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Liberty pays £481 million for 6.4% stake in ITV
Liberty Global has bought a 6.4% stake in UK terrestrial broadcaster ITV for £481 million…
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Freesat launches Android mobile app
UK free-to-air satellite operator Freesat has launched an Android version of its Freesat App, which…
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Discovery fined £100,000 for letting ‘Deadly Women’ loose
Ofcom has fined Discovery Europe £100,000 (€126,583) for transmitting graphic and disturbing violent content in…
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Motive gears up for UK Tablet TV launch
Broadcast technology company Motive Television is preparing to launch its Tablet TV Freeview product in…
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One in nine UK homes to be ‘smart’ by year-end
Some 11% of UK homes will have at least one smart system – such as …
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Discovery hires BBC business boss
Discovery Networks Western Europe has poached Dominic Coles, the BBC’s business operations boss, to become…
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Humax launches sub-£200 YouView box
Humax has launched a YouView set-top box priced at under £200 in the UK, offering…
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Amazon adds raft of kids series to streaming service
Amazon has acquired a slew of kids series for its streaming service in the UK…
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BBC hires director of audiences
The BBC has appointed Nick North, an executive at market research firm GfK, as its…
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Channel 4 chief calls for encryption of BBC iPlayer as first step to subscription
Channel 4 chairman Lord Burns has said that the BBC should encrypt its iPlayer catch-up…
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STV Glasgow gets audience of half a million
Local UK TV network STV Glasgow said that it has reached an audience of 572,000…
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BBC to scrap production quotas after TV mega-mergers
The BBC will scrap the mechanism by which it divides up in-house and independent production…
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BAFTA appoints BBC Academy director as new chair
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has appointed BBC Academy director Anne…
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UK media buyers planning to spend more on VoD
Over half of UK media buyers plan to increase their spending on video-on-demand advertising by…
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BSkyB enlists Agama for Now TV, Sky Go quality assurance
BSkyB has extended its quality assurance agreement with Agama, using the latter’s monitoring solution to…
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Stanley takes on digital role at Warner Bros
Warner Bros Home Entertainment UK, Ireland, Spain and Nordics home entertainment group chief John Stanley…
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UK divided on scrapping licence fee
Roughly half of Britons would support abolishing the BBC licence fee, even if it means…
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Freesat sues Amazon for trademark infringement
UK free-to-air satellite operator Freesat is suing Amazon for trademark infringement over its use of…
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QVC Extra launches on local TV multiplex
Home shopping channel QVC Extra has launched on the Freeview digital-terrestrial TV platform in the…
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Yellow Sun shines for PanaTV in UK, US
A Johannesburg-based online TV service has acquired UK and US streaming rights to the Nollywood…
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BBC launches ‘virtual’ local radio stations
The BBC has launched the first of a string of planned ‘virtual’ local radio stations,…
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Four in ten UK internet users watch TV on the web, says Ofcom
Some 39% of UK internet users said they use the web to watch TV or…
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Paul Jackson joins Videojug, targets Buzzfeed and Vice
Ex-Eyeworks, BBC and ITV executive Paul Jackson has taken a consultancy role at Videojug as…
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BBC ups R&D controller to chief technology officer
The BBC has appointed controller of research and development, Matthew Postgate, as its new chief…
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BBC iPlayer requests up 6% in May
Programme requests to the BBC’s catch-up service, the iPlayer, were up 6% year-on-year in May,…
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Samsung bundles Now TV offer with Galaxy tablets
Samsung is offering a three-month Now TV Sky Movies Pass to customers that buy a…
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BT TV updates user interface
UK telco BT is updating its TV user interface with a new look that it…
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Channel 4 revamps 4oD app with mobile focus
UK terrestrial broadcaster Channel 4 has launched an updated, “fully mobile” version of its 4oD…
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BT tops TV complaints list
BT was by far the most complained-about UK TV service in the quarter to March,…
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Beamly adds features, claims 30% user growth
Social TV service Beamly has added a number of new features and claims a 30%…