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ITV hires Discovery’s Bellamy
ITV has poached Julian Bellamy from Discovery and he will replace the outgoing Denise O’Donoghue…
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Comux switches on new transmitters for local TV
Comux, the infrastructure joint venture set up to support the launch of local digital-terrestrial TV…
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Sky Store ‘Buy & Keep’ service launches
BSkyB has launched its planned Sky Store ‘Buy & Keep’ service, allowing users to buy…
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Tumblr claims top social TV spot over Twitter
Yahoo-owned blogging platform Tumblr has staked its claim to the social TV crown after commissioning…
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TalkTalk strikes deal with FilmFlex
UK telecom operator TalkTalk has struck a deal with white label video-on-demand aggregator FilmFlex Movies…
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RTS opens Young Technologist competition
The UK’s Royal Television Society (RTS) has opened entries for its Young Technologist Award 2014….
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Netflix to increase price for new members
Streaming service Netflix is to increase its base montly rate for new subscribers later this…
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Netflix makes UK gains as Amazon’s share declines
Netflix has expanded its share of the UK market in the last six months as…
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BBC to debut full season of BBC Three show on iPlayer
For the first time, BBC Three is set to make all episodes from new series…
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Sky launches Twitter programming controls
UK pay TV operator Sky has started to trial #WatchOnSky, a new Twitter tool that…
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Channel 5 plays down Sky/Discovery link
Channel 5 is playing down a UK report claiming an agreement has been reached for…
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UK surge in superfast broadband
The proportion of superfast broadband connections in the UK has grown from 5% in November…
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Sky, TalkTalk and CityFibre partner on ultra-fast broadband
UK operators Sky and TalkTalk are partnering with fibre infrastructure firm CityFibre to launch ultra-fast…
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Amazon and BBC Worldwide cut content deal
Amazon has struck a programming deal with BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the UK…
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UK launch for Samsung UHD curved TVs
Samsung is due to roll out its recently launched line of curved Ultra High Definition…
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Arqiva partners with Eutelsat to expand UK DTH capacity
UK communications infrastructure firm Arqiva has signed a long-term satellite capacity agreement with Eutelsat Communications…
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TalkTalk ups Sky entertainment content
Customers of UK service provider TalkTalk can now access seven Sky entertainment channels and 100…
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BT Sport eyes UK Chromecast launch
BT is reportedly planning to make its BT Sport channels available via Google’s recently launched…
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CBS Reality launches on Freeview in the UK
Factual channel CBS Reality has launched in the UK on digital-terrestrial platform Freeview, making it available…
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Twitter buys social TV analytics firms SecondSync and Mesagraph
Twitter has acquired UK-based social TV analytics firm SecondSync and France’s Mesagraph in its latest…
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European Sky channels showing Pope’s canonisation in 3D
Sky’s dedicated 3D channels in Italy, Germany and the UK will broadcast the upcoming canonisation…
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London Live to launch in UK today
A new channel is launching on digital free-TV in the UK today. London Live will…
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BBC iPlayer tops 300 million for second month running
BBC iPlayer requests broke the 300 million barrier in February for the second consecutive month,…
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YouView partners agree to back platform
All seven of YouView’s shareholders have agreed to back the UK smart TV platform for…
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Zaslav outlines Eurosport strategy
Discovery may look to bid for top-tier European sports rights for Eurosport if it can…
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Competition regulator clears playout merger
The UK Competition Commission has confirmed its clearance, by a majority of Ericsson’s acquisition of…
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BT TV chief to leave
Marc Watson, the CEO of BT’s television business, is leaving the company. The telco said…
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YouView shareholders set to back future investment
YouView’s shareholders, including the BBC, are set to sign a new agreement to secure the…
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BT tops Ofcom pay TV complaints table
Ofcom received more complaints about BT TV service in the last quarter of 2014 than…
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BBC to launch Guerrilla unit
The BBC is to create a new Birmingham-based digital innovation unit called the Guerrilla Group…