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Sky will show 3D Lion King
BSkyB will transmit a 3D version of Disney movie The Lion King on its 3D…
BBC Worldwide offloads magazines for £121 million
BBC Worldwide, the commercial division of UK public broadcaster the BBC, has sold its magazines…
Government announces funding for rural broadband
Northern Ireland is to receive an additional £4.4 million (€5 million) in funding for the…
Scripps acquires Virgin Media stake in UKTV
US-based Scripps Networks Interactive has struck a deal to acquire Virgin Media’s 50% stake in…
Cartoon Network launching UK HD channel
Turner Broadcasting is launching a high definition version of its kids channel Cartoon Network. The…
UK TV viewing at its highest
UK viewers watched an average of four hours and three minutes of TV each day…
PBS to launch UK channel in November
PBS, the US Public Broadcast Service, is to launch a channel in the UK on…
UKTV poaches Tennant
British thematic channel operator UKTV has poached ITV executive Emma Tennant to become controller. Tennant…
Hunt unveils local TV map
UK culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has unveiled 65 areas across the UK that could be…
Harvard Int’l to launch ‘UK’s first HbbTV box’
Set-top box manufacturer Harvard International is to launch a range of internet-connected set-top boxes for…
ESPN Goals app now available
Sports channel ESPN’s ESPN Goals app is now available to download for iPhone and Android-based…
Orange offers free weekly iTunes film download
Orange is offering its UK customers a free film download from iTunes each week as…
Virgin Media to expand fibre network
Virgin Media’s high-speed fibre network will pass at least 100,000 additional homes by the end…
Rovi in Channel 4 connected TV ad trial
Digital TV technology company Rovi is carrying out interactive advertising trials in the UK, using…
New iPlayer for connected TVs
The BBC has announced plans to build the presence of iPlayer on TV sets. The…
UK government to review children’s access to adult VOD
The UK government has said it will review access to adult video-on-demand services on the…