Jan 17 2014
Channel 5+24, Channel 5’s new +24 hour catch-up channel, will launch on the 4th February 2014. Between 7pm and midnight, the channel will broadcast whatever Channel 5 was showing 24 hours ago. For the remainder of its broadcast hours, the channel will broadcast teleshopping, except on Freeview where the channel will close down overnight, and […]
Apr 2 2013
Television channels from Bauer Media’s family of radio stations have today appeared free-to-air on satellite alongside long- running music TV channel The Box. The Box, alongside Heat, Kiss, Kerrang, Magic and Smash Hits are currently available without a Sky subscription. There has been no indication so far as to whether the Bauer Media channels are […]
Jan 21 2013
According to on-air announcements, RTÉ’s digital satellite service RTÉ Radio 1 Extra will be withdrawn from UK digital satellite shortly. RTÉ’s long wave station on 252 kHz, of which the satellite service was a simulcast of, continues to broadcast RTÉ Radio 1. The EPG of the Irish broadcaster’s station on Sky (and via non-Freesat mode […]
Jan 27 2012
Saorsat, the free-to-air satellite companion to Ireland’s DTT service Saorview, is slated to launch this February or March. Documents released by RTÉNL, the network’s division of the public broadcaster, said tests have been underway since December 2011. Saorsat will be carried on Eutelsat’s Ka-Sat at 9° East. It is anticipated that suitable receivers will be […]
UKTV stays on satellite until the end of the decade
CITV: Children’s TV channel will close in September
That’s TV secures licence for That’s Cinema
BBC Radio 4 begins information campaign to transition listeners from Long Wave
Sky News launches international audio service
ITVX Kids launching in Summer 2023
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
Jan 9 2015
Eutelsat survey shows continued strength of satellite TV
Paris, 9 January 2015 — Eutelsat Communications today revealed headline figures of research on the number of homes receiving channels broadcast by eight of its flagship television neighbourhoods serving Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. A total of 274 million homes are now either equipped for Direct-to-Home (DTH) reception or connected to a cable […]
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By Expat • UK Media News • Tags: Eutelsat, Satellite