Mar 28 2022
TalkTV to launch in the UK on Sky, Virgin Media, Freeview and Freesat as well as via connected TV services and smart devices Piers Morgan Uncensored to launch globally on weeknights via TalkTV in the UK, FOX Nation in the US and on Sky News Australia Piers Morgan Uncensored, the new global show fronted by […]
Mar 21 2022
Award-winning commercial broadcaster UKTV today unveiled a new on and off-air identity for its popular premium entertainment channel W. Coinciding with W launching free-to-air, the channel’s new look and feel positions it as the home of genuine human moments, leading with the tagline, “Life Unfiltered”. W’s Head of Marketing, Nick Gilmer, said, “W prides itself […]
Mar 21 2022
Award-winning commercial broadcaster UKTV today announced that it is taking its premium entertainment channel W free-to-air and making it available on its direct-to-consumer video on demand service UKTV Play, in a move that will significantly increase the footprint of W and its programme offering. Launching on Monday 28th March in Freeview slot 25, viewers will […]
Mar 18 2022
Ofcom has today revoked RT’s licence to broadcast in the UK, with immediate effect. We have done so on the basis that we do not consider RT’s licensee, ANO TV Novosti, fit and proper to hold a UK broadcast licence. Today’s decision comes amid 29 ongoing investigations by Ofcom into the due impartiality of RT’s […]
Mar 18 2022
Freeview Play and LG have strengthened their partnership with a new five-year agreement, announced today. This means that all new LG TVs will come with Freeview Play built in as standard. Freeview and LG will also work together on future product updates to continue to innovate the user experience. Freeview Play is the UK’s fastest […]
Mar 14 2022
UKTV’s female-orientated entertainment channel W has received an Ofcom licence to broadcast on Freeview, confirming reports in February that the channel will soon go free-to-air. W has just received a DTPS licence from Ofcom. The licence effectively provides regulatory clearance to launch a service on digital terrestrial TV (Freeview). W already holds a TLCS licence […]
Mar 8 2022
Ukrainian channels are broadcasting free-to-air across Europe via the Hot Bird satellite as pay TV operator Xtra TV unlocks some of Ukraine’s main TV channels. Channels include Ukraine’s biggest commercial channel 1+1 as well as RADA, INTER, ICTV plus Discovery (with Russian or English soundtrack) Fox (with Russian and English soundtrack), National Geographic (Ukrainian and […]
Mar 7 2022
BBC News is increasing access to its independent journalism on the invasion of Ukraine. From today it will make a daily half-hour news bulletin (broadcast at 2000 GMT) available free of charge to other broadcasters who are members of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Audiences will get the chance to watch Outside Source, normally presented […]
Mar 3 2022
Britain’s freshest new streaming service launching later this year Exclusive new series launching online every week, including Spy Among Friends The nation’s biggest events streamed live An ever-changing library of blockbuster movies Exclusive themed channels Thousands of box sets PLUS an upgrade option to a premium ad-free subscription tier, with access to partner content and […]
Mar 3 2022
Following moves by tech companies and the EU to reduce the visibility of Russian state media site RT, the network says it will begin streaming its content on a YouTube-like platform called Rumble. “RT gets ready to… Rumble: After a multitude of platforms have moved to knock out our broadcast and limit social media…,” RT […]
Mar 3 2022
Test transmissions for News UK’s new news and current affairs channel have begun on the Astra 2E satellite, prior to the channels launch this spring. During the test period, talkRADIO TV is being carried on the frequency. When talkTV is not on air, talkRADIO will be available on the channel. TalkTV will be available on […]
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
Freesports to leave Freeview
BBC must transform the way it serves audiences, Ofcom warns
Plan to deliver a digital-first BBC
Channel 4 publishes alternative plan to privatisation
Sky UK Renews Capacity with SES
Broadcasting reforms to create new golden age of British TV
Apr 8 2022
ITV secures long-term Freeview multiplex licence
Following a Government decision permitting the renewal of multiplex licences up to 2034, the first licence renewals has now taken place. Ofcom has granted the renewal of the licences for Digital 3&4 and SDN, securing the bandwidth for ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 for the next decade. The Digital 3&4 multiplex carries ITV, ITV+1, […]
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By Expat • Freeview, UK Media News • Tags: Digital 3&4, Ofcom, SDN