Jul 29 2015
Sky has posted an 18% increase in operating profit and now has over 12 million customers in the UK and Ireland, according to the company’s annual results report. Across its European services, which includes Sky Deutschland and Sky Italia, the pay TV giant added over one million customers in the 12 months up to 30th […]
Jul 10 2015
Ofcom should amend the scope of its Digital Communications Review to include pay TV, so it can address high prices and a lack of competition in the UK market, according to the CEO of BT’s consumer division, John Petter. In a speech to the Broadcasting Press Guild yesterday, Peter said there were market failings in […]
Jun 19 2015
Astra 2G has entered service at 28.2° East, taking over a number of satellite TV and radio services from the ageing Eutelsat 28A. For viewers inside the UK spotbeam, the changeover means improved reception on smaller dish sizes. By the end of the June, Eutelsat 28A should have transferred all of its services to Astra […]
Apr 15 2015
Pay TV operator Sky has extended Buy & Keep service to all homes in the UK and Ireland via the launch of a new app and availability on a number of other devices. The service, part of the Sky Store offering, which launched in April last year, was previously available via the Sky+ HD box […]
Mar 16 2015
Sky has announced it is making changing to its satellite TV subscription prices on the 1st June 2015. Sign-up pages on the Sky website advise new subscribers that Sky TV prices are changing on the 1st June. Subscribers are advised that as part of Sky’s terms and conditions, Sky may “increase prices by up to […]
Nov 17 2014
Brussels has joined the dispute between PSB broadcasters and pay-TV operators warning that a British law allowing Virgin Media free access to ITV and Channel 4’s main channels is an infringement of EU rules. The European Commission has opened formal infringement proceedings over the legislation, which was introduced in the late 1980s to help the […]
Aug 28 2014
Sky has launched a Sky Sports News HQ app on the Now TV box, the Roku-made device that delivers its low-cost OTT TV offering. Subscribers with a Now TV Box and any active Now TV pass – sports, entertainment or movies – will be able to watch Sky Sports News HQ through a dedicated app […]
Aug 12 2014
Sky Sports 5 will be available to both new and existing BT TV customers on their BT Vision+ set-top box when the channel launches today (August 12). Existing BT TV customers with both Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports 2 on Infinity will get the new channel automatically at no extra cost, while any new […]
Jun 11 2014
Sky’s Chief Executive, Jeremy Darroch, revealed to the audience of the EY Sustaining Digital Leadership conference, that 5.4 million home sin the UK have their Sky+HD boxes connected to Sky’s on demand service. With more-than-double growth in less than a year means 56,000 homes were connecting their boxes every week to receive Sky’s connected TV […]
Jun 10 2014
ITV Encore has today launched on Sky. The new channel is the broadcaster’s first major return to Pay-TV for more than a decade, it is exclusive to Sky customers. ITV Encore, which aims to be a showcase for the “best of contemporary British ITV drama”. The centrepiece of the launch of the channel, ITV’s first major […]
May 8 2014
After building a drinks empire, followed by an extreme sports empire and moving into content in as big a way as they can, Red Bull has today announced they will be launching a linear TV channel on Sky TV. Having already ordered shows and producing shows like ‘Free my Way’ and ‘Break N’ Reality’ Red […]
New Broadcast 2040+ research
BBC to switch off all SD satellite channels
ITV2/3/4 HD FTA
Successful launch of EUTELSAT HOTBIRD 13F satellite
PBS America has launched on Freeview PlayITV will rebrand main channel as ITV1
Channel 4 HD coming to 104
ITV Hub will soon no longer be available on some Freesat devices
Freeview channel changes & closures“Protect traditional TV & radio” say the British people as Broadcast 2040+ campaign launches
Aug 11 2015
ITV Cymru Wales HD launches on August 25
ITV Cymru Wales will broadcast its news and programmes in HD from August 25. ITV Wales moved to a new HD-capable HQ in June 2014. The current ITV HD service from transmitters in Wales (on Freeview channel 103) will become ITV Cymru Wales HD. Viewers in Wales watching via Sky, Freesat and Cable will also […]
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By Expat • UK Media News • Tags: Freesat, Freeview, ITV Cymru Wales HD, ITV HD, Sky