As telcos try to establish themselves in the content business, Julian Clover reports on Telenor, which has quietly established itself as an entertainer In Europe it has become the norm for the major satellite broadcaster to also control one of the major content players in their chosen region. In Norway however the approach can be [...]

Broadcasting minister Shaun Woodward on fixing Television Without Frontiers, public service broadcasting and Sky’s stake in ITV, watched by Julian Clover Shaun Woodward is the UK’s broadcasting minister, one of few politicians to cross the floor of the house, from Conservative to Labour benches. Married into the Sainsbury family he is also, famously, the only [...]

The BBC and ITV are establishing a FTA satellite platform, but what’s wrong with market forces, asks Julian Clover? Finally Freesat is on the agenda for UK satellite viewers, that’s those who haven’t already settled for either Freesat from Sky or have a card lying around from a lapsed Sky subscription. Ofcom’s latest estimates suggest [...]

Grenoble is the location for an IPTV test centre. Julian Clover reports France has collectively the greatest concentration of IPTV connections in Europe, and so it seems fitting that the country should be the base for a benchmark server test, designed to simulate what is needed to provide a service to one million subscribers. The [...]

The UK’s last analogue licensee is 10 years old this week, but will it be late for its own party asks Julian Clover? Ten years ago people up and down the land received a knock on their door. A man had come round to retune the video recorder so that we could all receive the [...]

We’re about to enter a lengthy period of consultation and the potential for some fascinating submissions as Ofcom launches its inquiry into the UK pay-TV market. Julian Clover reports You could sense that something might be about to happen. Over the past few weeks a well of anti-Sky feeling has gradually been filling up. Not [...]