Mar 30 2017
UK commercial broadcaster ITV’s performance looks set to worsen as a result of a Brexit-related economic slowdown and increased costs related to next year’s football World Cup, according to an analysis by Berenberg. According to analysts Sarah Simon and Alastair Reid, ITV is likely to face a continued deterioration in the media buyer outlook for […]
Mar 20 2017
STV Player has announced it is now available for consumers on Roku® streaming players in the United Kingdom. Consumers using a Roku streaming player within STV’s licence area in Scotland will be able to live stream and catch-up on STV’s extensive range of content, including Broadchurch, the best watched drama on STV in the past […]
Mar 14 2017
OnPrime TV, the Sky and Cisco-backed OTT TV service targeting migrant groups in the pay TV operator’s home markets, is now live in the UK, Germany and Italy. The app-based streaming service is currently available on the Apple TV platform. It can be downloaded via the app store on Apple TV4, or by searching for […]
Mar 14 2017
UK commercial broadcaster ITV will produce a daily highlights package of horse-racing action from this week’s Cheltenham Festival in Ultra HD and 360° video. The content will be posted at 7pm each day on ITV’s Facebook and YouTube pages during the festival (March 14th – March 17th). Production company VR City will capture the footage […]
Mar 13 2017
BBC Worldwide today announced the launch of BBC Player in Malaysia, the second country to receive the service following its successful launch in Singapore last year. The multi-genre SVOD service is available exclusively to subscribers of Telekom Malaysia Berhad’s (TM) award-winning IPTV service, HyppTV, through an authenticated multi-genre Subscription Video-on-Demand (SVOD) service. Hypp TV viewers […]
Mar 13 2017
Heart 80s will launch across the UK on DAB D1 on March 14th On Tuesday at 6am, the UK will wake up to a brand new national radio station as Global, the media & entertainment group, launches Heart 80s. The new station will play non-stop feel good 80s classics, extending the UK’s biggest commercial radio […]
Mar 8 2017
BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, and UK commercial TV giant ITV on Tuesday launched subscription VOD service BritBox in the U.S. with a price tag of $6.99 per month after an introductory free trial period. The service, also backed by AMC Networks, which has a joint venture with BBC Worldwide for cable […]
Mar 7 2017
A man in the in the city of Hartlepool in the UK, who sold illegal Internet TV boxes that allowed pubs and clubs to screen pay-to-view TV free of charge has received a suspended prison sentence and been ordered to pay £250,000 (€289,000). Malcolm Mayes received a ten-month prison sentence suspended for one year when […]
Mar 7 2017
Tele Columbus, the third largest German cable operator, has published its preliminary financial results for the fourth quarter and full fiscal year 2016 reporting strong growth during the fiscal year with accelerating momentum towards the end of the year. The company met or even exceeded all financial targets previously communicated for the fiscal year 2016: […]
Mar 6 2017
BBC Worldwide is set to expand the reach of CBeebies in Asia by launching the UK preschool channel in Taiwan. BBC Worldwide has partnered with 15 cable operators in Taiwan to bring the 24-hour, dual-language CBeebies channel to more than 3.8 million households from March 13. Series that are due to air in Mandarin include Hey […]
Mar 2 2017
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 […]
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
BBC switch from SD to HD on satellite
Joint UK/international BBC News service from March
Loss of channels on Freesat 4K TV Boxes after a reset
Jul 25 2017
Time Spent Watching TV Plateaued in the UK and France in 2016, IHS Markit Says
LONDON (July 25, 2017) – IHS Markit, a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions, today released findings from its Cross-Platform Television Viewing Time 2016 report, which analyzes TV consumption trends across the ‘big five’ European markets: France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK. Online video continues to disrupt the TV market as competition […]
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By Expat • France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom • Tags: Cross-Platform Television Viewing, IHS Markit