Nov 17 2003
Viewers in the south of Europe are reporting the loss or breakup of five. It appears that the channel has ceased broadcasting on 12110H (Astra 2A south beam) and is only available on 12304H, 2B North beam.
Nov 2 2003
Non-Sky subscribers who wish to keep ITV, Channel 4 and five, can now order a next generation card for a one-off payment of £23.50 for residential viewers or £105.75 for commercial use (clubs and pubs). It’s a little over a week ago since plans for the new card were unveiled, and viewers can now phone […]
Oct 22 2003
Hundreds of thousands of satellite viewers who would have been left with blank screens by the BBC’s decision to break away from BSkyB and broadcast its satellite signal “in the clear” have been saved by a last-minute deal. Sports and tourism minister Richard Caborn announced in parliament yesterday that the commercial broadcasters had “made a […]
Oct 14 2003
News Corporation is considering taking legal action against the BBC to stop it showing programmes like The Simpsons and Buffy the Vampire Slayer following the public broadcaster’s change of satellite distribution. Peter Chernin, chief operating officer News Corp, has condemned the BBC’s decision to unencrypt its channels as “wrong” and said he is considering all […]
Sep 24 2003
MPs are pressing Tessa Jowell to intervene to prevent customers losing commercial terrestrial channels when BSkyB upgrades its encryption system. Broadcasters are close to a breakthrough in talks to ensure that ITV, Channel 4 and Channel Five will continue to be received by hundreds of thousands of satellite viewers after the BBC withdrew funding for […]
Aug 30 2003
Sky’s chief executive, Tony Ball, has revealed that the broadcaster is to compete against the Freeview digital terrestrial service by launching its own “Freeview-plus” package of channels on digital satellite. The comments came after Sky upgraded its subscriber target to eight million by 2005 and admitted that the next stage in the broadcaster’s future – […]
Jul 20 2003
There is growing confusion about the future of some 600,000 homes that receive ITV, C4 and Five via digital satellite through Sky’s ‘free’ service. The issue arises as a result of the BBC’s move to a free and unencrypted service on satellite. The remaining Solus cards are due to expire in the ‘the next few […]
Jul 16 2003
What will this meen for you, if you do not have a Sky subscription? You will loose ITV, Channel 4 and Five. It’s time for people to protest about the impending switch off of the Solus cards. BSkyB are rubbing their hands, at the thought of all those new subscriptions of £150 per year minimum. […]
Jun 20 2003
Several BBC radio and TV channels have been shuffled around in the Sky Digital Electronic Programme Guide (EPG). BBC Three can now be found on channel 115, while BBC Four is on channel 116. Meanwhile, BBC Radio 4 Long Wave has moved to channel 911 and BBC 6 Music is on channel 870.
Jun 13 2003
BSkyB and the BBC today (Friday 13 June 2003) announced a five year agreement which includes the continued allocation to BBC ONE and BBC TWO of channel numbers 101 and 102 on BSkyB’s Electronic Programme Guide (EPG). Therefore the BBC will withdraw its complaint, made in April 2003, to the Independent Television Commission. From 10 […]
Dec 19 2000
Kourou, French Guiana, Dec. 19, 2000 – ASTRA 2D, a high-power Boeing 376 satellite built for SES of Luxembourg, was successfully launched today on board an Ariane 5 rocket from the Guiana Space Center on the northeastern coast of South America. The satellite was built by Boeing Satellite Systems, Inc., (BSS), a unit of The […]
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ITV Hub will soon no longer be available on some Freesat devices
Freeview channel changes & closures
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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
Dec 14 2003
ITV3 to replace Granada Plus in 2004
UK digital cable and satellite channel Granada Plus – part of Granada Sky Broadcasting (GSB), a joint-venture between Granada and BSkyB – is expected to be replaced by a service dubbed ITV3 during 2004. The move depends on a deal between the new ITV plc and Sky over archive rights and equity positions in ITV’s […]
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By Expat • UK Media News • Tags: Granada Plus, GSB, ITV, Sky