May 10 2016
Virgin Media is planning to launch a new set-top box and will introduce new features to its TV user experience in the second half of this year, the company has announced. Liberty Global-owned Virgin media posted its strongest quarterly performance since 2010 in the three months to March, including the addition of 80,000 TiVo advanced […]
May 10 2016
Virgin Media is planning to launch a new set-top box and will introduce new features to its TV user experience in the second half of this year, the company has announced. A Virgin Media spokesman told Digital TV Europe that the box would be 4K-ready and would be based on the TiVo platform. He said […]
Sep 9 2015
Sky’s subscriber base is expected to overtake Liberty Global’s in Western Europe in 2017, according to new research by Digital TV Research. The Western Europe Pay TV Operator Forecasts report claims that Liberty Global’s subscriber count will fall in the coming years as it tries to convert its remaining analogue cable subscribers by 2020, with […]
Jul 31 2015
Cable MSO Liberty Global has acquired 138.7 million shares in UK commercial broadcaster ITV plc, thereby increasing its existing stake to a total of 398.5 million shares in ITV or approximately 9.9 per cent of ITV’s ordinary shares outstanding. Liberty Global has at the same time nentered into a hedging transaction with respect to the […]
Jul 3 2015
Liberty Global has acquired Irish free-to-air broadcaster TV3 for €80m (£57m) from private equity company Doughty Hanson. The deal is the latest high-profile acquisition from the John Malone-backed company, which acquired cable operator Virgin Media in June 2013 and a 6.4% stake in ITV in July 2014. Liberty Global already operates a major cable service […]
Mar 23 2015
Liberty Global’s chief financial officer has dismissed claims that the cable company could seek to buy out ITV, after it bought into the UK broadcaster last year. In an interview with the Financial Times, Charlie Bracken described ITV as “awfully pricey” as an outright acquisition target, adding: “we’re not going to invest billions of dollars […]
Sep 2 2014
As more speculation of a takeover of ITV comes around, the broadcasters shares rose to a record high this week. On reports that Virgin Media owner Liberty Global have been sounding out ITV shareholders about its options, shares of ITV rose 3.6% to 218.7p. Liberty Global bought a 6.4% share in the DTG Member in […]
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
Digital UK becomes “Everyone TV”
Rollout of BBC One HD for the English regions
ITVX launch month delivers 55% increase in ITV’s streaming viewing and 65% increase in online users
New Broadcast 2040+ researchBBC to switch off all SD satellite channels
ITV2/3/4 HD FTA
Jul 21 2016
TV3 appoints Bill Malone as director of programming
Irish commercial broadcaster TV3 has appointed a leading executive from rival channel RTÉ as its new director of programming. Bill Malone was previously channel controller at RTÉ2 and a member of the Irish pubcaster’s board TV board for the past three years. He succeeds Lynda McQuaid, who left TV3 in February. Before that, the role […]
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By Expat • Ireland • Tags: Bill Malone, Liberty Global, TV3 Ireland, Virgin Media