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ESPN Goals app reaches one million downloads
Sports broadcaster ESPN’s Goals App has been downloaded one million times in the UK. The…
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PBS chooses Channel 4 for UK ad sales
US public service broadcaster PBS has selected Channel 4 to manage ad sales for its…
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ITV wins Europa League from Channel 5
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has secured rights to Uefa Europa League soccer games, wresting the…
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Analysts expect slowdown in Sky subscriber growth
Ahead of its quarterly results announcement on Wednesday, analysts are forecasting a sharp slowdown in…
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iPlayer usage continues to grow
iPlayer, the BBC’s online TV platform, received 113 million video requests in September. That figure…
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UK gets final switchover date
Analogue TV will be completely switched off in the UK on October 24, 2012. Digital…
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Freeview boxing clever with connected TV bout
Freeview set-top company TVonics will use the internet port in some of its devices to…
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Virgin Media adds Sky Anytime to on-demand platform
Virgin Media is adding thousands of hours of content from rival operator BSkyB to its…
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Liverpool FC moves against collective deals for English soccer rights
A move by Liverpool FC to look at selling its international TV rights individually could…
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Ofcom clears Al Jazeera
UK communications regulator Ofcom has cleared Al Jazeera of any infringement of the broadcasting rules…
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New Canis division to help Local TV applicants
Broadcast consultancy group Canis Media has launched a service designed to help local TV operators…
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YouTube launches UK movie rental service
YouTube has launched a movies-for-rent service in the UK following last month’s launch of a…
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Football bodies say business as usual in wake of ECJ ruling
Football bodies UEFA and the German Football Association (DFB) have said they will not change…
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BBC reveals where cuts will fall
The BBC’s director-general Mark Thompson is today unveiling how the UK public broadcaster will cut…
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Red Bee to playout PBS UK
Red Bee Media has signed a multi-year deal to provide broadcast services for the new…
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Virgin Media boosts HD line-up with UKTV additions
Virgin Media is expanding its HD line-up with the addition of UKTV’s five HD channels….
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DTG’s D-Book 7 approves HbbTV specs
The Digital TV Group (DTG), the standards organisation that represents over 100 UK TV companies,…
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4oD continues to grow
4oD, the on-demand platform operated by UK broadcaster Channel 4, attracted 31 million long-form views…
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Sports Tonight Live claims Freeview OTT first
A new sports channel has become the first OTT-delivered channel on the UK’s Freeview platform….
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YouView reveals user interface details
YouView has revealed details of how its user interface will look and feel when it…
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Film 4 takes on iTunes with movie download service
Film 4, the movie channel operated by UK broadcaster Channel 4, has launched a download-to-rent…
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Pace adds Helium software for home networking
Pace has launched new software called Helium for gateways and set-top boxes. The set-top specialist…
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Bid Shopping TV launches online services
UK shopping channel provider Bid Shopping TV has begun streaming its three channels live to…
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UK cinemagoers unimpressed by 3D
Only one in five UK cinemagoers believe that 3D improves the film viewing experience, according…
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BBC Knowledge to launch Lonely Planet block
BBC Knowledge, the British public broadcaster’s international factual channel, is launching a Lonely Planet programming…
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YouView poaches Sky architect
YouView, the online joint venture streaming service, has hired Sky executive Chris Bramley as chief…
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Frank Warren launches Boxing channel
Boxing promoter Frank Warren is launching a boxing channel – BoxNation – after striking a…
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Leap in UK digital homes as switchover progresses
The number of all-digital TV homes in the UK has leapt from 50% to 63%…
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Freesat adds Massive R&B channel
Freesat, the UK free-to-air satellite service, has added music channel Massive R&B to its line-up….
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BT Vision promotes service with interactive presenter
BT is aiming to promote the range of services available on its IPTV platform BT…