British Media News
Sep 26 2019
UK-based OTT provider TVPlayer has been acquired by Alchimie. According to Alchimie, which is an international content aggregation and dynamic digital distribution company, the deal will accelerate its move into the UK SVoD market. TVPlayer has 2.6 million registered users in the UK, and 50,000 subscribers, who can watch more than 100 free and pay-TV […]
Sep 26 2019
London, UK, 26 September 2019: Arqiva, one of the UK’s leading communications infrastructure and media services providers with significant investments in essential communications infrastructure, announces its results for the year ended 30 June 2019. Robust results reflect a strong performance delivered across Arqiva’s core business in a year of major project delivery. Highlights Revenue growth […]
Sep 24 2019
ShortsTV, the pioneer platform dedicated to providing high-quality, short entertainment to global audiences, announced a broad expansion into India’s major DTH (Direct-to-Home) platforms with new partners Dish TV, d2h and Airtel Digital TV. Combined with its existing distribution in the US, Europe and Latin America, ShortsTV will now be available in more than 100 million […]
Sep 4 2019
Arqiva today [Wednesday, 04 September 2019] announces that Sean West has been appointed to the role of Chief Financial Officer on a permanent basis, he has also been appointed to our Board of Directors. Sean was appointed on an interim basis earlier this year having previously held the role of Director of Treasury & Corporate […]
Aug 1 2019
Age UK delivers 634,334 strong petition to the new prime minister at no 10 Downing Street. Yesterday, Age UK along with older people over 75, delivered its 634,334 strong #Switched Off petition to No 10 Downing Street and urged the new Prime Minister to intervene and take back responsibility for funding free TV licences for […]
Jun 6 2019
UKTV has announced that its on-demand app, UKTV Play, is now available on Apple TV where its vast catalogue of shows can be easily discovered. The service is also integrated with the all-new Apple TV app which brings together different ways to watch TV, as well as universal search and Siri, so users can easily […]
May 23 2019
The FA Cup will be shown exclusively on free-to-air television from 2021 after ITV joined the BBC in winning rights to broadcast the competition. The four-year deal means ITV will replace BT Sport in sharing rights with the BBC from the 2021-22 season. ITV will show more than 20 matches a season and the deal […]
Apr 1 2019
Under the terms of the UKTV deal, which is expected to complete in late Spring 2019, Discovery takes full control of lifestyle channels Good Food, Home and Really, in line with its editorial strategy and further strengthening its global leadership position in factual entertainment. Discovery has an existing portfolio of 16 channels in the UK […]
Mar 1 2019
Business news channel CNBC HD simulcast has now joined Sky. As of today, Sky HD and Q users will see CNBC HD on channel 505, while the standard definition version has moved to channel 890. CNBC carries the latest from the financial markets, with live programming Monday-Friday from Asia, Europe and the USA, plus executive […]
Feb 27 2019
ITV has confirmed it is in the final stages of bringing its SVOD joint venture with the BBC to the UK. ITV used its annual report to confirm that the BBC and ITV are in the “concluding phase of talks to bring BritBox, the subscription video on-demand service, which has over 500,000 subscribers in North […]
Feb 6 2019
With 19 million homes, the U.K. move is the single-biggest launch ever for the joint venture of CBS Corp.’s Showtime Networks and the Smithsonian Institution. CBS Corp.’s Smithsonian Channel, a joint venture between Showtime Networks and the Smithsonian Institution, is launching its first European service in the U.K. on Tuesday, continuing its push into international […]
Sep 27 2019
BritBox is coming to Samsung TVs, Freeview Play and YouView
BritBox, the ITV and BBC owned streaming service, has confirmed it will be available on Samsung TVs, Freeview Play set-top boxes and TVs and YouView set-top boxes in a move giving it access to millions of homes across the UK. The service is focussed on the UK made content and is coming to the UK […]
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By Expat • UK Media News • Tags: BritBox, Freeview Play, Samsung, YouView