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BSkyB set to scrap ‘British’
Pay TV operator BSkyB is set to scrap the ‘British’ from its trading name in…
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Freeview begins Left Behinds campaign
UK free-to-air digital-terrestrial TV service Freeview has launched a new marketing campaign called Left Behinds….
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Multi-screening now mainstream, says ad sales bodies’ research
Using multiple screens at the same time and engaging with social media while watching TV…
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Berenberg negative on Sky as Ofcom investigates Premier League
Investment bank Berenberg has maintained its ‘sell’ recommendation on Sky following Ofcom’s announcement that it…
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Pay TV uptake in UK and Germany outstrips Spain
Pay TV adoption in Germany and the UK now stand at 86% and 78% of…
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Sky forced to withdraw ‘best ever’ ad
Sky in the UK has withdrawn an advert in which it claimed that its current…
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Ofcom to make 700MHz available for mobile
Ofcom has said it will make the 700MHz frequency band that currently forms the bedrock…
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UK Play launches on PC and YouView
UK multichannel broadcaster UKTV has launched its UKTV Play on-demand player on PC and the…
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New CEO for Ofcom
UK communications regulator Ofcom has appointed Steve Unger as acting chief executive. Unger is director…
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Ofcom to investigate Premier League selling practices
UK media regulator Ofcom has launched an investigation into how the English Premier League sells…
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BT undercuts Sky to target hospitality market
BT is to aggressively target the UK hospitality market by making its three premium sports…
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A+E Networks UK ups Job
A+E Networks UK has promoted Rachel Job to director of programming for cable net History,…
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Netflix will retain all rights to The Crown
This moves the streaming service away from the previous model whereby third-parties sell Netflix originals…
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UK rollout of superfast broadband ‘among fastest in the world’
The UK’s rollout of superfast broadband is “among the fastest in the world” and has…
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UKTV Play on-demand service to launch on Virgin Media
Liberty Global-owned UK cable operator Virgin Media has signed a deal with channel provider UKTV…
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Newcastle local TV station goes live
The local UK TV station for the Newcastle area has gone live, marking the second…
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YouTube launches subscription music service
YouTube has launched a trial version of its much-rumoured music subscription service, YouTube Music Key,…
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Virgin Media builds out to new homes in Glasgow
Liberty Global-owned UK cable operator Virgin Media is to extend the availability of its high-speed…
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ITV posts strong results
ITV reported an 8% increase in overall revenues £1.8 billion (€2.3 billion) and a 7%…
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Netflix announces British Crown original
Netflix has confirmed the widely-expected announcement of its first UK original, British royal family drama…
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VisionTV Freeview platform unveiled
Hybrid TV technology provider and channel aggregator VisionTV is to stream over 20 channels to…
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Vodafone to launch UK TV services
Mobile operator Vodafone announced plans to introduce TV services and residential broadband in the UK…
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Sky slams ITV for lack of clarity on retransmission
BSkyB has slammed UK commercial broadcaster ITV for allegedly failing to provide “concrete details” about…
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Viacom to increasingly focus on mobile and apps, says digital chief
Viacom will focus more of its distribution efforts on mobile as younger consumers increasingly view…
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Broadcaster VoD ads better than YouTube ads, says Channel 4
Advertising on TV on-demand players outperforms YouTube for viewer acceptance, engagement and attention, according to…
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More viewers connect PCs to TVs in Europe than US
Among broadband households, there is higher adoption of PC-to-TV connections in Europe than in the…
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Cable operators top Netflix Euro-rankings
Netflix has published its second assessment of internet service providers’ performance in Europe since it…
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Amazon now accounts for 22.5% of UK entertainment market
Amazon now accounts for 22.5% of the UK entertainment market, with its share up year-on-year…
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Analysts downgrade BSkyB on Sky Europe concerns
Credit analysts have downgraded BSkyB after the UK pay TV platform moved a step closer…
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BBC to launch sci-fi exclusives for iPlayer
UK pubcaster the BBC is launching three new sci-fi shows on its iPlayer streaming and…