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Freesat gets five from Channel 5
Freesat, the UK’s free-to-air DTH platform, has added five channels from Richard Desmond’s Five to…
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UKTV appoints marketing boss
UKTV has hired Simon Michaelides as its head of marketing. The UK digital TV channels…
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iPlayer launches in Canada
BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of British public broadcaster the BBC, has launched its online…
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Blinkbox offering online complement to Tesco DVD movie sales
Tesco-owned online video-on-demand platform Blinkbox is offering customers who buy a DVD from the supermarket…
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Samsung completes first smart TV installation for hotels
TV manufacturer Samsung has completed what it says is the first installation of Smart TVs…
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James Murdoch survives shareholder revolt
James Murdoch won the necessary amount of votes to be re-elected at BSkyB’s annual general…
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Sky adds Movies to Sky Go
Sky has added content from Sky Movies to its Sky Go app for iPhone, iPad…
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UK digital video consumption rises 20%
Consumption of digital video in the UK increased by 20% year-on-year in the first nine…
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BBC Trust says open internet is crucial
UK ISPs that market internet access services should offer unrestricted access to the web, according…
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Virgin launches Spotify TiVo app
Virgin Media has today launched a Spotify app on its TiVo platform. The new app…
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BSkyB launching dedicated F1 channel
BSkyB is launching a dedicated Formula 1 auto racing channel. UK pay TV operator won…
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Large BSkyB investor could oppose Murdoch
An investor with a 2.9% stake in UK pay TV operator BSkyB is the latest…
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Paul Robinson exiting KidsCo
DTVE understands that Paul Robinson, managing director of the KidsCo kids channel is in the…
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HMV teams with FilmFlex for online movie service
High street music retailer HMV is launching hmvon-demand, an online movie rental service in association…
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BBC secures Six Nations rights
The BBC has secured exclusive rights to the Six Nations rugby tournament until 2017 and…
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BBC Worldwide Channels staffs up for original content push
BBC Worldwide’s channels division has hired Tracy Forsyth as its first commissioning editor and David…
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Amino names chief technologist
UK set-top supplier Amino Communications has named Kevin Lingley to the new position of chief…
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Ofcom receives deluge of submissions on media plurality
UK media regulator Ofcom reportedly received over 45,000 submissions to its review of media plurality…
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Virgin Media adds BoxNation
Virgin Media is to add premium sports channel BoxNation to its programming line-up. The channel,…
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Interest in connected entertainment growing, says report
Interest in connected TV, over-the-top video and use of games consoles and tablets as entertainment…
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Sky could be forced to open up set-tops to OTT rivals
UK pay TV provider BSkyB could be forced to give rival over-the-top service providers access…
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Netflix raising US$400 million
Netflix is raising US$400 million (€296 million) in cash and said it will return to…
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Sky, ESPN net Scottish soccer rights
BSkyB and ESPN have inked a five-year deal for rights to soccer matches from the…
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BSkyB names new independent directors
UK pay TV operator BSkyB has named Martin Gilbert and Matthieu Pigasse as independent non-executive…
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Oregan supplying platform for Dixons TVs
Online TV middleware provider Oregan Networks is supplying its Onyx web services platform for Logik,…
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Roku to launch in UK next year
Connected TV set-top provider Roku has become the latest US over-the-top video specialist to announce…
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Panasonic to offer direct billing for Viera Connect Market
Panasonic has teamed up with e-commerce specialist Digital River to deliver direct billing functionality on…
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Connected TV market will deliver opportunities for Google TV, says Kothari
Google still believes there will be “a lot of opportunity” for its Google TV platform…
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Netflix strikes deal with Miramax for UK and Ireland
Netflix has struck a deal with Miramax to make Miramax titles available on its forthcoming…
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TalkTalk to launch user trial of YouView next year
TalkTalk is to launch a ‘friends and family’ trial of the YouView hybrid broadcast-broadband TV…