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Ofcom introduces new regulation on BT broadband pricing
UK media and telecom regulator Ofcom will, from April 1, oblige BT to maintain a…
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MTV UK chief to rebrand Channel 5
MTV UK general manager Kerry Taylor has been given a new role within Viacom and…
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Virgin Media launches Sky Sports on Android
Liberty Global-owned UK cable operator Virgin Media has made the Sky Sports app for Android…
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Sky to expand OTT in Germany, Italy, will launch Restart in UK
Sky plans to build its on-demand offering and OTT offerings in Germany and Italy on…
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UTV Ireland expected to make £6 million loss this year
UTV Media, owner of Northern Irish broadcaster UTV, said it expects its new channel UTV…
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Germany leads Ultra HD awareness in SES’s annual sat survey
Germany leads major European countries in terms of awareness of ultra HD in Europe, according…
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Vodafone reportedly to launch TV service in November
Vodafone is aiming to launch its UK pay TV service in November, according to UK…
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Netflix UK buys ABC fantasy drama
Netflix has acquired rights for ABC fantasy drama One Upon a Time for the UK…
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Ofcom launches UK communications review
UK broadcast regulator Ofcom has launched a review of the UK’s digital communications market to…
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TV ad revenue in UK reaches record £4.91 billion
TV advertising revenues in the UK climbed by 6% in 2014, reaching a record £4.91…
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Horror Channel to launch on Freeview
The CBS AMC Networks UK channels partnership’s Horror Channel is to launch on free-to-air digital-terrestrial…
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Red Bull TV launches on Roku
Red Bull TV is now available as a streaming channel on Roku players in the UK, Republic of…
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BBC to offer 5,000 digital traineeships
The BBC has announced plans to offer up to 5,000 young unemployed people in the…
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Arqiva taps SeaChange for Freeview Play metadata
UK transmission services provider Arqiva is using SeaChange software and professional services to create the metadata…
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Networks business boosts Pace performance
Strong growth from its networks business and a rebound in its consumer premises equipment business…
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AOL names new UK MD
AOL UK has appointed Hamish Nicklin as its new managing director. Nicklin was previously director…
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Online, pay and interactive boost for ITV
UK commercial broadcaster ITV’s Online, Pay and Interactive revenue grew by 30% to £153 million…
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Motive updates TabletTV UK
TV technology provider Motive has released the first update to its TabletTV platform in the…
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BBC iPlayer records strongest month ever
BBC iPlayer, the UK public broadcaster’s catch-up service, saw a record 343 million requests in…
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TV viewing in the UK drops by 4.5%
UK television viewers watched an average of 3 hours, 44 minutes, 30 seconds a day…
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ITV confirms Talpa takeover talks
UK broadcaster ITV has confirmed a British report that it is advanced stage talks to…
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One in three UK broadband connections superfast
Some 32% of UK broadband connections are now ‘superfast’, up from 24% in November 2013,…
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Industry groups give reaction to BBC report
Industry groups have reacted to yesterday’s report by a committee of MPs into the future…
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‘No long-term future’ in BBC licence fee, say MPs
There BBC’s licence fee model is becoming “harder and harder to justify, ” with a…
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BBC ‘not throwing away’ BBC Three, says Cohen
BBC director of television, Danny Cohen, has claimed that after years of building up BBC…
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UKTV names new operations and technology chief
UKTV has appointed Sinead Greenaway as director of operations and technology. Greenaway joins from international…
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BT extends rights to Serie A
BT Sport has extended its deal with MP&Silva for exclusive rights to live Italian top…
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TV fiction on European channels declining, says new research
The proportion of fiction in the programming of European TV channels has fallen slightly over…
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Denmark ‘most digital country’ according to EU stats
Denmark is ‘the most digital country’ in Europe, according to new stats released yesterday by…
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Sky takes rights for Major League Soccer
UK pay TV operator Sky has won the rights to exclusively broadcast live Major League…