Sep 13 2017
UK, London, 12 September 2017: Arqiva*, the UK’s largest independent towers provider and communications infrastructure group, announces excellent results for the year ended 30 June 2017, with another year of record revenues and earnings. Arqiva provides communications infrastructure used by mobile telecoms network operators, TV and radio broadcasters, and satellite TV broadcasters. The company has […]
Sep 1 2017
Freesat viewers will need to wait until the second week in September to gain access to Freesports. On Twitter a spokesperson said “We’re launching on Freesat on the 12th September. Not the 11th September as we originally thought.” The channel launched on Thursday morning on Freeview channel 95, 75% of the UK can receive Freesports […]
Aug 31 2017
Sony Pictures Television Networks (SPTN) has launched Pop Max – a new dedicated kids channel, on 30th August. Pop Max, which will be available across Freeview, Sky and Freesat, is a rebrand of current channel Kix, designed to “evolve” SPTN’s kids channel portfolio. According to SPTN, Pop Max will be a “cheeky comedy channel” targeting […]
Aug 22 2017
Freeview in Australia has launched a new TV campaign, the third in the series starring the Freeman family and their neighbours, the Joneses. The first spot, ‘Freemans On The Go’, demonstrates how easy it is to watch live and catch-up TV wherever you are, on whichever device you choose via a Freeview FV app. The […]
Aug 18 2017
The owners of Norfolk’s local TV station are proposing its sale, which could lead to potential job losses. Archant, owner of Mustard TV, is planning to sell to the That’s TV Group, which already runs channels in 10 different regions. If the sale goes through, it is understood current staff will not be needed to […]
May 27 2017
Free to air Sports channel Front Runner has expanded its service on satellite, with Greyhound Racing moving to its own channel. The change has put an end to the situation which led to the satellite (Sky/Freesat) and terrestrial (Freeview) version of Front Runner carrying different programmes at prime-time, with Greyhound Racing on satellite, and other […]
May 25 2017
Sony Pictures Television and local TV network Made TV have teamed up for a new shared programme block. The new arrangement, which came into force on Thursday 25th May, sees local TV channels that belong to the Made TV network take two four-hour programme blocks from truTV every day, giving truTV prime access to Freeview […]
Mar 15 2017
Quest Red launches today on Freeview channel 38, think of it as the home of “Irresistibly Real TV”. Take Quest, the channel where fact is bigger than fiction, add a dash of red, the colour that stirs emotion and together you get Quest Red. With a predominantly female audience, Quest Red hits TV screens with […]
Feb 17 2017
Quest Red will target a predominantly female audience and explore real life stories through entertainment, investigative crime stories and thought provoking documentaries. Quest Red will accompany Discovery’s first free-to-air factual entertainment TV channel, Quest, and will launch on Freeview, YouView, BT TV, Talk Talk, Sky and Virgin Media. The channel will premiere UK programmes, including […]
Feb 15 2017
Discovery Communications has confirmed that it will launch a second free-to-air channel in the UK later this year. CEO David Zaslav revealed the plan during an earnings call with reporters, commenting: “While we never look forward to potential carriage standoff, the negotiation with Sky reaffirmed the strong value of our brand portfolio and the passion […]
Feb 2 2017
There are major changes taking place over the coming days at Kepp It Country , Keep It Country moved to a new service provider on 1st February , so there was a break in transmission on all mediums for a short period, Sky 389 – Freesat 516 – Freeview 87. Freeview 516 , will be […]
Nov 24 2017
700MHz clearance retunes for Q1 2018
Please find below a list of upcoming 700MHz clearance events in Q1 2018. Detailed technical information for installers and industry, including UHF channel changes, is available in regional documents following this table. These will be updated as further information is released. Some transmitter groups will have multiple retunes between now and mid-2020 as airwaves are […]
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By Expat • Freeview, UK Media News • • Tags: 700MHz clearance, Freeview