executive of the Guardian Media Group. Peter Bazalgette, Chairman of ITV plc, said: “In a very impressive field of […]
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