Sky and ITV insiders say takeover deal is ‘weeks away’
Sky and ITV are closing in on a deal that would pave the way for the TV and telecoms operator to take over the UK’s most-watched free-to-air commercial broadcaster, with…
Sky & UKTV extend multi-year partnership
Sky and UKTV have announced a multi-year extension to their long-standing partnership, securing carriage for UKTV’s highly popular pay channels, Alibi and Gold, across Sky platforms in the UK and…
Rollout of BBC One HD for the English regions
In November last year, the BBC announced plans to roll out BBC One HD for the English regions on TV platforms by Spring 2023. Today marks the start of this…
Channel 4 HD coming to 104
Viewers of Sky, Freesat and Virgin Media viewers in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland will receive Channel 4 in HD by default on channel 104 following a major reconfiguration. Currently,…
UKTV takes W free-to-air
Award-winning commercial broadcaster UKTV today announced that it is taking its premium entertainment channel W free-to-air and making it available on its direct-to-consumer video on demand service UKTV Play, in…
STV Player catch-up service launches on Sky
The STV Player service has launched on Sky, giving viewers access to STV content across all major TV platforms for the first time. Sky customers will now be able to…
CNBC HD joins Sky
Business news channel CNBC HD simulcast has now joined Sky. As of today, Sky HD and Q users will see CNBC HD on channel 505, while the standard definition version…
Discovery to launch DMAX in UK
Discovery is launching DMAX as a free to air channel in the UK from January 16th. It launches with an adventurous tone of voice centred around ‘more is more’ for…
STV and Sky agree five-year strategic partnership
STV and Sky have today announced a five-year strategic partnership, which will give Sky customers in Scotland access to STV’s regional variants in full HD, as well as STV’s leading…
Sky prepares for no-deal Brexit
Sky Ireland has sent letters to broadcasters about their post-Brexit plans in case of a no-deal scenario – to ensure they retain licences to broadcast in both the UK and…
Now TV to offer Full HD
Now TV has confirmed it will be upgrading its streams to full HD later this year. As part of wider infrastructure changes within Sky that will enabling viewers to access…
CMA sets out Fox/Sky investigation issues
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has set out more detail about what it intends to examine in its investigation into the proposed takeover of Sky Plc by 21st…