Sep 13 2017
Free-to-air sports channel FreeSports has finally arrived on the Freesat platform. Viewers can now find the channel on Freesat channel 252. The channel features live and recorded coverage of sports including Ice Hockey, Football, Motorsports, Tennis and Rugby League. FreeSports has also indicated that it may offer an HD simulcast on satellite, though not on […]
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 […]
Aug 18 2017
FreeSports, the new free-to-air sports channel launching on August 31, has confirmed that it will be available on Freesat. Premier Sports and the former Setanta UK service, has confirmed that the channel will be on Freesat channel 252. The channel will also be available on Sky 424 and Freeview / YouView (BT/TalkTalk) channel 95. The […]
Jul 28 2017
LUXEMBOURG, 28 July 2017 — SES S.A. (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) announced financial results for the six months ended 30 June 2017. Delivering return to growth in revenue and profitability Revenue EUR 1,048.7 million, up 9.6% over prior period (down 1.5% like-for-like[1]) EBITDA margin 65.5% and operating profit margin 29.2%[2] (H1 20161: […]
May 25 2017
Freesat today announces strong growth in the twelve months to 30 March 2017, with 904,000 devices sold – an increase of 90% year on year – benefiting from the continuing popularity of smart and UHD televisions. Freesat’s customer base continues to thrive with 58,000 new homes added over the course of the financial year. This […]
Jun 21 2016
SES considers satellite vital to the success of the future video landscape and provides the answer to delivering high quality video, anywhere, and to any device. This solution is detailed in the new SES White Paper – Satellite Captures the Wave of Video Growth – published at its Investor Days event. The White Paper details […]
Nov 21 2015
Some changes will be taking place on Channel 5’s satellite transmissions during November and December. The changes follow the removal of Channel 5’s advertising regions earlier this year. There has been just one national version of Channel 5 available since 1st August 2015, individual data streams linked to the old regions have remained in place. […]
Jan 9 2015
Paris, 9 January 2015 — Eutelsat Communications today revealed headline figures of research on the number of homes receiving channels broadcast by eight of its flagship television neighbourhoods serving Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. A total of 274 million homes are now either equipped for Direct-to-Home (DTH) reception or connected to a cable […]
Jan 17 2014
Channel 5+24, Channel 5’s new +24 hour catch-up channel, will launch on the 4th February 2014. Between 7pm and midnight, the channel will broadcast whatever Channel 5 was showing 24 hours ago. For the remainder of its broadcast hours, the channel will broadcast teleshopping, except on Freeview where the channel will close down overnight, and […]
Apr 2 2013
Television channels from Bauer Media’s family of radio stations have today appeared free-to-air on satellite alongside long- running music TV channel The Box. The Box, alongside Heat, Kiss, Kerrang, Magic and Smash Hits are currently available without a Sky subscription. There has been no indication so far as to whether the Bauer Media channels are […]
Jan 21 2013
According to on-air announcements, RTÉ’s digital satellite service RTÉ Radio 1 Extra will be withdrawn from UK digital satellite shortly. RTÉ’s long wave station on 252 kHz, of which the satellite service was a simulcast of, continues to broadcast RTÉ Radio 1. The EPG of the Irish broadcaster’s station on Sky (and via non-Freesat mode […]
Jan 4 2018
Made TV goes national on satellite
Made TV has launched a single generic service on satellite replacing the existing regionalised service on Sky channel 117 for viewers who could previously see the Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Liverpool and Tyne & Wear channels. The channel is carried on Sky channel 134 in Wales, replacing Made in Cardiff. The new national channel carries a […]
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By Expat • Local TV • • Tags: Made TV, Satellite