Ofcom has appointed Julian Eccles as its new director of communications. The former director of communications and corporate affairs at BSkyB will replace Matt Peacock who left the regulator earlier […]
Virgin commences High Court action
Virgin Media has confirmed it is to challenge what it perceives as anti-completive behaviour by Sky. The cablenet today (Thursday) begun proceedings in the High Court in a bid to […]
FX, Nat Geo Benelux plan HD
Fox Entertainment’s FX service is to launch a high definition service in the next few months. The channel has received a licence from Ofcom as part of the latest batch […]
Finnish cable gets analogue extension
The Finnish transport and telecommunications ministry has said that it is prepared to grant cable operators an extension if they are unable to upgrade all their subscribers to digital TV. […]
Dutch regulator struggles to control dominance
The Dutch telecoms regulator OPTA has long been at loggerheads with the European Commission, trying to regulate what it sees as market dominance by the cable operators. The EC sees […]
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 […]
UK digital TV networks consolidated
Arqiva has bought National Grid Wireless (NGW), bringing together the privatised transmission arms of both the former IBA and the BBC, in a deal worth £2.5 billion (€3.69 billion). NGW, […]
Le Figaro joins regional licence bid
The French daily Le Figaro has lent its support to NextRadioTV, one of a number of smaller French broadcasters, which are bidding for a DTT licence in the Ile-de-France region. […]
Gentiloni says DTT frequencies will be released
Italy’s minister of communications Paolo Gentiloni has said the digital switchover process will include the advertising of released spectrum to new operators. The minister was speaking in response to a […]