The IPTV service Tiscali TV is to continue as normal following the operator’s purchase by Carphone Warehouse.
ITV Future Technologies under threat
Up to ten staff face losing their jobs with the closure of ITV’s Future Technologies department.
Top Up TV adds BBC content
DTT pay platform Top Up TV is to add a selection of BBC content to its download selection after a deal with BBC Worldwide.
Hulu waits as Kangaroo finally dies
The Competition Commission has published the undertakings from the partners in Project Kangaroo, just as US rival Hulu looks set to enter the UK market.
A horror story
Julian Clover on the performance of channels in the sci-fi and horror genres.
Freesat hands out the gongs
Viewers to Freesat have voted BBC HD as the Channel of the Year in the platform’s inaugural Freesat Awards. The channel was praised for its “ ever-growing variety of quality […]
Two-way networks lead to cardless CA
The move of pay-TV operators towards two-way networks is driving a shift towards cardless conditional access systems, according to TV Conditional Access Systems In Two-Way Environments, a new white paper […]
ONO sits out football war
Spain’s so-called football wars put pressure on ONO’s television base in the first quarter. The increase in the number of games now available on free-to-air channels took its toll on […]
HOT increases ARPU, but profit falls
Almost half the subscribers to the Israeli cablenet HOT now use its VOD service.
Orange jumps at Kangaroo price
Orange has walked away from talks to buy the technology developed to power the Kangaroo online TV portal.