Virgin Media is preparing to submit a writ in the High Court in the latest phase of the cablenet’s carriage fee dispute with BSkyB. Virgin’s lawyers Ashurst are expected to […]
Setanta appoints UK marketing director
Setanta Sports has hired its first UK marketing director as the premium channel prepares to launch a £15 million marketing drive. AOL UK’s former director of brand marketing Timothy Ryan […]
Clover’s Week: ICSTIS rings the changes
The premium telephony regulator has introduced new rules designed to restore confidence in the sector. Julian Clover reports It’s been a bad few months for the participation TV sector. January’s […]
Easter publishing schedule
Broadband TV News Today is taking a short break over the Easter Holiday period. April 6 and April 9 are both holidays in the UK and much of Europe. Our […]
ICSTIS beefs up quiz TV rules
Britain’s premium rate services regulator ICSTIS has published a new set of rules designed to boost public confidence in TV quiz services. The rules, which will come into force in […]
Sir Michael Lyons appointed BBC Chairman
Sir Michael Lyons has been named as the new chairman of the BBC Trust, Downing Street has announced. Sir Michael will take up his post as head of the BBC’s […]
Motorola ships one million IP set-tops
Motorola has announced the shipment of its one millionth IP set-top box. The unit in question was a VIP1510, the specifications of which are a far cry from the devices […]
Q2 launch for Dutch Sci-Fi, 13th Street
The two NBC-Universal channels Sci-Fi and 13th street are to launch on the UPC platform in the Netherlands in the second quarter of the year. Wider distribution is expected in […]
PlusTV reaches 100,000-subscriber mark
Finnish pay-TV platform PlusTV has signed its 100,000th subscriber. The purchase was made in the Expert electrical store in the town of Eura. The DTT platform only has two channels, […]
Transponder switch for ProSiebenSat.1
Channels within the ProSiebenSat.1 group have switched satellite transponders in a move that should see an improvement in transmission quality. The German broadcaster has opened up Astra transponder 107 (12.545GHz […]