Jan 12 2005
ITV has announced a 10-year deal with Teletext to launch and operate text services across all the ITV family of channels in digital homes. The new service, which will be branded Teletext on ITV, will be accessible on all digital platforms giving viewers direct access via the text button on their remote control. Teletext on […]
Jan 10 2005
ITV has made a formal complaint to government regulators about the charges which Sky wants to impose on it for enabling satellite TV viewers to receive the correct regional version of the channel. ITV claims in a statement to OFCOM that Sky’s proposed charges are: “unfair, unreasonable and unduly discriminatory and therefore in breach of […]
Jan 10 2005
Sky has reportedly patented a new technology that allows viewers to record programmes without any ad breaks. While the Sky + personal video recorder allows users to skip through advertisements, even when played at 30 times normal speed, the ads can still be seen by viewers. Sky hopes to offer a service that allows viewers […]
Jan 10 2005
The company that runs shopping channels Bid-Up TV and Price-Drop TV is planning to launch two new free-to-air film channels on Sky Digital. Called ‘Real-Movies.tv’ and ‘Movies On 333’, they will fully launch this summer. It’s reported that the channels will be a low-cost venture, with an investment of under £3m. “These will be free […]
Jan 10 2005
Set-top box manufacturer Pace Micro Technology saw profits rise fourfold in the first half of its financial year, as the company shipped more than double the number of boxes it delivered in the same period a year earlier. But the company said its financial recovery would “take longer than was initially anticipated”, following on from […]
Dec 21 2003
Sky One has won the rights to the cult US spy thriller 24, starring Kiefer Sutherland, after a row reportedly broke out between the BBC and US distributor Fox about the BBC’s intention to broadcast it on its free-to-air satellite TV channels, thereby allowing viewers in other European countries to watch it. Sky One outbid […]
Dec 14 2003
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 […]
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 […]
New Broadcast 2040+ research
BBC to switch off all SD satellite channels
ITV2/3/4 HD FTA
Successful launch of EUTELSAT HOTBIRD 13F satellite
PBS America has launched on Freeview PlayITV will rebrand main channel as ITV1
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
Jan 17 2005
Media barons in £6bn bid to capture ITV
Media moguls Greg Dyke, Lord Hollick and Stephen Grabiner may launch an audacious £6 billion bid for ITV, City sources said last night. The three work for private equity houses that have held talks about forging an alliance to bid for Britain’s largest commercial terrestrial broadcaster. Dyke, the former BBC director-general who resigned after the […]
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By Expat • UK Media News • Tags: Greg Dyke, ITV, Lord Hollick, Stephen Grabiner