Jun 11 2006
Soon-to-launch Sky Digital channel the Crime & Investigation Network, is in talks with distributors of public awareness content including the BBC to bring in some up-to-the-minute real crime programming. It could mean that a show like Crimewatch UK is broadcast on the new channel.
May 10 2006
The BBC has announced its first steps into high definition television (HDTV) broadcasting. It will offer a forerunning treat over the Whitsun bank holiday weekend (May 27-29) by screening five episodes of Planet Earth (from 7pm on May 27) and all 16 Bleak House instalments (from 8pm on May 28 and 29). The UK’s very […]
May 6 2006
The director general of the BBC, Mark Thompson, said the broadcaster will retain global news TV channel BBC World, despite calls from an independent auditor to close the money-losing venture. Speaking at a Broadcast Press Guild lunch, the BBC boss said that BBC World, which is a commercially funded channel, should be kept running, despite […]
Mar 20 2006
BBC Worldwide has confirmed that BBC Japan will be unavailable to viewers as of April 30 after distributor JMC said that it cannot afford to honour its contractual commitments. In a statement, BBC Worldwide said that JMC had sent notification that its shareholders will no longer provide financial support, which means that it will be […]
Mar 12 2006
Digital satellite viewers will have a choice of up to four extra screens when the BBC’s coverage of the Commonwealth Games starts this week. The Opening Ceremony of the XVIII Commonwealth Games will be held on March 15, heralding 11 days of intense sporting competition in Melbourne, Australia. BBC TV will be broadcasting 188 hours […]
Feb 28 2006
ITV has delayed the launch of its joint-venture ‘Freesat’ service with the BBC, according to a report in the Independent On Sunday. The new service – the equivalent of Freeview for satellite – was announced last year and had been expected to be up and running by this June. Now ITV is said to have […]
Feb 27 2005
The BBC is adding interactivity to EastEnders for the first time on Monday February 28th, while ITV is preparing the launch of its own Coronation Street service this summer. EastEnders Xtra will be available to digital viewers immediately after the show goes out on Monday nights and will provide 15-minute behind-the-scenes shows with more in-depth […]
Feb 13 2005
The BBC has confirmed it is considering the launch of its own dedicated sports TV channel covering minority sports. Peter Salmon, director of BBC sport, said: “In the course of the next licence period, there should be a really good debate over the BBC and the diversity of its sports provision – including a specialist […]
Feb 13 2005
The BBC is guaranteed to receive the proceeds of the UK’s TV licence fee for another decade, according to Whitehall sources quoted in The Guardian. However, the government is likely to review the level of the licence fee in five years’ time – amid concerns in some quarters that the BBC is still complacent and […]
Feb 6 2005
BBC Prime, the commercial station available to non UK viewers worldwide, has been experiencing severe technical problems today. In some areas a total loss of transmission occurred whilst in others, such as viewers in the area serviced by Hotbird at 13 East received a FTA broadcast of the channel. This means anyone with a digital satellite receiver […]
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 […]
Freeview channel changes & closures
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Freesports to leave Freeview
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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
New Board appointment for Channel 4
TalkTV to launch in the UK on Monday, April 25
Jul 12 2006
BBC DG Thompson confirms Freesat delay
The BBC and ITV’s free-to-air digital satellite proposition has hit a stumbling block, BBC director general Mark Thompson admitted yesterday. Facing MPs on the Commons culture committee Thompson said the service was likely to be delayed until next autumn while talks continued over standards for the Freesat offering. Thompson insisted progress was being made, and […]
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By Expat • UK Media News • Tags: BBC, Freesat, ITV