Virgin Media has reached agreement with the Football League to carry action from the Coca-Cola Football League on Virgin’s broadband and mobile phone platforms. The agreement commences with the start […]
Inuk enters UK residential market
Inuk Networks is to extend its Freewire TV service to the UK residential market following an agreement with Cable & Wireless. The deal, worth £70 million (€95.64m) over five years, […]
Setanta cuts price ahead of Premiership launch
Setanta Sports has made an unexpected price reduction to satellite and DTT viewers ahead of the start of the Premiership football season on August 11. The discount of £6 for […]
Virgin braces itself for ‘name change’
UK cable viewers could find themselves receiving their TV signals under yet another brand, if the £5.5bn private equity bid for Virgin Media is successful. According to British Sunday title […]
Casting the network
Home networking is still in its infancy, but small steps are leading to a huge shift in the consumption of entertainment, writes Julian Clover The delights of home networking…I can […]
Channel 4, Five plan timeshift channels
UPDATE: Two of the big five UK networks are planning to launch timeshifted channels over the next few weeks. Channel 4 becomes the first of the big five to launch […]
Sky Italia in Gemstar patent agreement
Sky Italia has signed a multi-year patent licence agreement with Gemstar-TV Guide International. The agreement covers the use of Gemstar’s intellectual property in its electronic programme guides across various platforms. […]
PT Multimedia out of DTT bidding process
PT Multimedia will be prevented from operating DTT multiplexes in Portugal if it holds onto its cable TV network. Parliamentary affairs minister Augusto Santos Silva has told local media that […]
Digital subsidiary for ERT
ERT, the Greek public broadcaster, is to establish a digital TV subsidiary for digital television in which it will hold 51%. However, opposition parties have expressed concern that the venture […]
Replacement aerials needed after ASO
Ofcom has published details of the digital services that will be available after analogue switch off in areas served by the 81 transmitters that already carry digital multiplexes. The plan […]