Aug 10 2016
Premium content delivery specialist Vubiquity has announced a significant multi-year extension to its wholesale content supply chain contract with Sky. The exclusive deal means Vubiquity will ensure Sky’s content is managed and delivered promptly to the catch-up and on-demand services of Sky’s wholesale customers in the UK such as Virgin Media, TalkTalk and BT. Vubiquity […]
Aug 5 2016
A pub landlady in Birmingham has been fined £50,000 (€58,940) after being caught illegally showing football on Sky Sports, having earlier received a final warning for committing an identical offence. She was also told to pay £24,000 costs for breaching copyright by showing the Premier League games. Sky Sports brought civil proceedings against Susan French, […]
Jul 20 2016
Sky+, the UK’s biggest connected TV platform, is set to get even better with a new Homepage design introduced to help customers discover even more TV to watch. The new features, the latest in a series of updates this year, form part of Sky’s continued commitment to put great TV at the heart of Sky+. […]
Jul 14 2016
Research from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech on the home services market – covering broadband, fixed landline and pay-TV – reveals strong gains for the major players amid further turmoil for TalkTalk. BT, Sky and Virgin Media have all seen year-on-year customer growth, with BT’s share up by 7.8 percentage points on last year thanks to strong […]
Jul 8 2016
The most complained-about pay TV provider between January and March of this year was BT with 20 complaints per 100,000 customers compared to 15 the previous quarter according to an Ofcom report. Complaints about TalkTalk fell from 14 to nine, while complaints about Virgin Media increased slightly and was the same as the industry average […]
Jun 29 2016
Now TV has launched what it claims is the UK’s first contract-free triple play bundle – offering TV, broadband and call bundles. The Now TV Combo is due to launch next month alongside the latest generation of the Roku-powered Now TV Smart Box – which includes a new homepage and frequently updated editorial recommendations. Announced […]
Jun 16 2016
Sky and ITV have joined forces with videogaming TV channel specialist Ginx TV to launch the UK and Ireland’s only 24-hour eSports TV channel, GINX eSports TV, with ITV and Sky expected to take minority stakes in the business to support its growth. Aiming to bring the very best of eSports to videogaming fans, the […]
May 21 2016
S4C HD will launch on satellite on Tuesday 7th June, and will be available on Sky and Freesat following several weeks of test transmissions. The HD channel will take the slot of the current standard definition service for viewers with HD receivers. S4C HD will be available across the UK: On Sky and Freesat 104 […]
Apr 21 2016
A test service for Sky’s forthcoming UHD service has started. Sky UHD will, when launched, only be available on Sky Q equipment. Unfortunately the test service is encrypted, so it will only be watchable by the few Sky customers who already have a Sky Q receiver. The Sky UHD test can be found on: Frequency: […]
Apr 21 2016
A test service for Sky’s forthcoming UHD service has started. Sky UHD will, when launched, only be available on Sky Q equipment. Unfortunately the test service is encrypted, so it will only be watchable by the few Sky customers who already have a Sky Q receiver. The Sky UHD test can be found on: Frequency: […]
Mar 23 2016
Formula 1 races will not be broadcast live on free-to-air television in the UK from the start of the 2019 season after Sky Sports secured an exclusive deal to show events on its subscription channels. The new agreement between Sky and Formula One means Sky Sports will be the home of Formula 1 in the […]
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
Aug 11 2016
Sky & Channel 4 co-invest for stake in TV rights venture TRX
Dial Square 86 Limited, the holding company for The RightsXchange Limited (“TRX”), has announced today that Sky and Channel 4’s Indie Growth Fund have invested in the company’s latest financing round, which will raise up to £5.2m for TRX. TRX is a new global online deal-making tool that enables TV rights buyers and sellers from […]
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By Expat • Channel 4, Sky UK • Tags: Channel 4, Dial Square 86, Sky, TRX