After more than 40 years of operation, DTVE is closing its doors and our website will no longer be updated daily. Thank you for all of your support.
UK
2 min read
BBC Trust hits out over licence fee deal
The head of the BBC Trust has hit out over the way the recent licence…
1 min read
TalkTalk to offer Netflix for free for limited period
UK telco TalkTalk is to make Netflix available free of charge to its TalkTalk Plus…
1 min read
Mubi strikes Sony SVoD deal
UK-based SVoD service Mubi has landed its first deal with a Hollywood studio, striking a…
2 min read
Profit and revenue down at BBC Worldwide after AMC deal
Profit and revenue have declined at BBC Worldwide in the wake of the sale of…
1 min read
Ofcom raps AXN and TV3 over lack of subtitling, audio description
Ofcom has found Sony Pictures Entertainment-owned AXN and MTG’s TV3 in breach of it Code…
1 min read
Sky completes Shield web-filtering rollout
Sky has completed the rollout of its Sky Broadband Shield to customers who had previously…
1 min read
Turner names UK and northern Europe commercial chief
Turner Broadcasting has hired Dan Fahy as senior director, commercial development, for its operations in…
1 min read
Sky to up subtitling for on-demand content
Sky has pledged to make subtitling available for “the most popular and best Sky on-demand…
3 min read
Confirmed: BBC to foot licence fee bill for over-75s
The UK government has ordered public broadcaster the BBC will foot a £600 million (US$929.4…
1 min read
Crozier to keynote at MIPCOM
Adam Crozier, the CEO of UK broadcaster ITV, will deliver a keynote speech at MIPCOM…
1 min read
Fifth of BBC budget could go in licence fee plan
UK pubcaster the BBC could see around a fifth of its budget wiped away when…
3 min read
BBC kids boss issues licence fee rallying call
The new head of the children’s services at the BBC has called upon the wider…
1 min read
Channel 5 made £13m loss pre-Viacom sale
Channel 5 lost £12.9 million (€18.06 million) in its final financial results before Viacom acquired…
1 min read
Ofcom fines EE £1 million
UK broadcast regulator Ofcom has fined mobile operator EE £1 million for failing to comply…
1 min read
British Muslim TV taps Globecast for VoD service
British Muslim TV has contracted Globecast to provide a video-on-demand service as part of its…
1 min read
TVPlayer to launch UK subscription offering
UK over-the-top television platform TVPlayer is due to launch a subscription service this summer offering…
3 min read
Satisfaction with public sector channels up, investment in content down in UK
Investment in UK-originated content has decreased in recent years, but satisfaction with public service channels…
1 min read
UK creative industries growing at twice the rate of the economy
The UK’s creative industries are increasing at more than twice the rate of the wider…
1 min read
New UK and Ireland chief for WWE
Wrestling network WWE has named Tracey Keenan as vice-president and general manager of WWE UK…
1 min read
BBC Trust calls for managed transition on BBC Three, rejects BBC One +1
The BBC Trust has approved the closure of BBC Three and its reinvention as an…
1 min read
Netflix expected to add 10m international subs this year
Netflix’s international subscriber base is expected to grow by almost 10 million in 2015 to…
2 min read
Sky calls for probe into BT’s hold on Openreach
Sky has called on UK competition watchdog the CMA to investigate BT’s Openreach division, accusing…
1 min read
Sky to launch dedicated kids app
UK pay TV provider Sky is to launch a dedicated kids app next year and…
1 min read
Archos launching £79 HDMI PC on a stick
France-based consumer electronics supplier Archos is throwing its hat into the growing HDMI dongle market…
1 min read
Speculation mounts on future of BBC regulation
Conflicting reports have emerged in the UK press over the future regulation of the BBC,…
1 min read
BBC iPlayer bucks seasonal trend with increased requests
The BBC’s iPlayer saw a 2% month-on-month increase in iPlayer requests in May, bucking what…
1 min read
Canis opens studio facility and makes new hires
UK broadcast management company Canis Television and Media has launched a new film and TV…
1 min read
Manhattan to release Freeview Play set-tops next year
Set-top box maker Manhattan TV is set to launch three devices that support Freeview Play…
1 min read
BT Sport teams up with Ericsson for UHD channel launch
BT Sport has signed a multi-year broadcast and media services deal with Ericsson, which will…
1 min read
Virgin Media brings ultrafast broadband to Manchester
Virgin Media is rolling out ultrafast broadband in Manchester in the first phase of its…