Programming from The History Channel and Crime & Investigation Network is to be added to the Top Up TV Anytime push VOD service. The service will launch tomorrow (November 23). […]
AIB picks global media winners
Bloomberg, France 24 and CBS News led the winners as the Association for International Broadcasting presented its annual global media awards. 12 categories covered television, radio and online. US network […]
McGrath makes a SeaChange
SeaChange International has hired Simon McGrath as its chief marketing officer. McGrath is moving sideways from On Demand Group (ODG), the London-based VOD services company, acquired by SeaChange in September […]
Tension over Ofcom HD plans
Ofcom has unveiled plans that would allow HD channels to be made available over DTT as early as 2009. The announcement comes less than 24 hours after the four major […]
Canal launches Spanish HD service
Canal Plus Spain is making a belated entry in to the HD market next January. Canal Plus Alta Definicion will commence test transmissions on Sogecable’s Digital+ platform before going fully […]
Candover sells Norway’s GET
Buyout specialist Candover has sold the Norwegian cablenet GET for NOK5.8 billion (€745m) to a to a syndicate of investors led by Quadrangle Capital Partners and GS Capital Partners. Candover […]
14 million homes watching UK DTT
Freeview, the marketing brand of the UK’s DTT platform, has announced it is now available in 14 million homes. It underlines recent figures from the UK regulator Ofcom that suggest […]
Ennals quits Digital UK
The man charged with leading the UK’s digital switchover process has announced he is leaving his job just days after the first area turned off its analogue signal. Ford Ennals, […]
Hot Bird TV Award winners named
The winners of the annual Hot Bird TV Awards have been announced in Venice. Now in their 10th year the awards are organised by satellite operator Eutelsat, TV and cinema […]
Final approval for BBC HD
The BBC Trust has given its approval for the BBC HD channel, some 18 months after the experimental service first launched. It follows the so-called Public Value Test that looked […]