Jul 9 2010
Five has announced it will not pursue further involvement in Project Canvas, pending a review of its digital investment strategy. Project Canvas, approved by the BBC Trust in June, will continue with the backing of the BBC, BT, ITV, Channel 4, Talk Talk and Arqiva. Charles Constable, Director of Strategy at Five said “We continue […]
Jun 28 2010
Project Canvas looks set to launch in April 2011 after winning approval from the BBC Trust. The BBC-led joint venture will develop a Freesat-style common standard for TVs and set-top boxes using broadband to access video on demand and other internet content. The BBC Trust has told the BBC it can go ahead with the […]
Jun 21 2010
Pan-European media group RTL has reportedly received several expressions of interest in a deal for Five, with potential suitors including Sky, ITV and Endemol. RTL is widely believed to be mulling over its options going forward for the loss-making broadcaster. A deal for Five, which could include a complete sale or a commercial partnership, is […]
Mar 16 2010
Ofcom has revealed that Five HD will not arrive on Freeview before 2012 after the broadcaster failed to submit a launch date or programming schedule. Last June, the media regulator reached a provisional decision to reserve capacity for Five on the new Freeview HD platform, with the aim of Five HD becoming available in 2010. […]
Mar 5 2009
Five is to eliminate 87 jobs – nearly a quarter of its total workforce – as part of a major restructuring plan announced today by chair and chief executive Dawn Airey. The channel’s management structure is to be flatten with “several key departments” merged. “We are clearly in the midst of one of the most […]
Feb 20 2009
Five has submitted an application for the fourth HD channel slot on digital terrestrial television. The broadcaster would use the slot, which becomes available in July 2010, for an HD simulcast of its primetime line-up, VOD offerings and third-party content. Five is the only one of the four terrestrial broadcasters not to operate an HD […]
Jan 22 2009
Digital channel Five US is being relaunched as Five USA from next month. Five says the channel will have a new on- and off-air look as part of the rebrand. The channel was launched in October 2006 and positioned as “slick” Americana alongside the female-skewed Five Life. Five rebranded Five Life as Fiver in last […]
Nov 18 2008
Five has launched on Freesat, the free-to-air digital satellite TV service today, as the platform gears up for a pre-Christmas marketing push. Five will automatically be added via viewers’ Freesat digital boxes or integrated TVs to channel 105, so viewers will not need to take any action to access the channel. There are currently no […]
Nov 5 2008
Freesat have today announced the forthcoming addition of Five onto the platform on Tuesday 18th November 2008. Since launching in 1997, Five has developed a strong reputation for a wide mix of entertainment, documentaries, features, news, sport and children’s programmes. The channel’s Autumn schedule includes Paul Merton in India, 1968 Unseen, Dangerous Adventures for Boys, […]
Nov 3 2008
Five is now broadcasting free to air on the Astra 2D satellite on one of the BBC’s transponders. Five is currently labeled 6335. The channel is expected to join Freesat shortly, where it will be available on EPG slot 105, Five’s other channels, Fiver and Five US, will not be available on Freesat. The channel […]
Jul 24 2008
Emma Scott, Freesat MD, told Wotsat that channel Five have settled issues with rights holders and will set a launch date shortly. “Five are coming on this year and we are hoping for an announcement shortly. They would have liked to have been there at the launch, but it was not possible because of rights […]
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Nov 11 2010
Virgin Media adds Demand Five VoD service
Channel FIVE have announced a multiscreen deal with Virgin Media to bring programming from all of FIVE’s terrestrial TV channels to its TV, online and mobile video on demand platforms from November. The addition of Demand Five to its pioneering TV On Demand service at no extra cost to customers makes Virgin Media the only […]
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By Expat • UK Media News • Tags: Demand Five, Five, Virgrin Media, VOD