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Sky Sports secures women’s golf
BSkyB’s Sky Sports unit has secured rights to women’s golf for a further two years…
Pace outperforms expectations with strong 2013
Set-top provider Pace performed above expectations in 2013, delivering increased operating profits through top-line growth…
Discovery buys Raw
Discovery Communications has acquired Raw, the UK production firm that makes Discovery’s hit series Gold…
TV ratings startup TVbeat raises US$2 million
London-based TV ratings startup Iptvbeat has raised US$2 million (€1.45 million) in funding and changed…
BBC Trust approves online store plan
The BBC’s governing body, the BBC Trust, has approved plans by the corporation to launch…
UK culture secretary calls for clearer web video standards
The online and media industries should work with regulators to make the “age appropriateness” of…
Virgin Media to add My Nick Jr app to TiVo
Virgin Media is to make Nickelodeon’s My Nick Jr app available in the UK for…
BBC’s Hall defends licence fee, calls for extension to iPlayer
BBC director-general Tony Hall has delivered a robust defence of the UK licence fee that…
Competition Commission approves Ericsson’s Red Bee acquisition
The UK Competition Commission has provisionally approved the acquisition of Red Bee Media by Ericsson….
BT adds new HD channels
BT has added HD channels Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, British Eurosport and British Eurosport…
BT extends Bundesliga deal
BT Sport has secured the rights to German Bundesliga football until 2017. The new two-year…
Amazon resurrects Ripper Street
Amazon’s UK streaming service is resurrecting Ripper Street, the period crime drama that UK public…
ITV posts strong results with boost from online and pay
UK commercial broadcaster has posted strong full-year results, with reveues up 9% to £2.389 billion…
BT launches smaller YouView+ box
BT has launched a new smaller version of its YouView+ DVR set-top. The box will…
Arqiva names satellite chief
UK media services provider Arqiva has named David Crawford as managing director for satellite. Crawford…
Amazon Prime Instant Video launches with Alpha House promo
Amazon Prime Instant Video will launch under its new brand – replacing Lovefilm – in…
Discovery, BSkyB could make Channel 5 bid
US-based Discovery Communications and British satcaster BSkyB may table a joint bid for for-sale UK…
Amazon cuts UK TV content deal with Warner Bros.
Amazon Prime Instant Video has sealed a deal with Warner Bros. for UK rights to…
Amazon drops Lovefilm brand for SVoD
Amazon is replicating its US SVoD offering in the UK and Germany, rebranding Lovefilm to…
European Sky platforms in first coproduction
BSkyB-owned UK channel Sky 1, Germany’s Sky Deutschland and Sky Italia are collaborating to develop…
Brit Awards hit record Twitter traffic despite ratings slump
This week’s Brit Awards generated what Twitter said was a “record breaking” amount of traffic…
Channel 5 boss Desmond steps down
UK terrestrial broadcaster Channel 5’s owner, Richard Desmond, has quietly stepped down as a director…
Wuaki.tv joins Samsung WatchON app
Over-the-top video service Wuaki.tv has joined Samsung’s WatchON platform, making its entire catalogue available on the…
Six Nations YouTube channel sees strong take-up
YouTube has recorded a large increase in the number of viewers to the RBS 6…
TalkTalk makes new movies offer ahead of Oscars
UK service provider TalkTalk is to add the Sky Movies Oscars channel to its line-up…
Motors TV destined for Freeview via Arqiva’s Connect TV
Motorsport channel Motors TV has signed up for carriage as part of Arqiva’s Connect TV…
Ofcom renews commercial TV licences
UK regulator Ofcom has renewed the broadcasting licenses for Channel 3 – comprising ITV, Scotland’s…
Demand 5 launches on Sony smart TVs
UK broadcaster Channel 5’s Demand 5 app is now available on 2012 and 2013 models…
Sky suffers reversal as Court of Appeal sends sports channel case back to CAT
BSkyB has suffered a reversal in its legal battle over the terms under which it…
Motive Television plans Freeview tablet service by World Cup
TV technology firm Motive Television said that it expects to launch a UK tablet service that…