News Channels.
Mar 1 2017
Global business channel Bloomberg TV has launched in high definition on Sky following several weeks of tests. It is the first high definition version of Bloomberg Television being distributed via satellite in Europe. Sky HD viewers will now see Bloomberg HD on channel 502, replacing the standard definition channel. For HD viewers, the standard definition […]
Feb 17 2017
(CNN) — The Venezuelan government Wednesday ordered cable providers to take CNN en Español off the air, days after CNN aired an investigation into the alleged fraudulent issuing of Venezuelan passports and visas. The network “instigates religious, racial and political hatred,” violence and other themes, National Telecommunications Commission Director Andres Eloy Mendez said Thursday morning […]
Feb 15 2017
US broadcaster NBC has bought a stake in Euronews, following months of speculation. NBC will get a 25% share in Euronews in the latest ownership shake-up for the channel. In 2015, Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris took a controlling stake in Euronews, with the remaining shares in the channel held by various European public service broadcasters. […]
Jan 5 2017
TRT World is testing on the Astra 2 satellites at 28.2°East, serving viewers in the UK and Republic of Ireland. TRT World is the international news channel of the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation. TRT World is based in Istanbul, Turkey. It began broadcasting its high definition (HD) television signal on Turksat 3A satellite on […]
Nov 2 2016
Euronews has launched in HD for the first time. The HD version of the pan-Eueropean news channel is available on the Eutelsat Hotbird satellites at the 13° East orbital slot. Euroonews has tapped media services group Globecast to provide technical services to bring the HD channel to viewers across Europe, North Africa and the Middle […]
Sep 2 2016
Heathrow Express passengers will be kept up to date with a new BBC World News onboard service, launched on September 1, which will provide one-minute news and business bulletins on the 15-minute journey to and from Heathrow and Paddington. The bulletins will be delivered through the existing Express TV service, which are positioned on screens […]
May 17 2016
The BBC’s international TV news channel will need to be reformed in order to improve the quality of its output, according to the Government. BBC World News, the commercially funded global news channel from the BBC, does not have the same reputation of quality as the World Service does, according to the Department for Culture, […]
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
Mar 2 2017
Programme changes at BBC World News
Schedules for April reveal changes to the BBC’s international news channel, BBC World News, with an apparent restructure of its news provision throughout the day. Most of the channel’s main news strands will be expanded to cover three hour blocks in the schedule from 3rd April 2017, with GMT broadcast on the hour, every hour […]
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By Expat • BBC Worldwide, News Channels • Tags: BBC World News, Schedules