Apr 27 2015
Sky UK is closing its dedicated 3D channel from June 9th, leaving viewers wanting 3D content having to download movies and programming via Sky’s on-demand service. Closing the channel is expected to help create extra satellite bandwidth for Sky’s planned 4K service. Sky’s brand director of TV Products, Luke Bradley-Jones explained: “From June, Sky 3D […]
Apr 14 2015
Innovation will continue to be at the heart of Sky’s business, with the company constantly seeking to renew itself and embrace change, according to company CEO Jeremy Darroch. Speaking at MIPTV in Cannes, France, Darroch said that while the whole experience of in-home entertainment has already got “so much better” in the past 10 years, […]
Mar 18 2015
Sky has confirmed that its Restart feature will roll out in the UK later this year. The service, which allows viewers to jump back to the start of a movie broadcast that has already begun, has been available in Italy for some time. “One of the most popular features among our Italian customers is called […]
Mar 5 2015
Viewers in the Scottish part of the ITV Border region will be able access their regional version of the channel on Sky and Freesat from mid-March. ITV Border Scotland was relaunched in January 2014, but until now has only been available on Freeview. It contains additional opt-outs from the main ITV schedule, in order to […]
Feb 13 2015
Sky said that it is “not ruling out” the possibility of delivering 4K content over the web in the future in a similar way to Netflix, after staging early trials filming in the ultra HD format. Speaking at SES Ultra HD conference in London yesterday, Sky’s chief engineer of broadcast strategy, Chris Johns, said that […]
Nov 24 2014
Three more local TV channels have been added to Sky today, bringing the current total of local TV channels on Sky to five. The new channels are Made in Bristol, Made in Cardiff and Made in Leeds, local channels can be found on channel 117; Made in Cardiff is on channel 134. London Live and […]
Sep 29 2014
Canis Television & Media is pleased to announce a partnership deal with Ireland West Music TV. The agreement means the very successful Ireland West Music TV will now broadcast on the re-launched Bonanza Bonanza Channel, Sky 266 and Freesat 157 (from October 13). Programmes from Monday to Thursday nights at 10pm will feature Irish and […]
Aug 5 2014
ITV chief executive Adam Crozier has said that the company and the wider industry will push for BSkyB to pay US-style retransmission fees to carry the UK commercial channel later this summer, with plans to unveil a study of how retransmission fees could work in the UK in September, but analysts have expressed scepticism about […]
Apr 3 2012
James Murdoch has resigned from his position as Chairman for BSkyB but will continue to serve as a Non-Executive Director, according to a statement from the satellite company. Previous Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Non-Executive Director, Nicholas Ferguson, will replace Murdoch as Chairman while Tom Mockridge, who joined the Board in February 2009, has been […]
Jul 13 2011
News Corporation has announced that it no longer intends to make an offer for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of BSkyB not already owned by the corporation. Chase Carey, Deputy Chairman, President and Chief Operating Officer, News Corporation, said in a statement: “We believed that the proposed acquisition of BSkyB by […]
Dec 7 2007
James Murdoch is to step down as Chief Executive of BSkyB to become Chairman and Chief Executive of Europe and Asia at News Corporation taking responsibility for the company’s international broadcasting, print and Internet divisions. Murdoch will remain at BSkyB as non-executive chairman. Murdoch will be succeeded as Chief Executive by BSkyB’s current CFO, Jeremy […]
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CNN launches new FAST channel in Europe
More organisations join crusade to protect terrestrial television and radio
Channel launches and updates on Freeview
ITV announces closure of CITV
Jun 17 2015
UK Subscriber numbers up 7%
The number of UK pay TV subscribers grew by more than 1 million in the past year, an increase of 6.8%, according to IHS. The research firm said that Sky remains the leading TV platform with an estimated 10.3 million customers in the UK at the end of the first quarter. IHS said that Sky […]
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By Expat • UK Media News • Tags: BSkyB, Now TV, Talk Talk