Jul 31 2017
TF1 has withdrawn its catch-up TV service MYTF1 from distribution by Numericable-SFR and has demanded that the service provider stops retransmitting its free-to-air channels, including its flagship channel. TF1, the leading French commercial broadcaster, has been in a battle with the country’s TV operators over its demand that they pay retransmission fees, and has been […]
May 11 2017
ITV is preparing to take rapid advantage of changes in legislation that will allow it to charge retransmission fees. A provision in the Digital Economy Bill, that received Royal Assent in April, means that older legislation prohibiting the BBC, ITV, STV, Channel 4, S4C and Channel 5 from charging such fees will be repealed after […]
May 10 2017
ITV the UK commercial broadcaster, has revealed its Q1 figures that showed a decline in both revenues and advertising income. Online, pay & interactive revenues were up 12 per cent however, driven by a 22 per cent growth in online advertising. Adam Crozier, ITV’s Chief Executive who will be leaving the company at the end […]
Apr 13 2017
French broadcaster TF1 has warned telecom operators and pay TV operator Canal+ that it will pull its signal from their services unless they agree to pay retransmission fees, according to French press reports. According to financial daily Les Echos, TF1 has threatened to withdraw its flagship channel and digital services TMC, NT1, HD1 and LCI, […]
Mar 31 2017
A report from equity analysts at Berenberg Bank suggests that the upcoming UK Digital Economy Bill could see a change of heart as far as the British government is concerned over retransmission fees as far as ITV is concerned. The all-important element within the Bill is covered by Section 73 in the document. The ban […]
Jul 6 2016
ITV and Channel 4 have been told they should not expect payment from operators such as Virgin Media and Sky for carrying their channels, despite the government closing a legal loophole that had previously prevented charging retransmission fees. The law was introduced in the 1980s to encourage the growth of the cable-TV industry, but the […]
Nov 12 2015
UK TV viewers have labelled proposals to introduce new charges to transmit free-to-air public service broadcaster ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 programmes over pay-TV networks a new TV tax and a “rip off”, according to a new survey. In a survey into the proposed charges commissioned by UK quad-play operator Virgin Media, 73 per […]
Sep 10 2014
UK culture secretary Sajid Javid has pledged to take a “long hard look” at retransmission fees between broadcasters and pay TV operators in an effort to cut government red tape. In his first major appearance as secretary of state for the department of culture, media and sport, Javid told attendees of the RTS conference in […]
Sep 9 2014
ITV has joined Channel 4 in calling for Pay-TV services like Sky and Virgin Media to pay retransmission fees to public service broadcasters. In a report published alongside Germany’s VPRT and Free TV Australia which demands an end of what is “effectively a multi-million pound subsidy” and says that retrans fees that have been brought […]
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 […]
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Oct 4 2017
Sky threatens to drop RTÉ
Sky will drop RTÉ from its platform if the Irish Government does not continue to oblige the public service broadcaster to offer its channels to pay-TV companies for free. Sky, which is 39 per cent-owned by Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox, told the Oireachtas communications committee on Tuesday that there “could only be losers” were […]
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By Expat • Ireland • Tags: retransmission fees, RTÉ, Sky Ireland, Virgin Media