German pay-TV provider Premiere has reached a new marketing and distribution agreement with rival Arena. The pact, which sees Arena take a 16.7% stake in the company, will also return […]
BBC expands Freeview multiscreen
The BBC has confirmed that it is adding two new services to its news multiscreen on the Freeview platform. Sports headlines and the UK weather forecast will join the two […]
Sky launches MPEG-4 DTT pay service
Sky has announced plans to launch a package of pay-TV channels on the UK’s digital terrestrial platform. The new service will include Premiership football coverage in competition with Setanta Sports, […]
Virgin launches free VOD ‘channel’
Virgin Media is to launch what it is describing as a TV channel with a difference. In reality Virgin Central is a free video on demand service that will be […]
Ofcom lets Nat Geo go Wild
Nat Geo Wild has been issued with a licence from Ofcom for its new Nat Geo Wild channel. The new channel will launch on March 1 and will be available […]
ASA rejects Sky HD complaint
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has rejected complaints that claimed that advertisements for Sky HD were inaccurate. The advertisements promised viewers “the biggest revolution in television viewing since colour superseded […]
MTV’s Barry joins BT Vision
Another senior staff member has left MTV’s London office. Michael Barry, previously managing director of the music and youth networks channels in the UK and Ireland, is to join BT […]
Sky Italia up again
Sky Italia improved its second quarter figures, reducing its operating loss to $12 million, compared to $53 million a year ago. The improvement is a reflection of an increase in […]
Worldspace confirms European shutdown
Worldspace has confirmed the withdrawal of its subscription service to listeners from its North-West Beam with effect from December 1, 2007. The move comes ahead of the operator’s introduction of […]
Digital Rapids provides Flextech encoding
Flextech Television, the content division of the soon to be Virgin Media, has installed Digital Rapids’ StreamZ for its VOD and Mobile Encoding. The system will be operated by the […]