On the 24th October 2011, Astra 1N finally made it to it first location. Luxembourg, 24 October 2011 – SES S.A. (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) today announced that its new ASTRA 1N satellite has entered commercial service … Continue reading →
Real Digital to offer premium HD TV and ITV Player by Christmas Sky and Freesat rival Real Digital is to launch next week with plans to introduce a 15 channel premium channel package and ITV Player before Christmas. The Real … Continue reading →
In a landmark agreement Virgin Media is to add content from Sky Anytime to its on demand service. The package includes several thousand hours of films, series, sport and news. At a stroke the amount of VOD content on offer … Continue reading →
Sony is to recall 1.6 million of its Bravia brand LCD TVs worldwide after several serious malfunctions involving parts ‘melting’. The 11 incidents took place in Japan, but faulty parts may affect TV sets sold ‘around the world’. Around 630,000 … Continue reading →
The BBC has announced plans to replace the four-year-old BBC HD channel with a high definition simulcast of BBC Two. Today, the corporation confirmed a number of proposals in its Delivering Quality First initiative, aimed at saving £670m a year … Continue reading →
Battle over right to screen football matches in pubs has no winners, despite appearances ‘Lose-lose” was how the European court of justice described its ruling this morning in the unlikely battle between an ordinary Portsmouth publican and the gold-plated might … Continue reading →
Football fans will potentially be able to watch cut-price Premier League matches, after the European Union’s highest court ruled on Tuesday that it is not illegal for individuals to buy set-top box decoder cards from foreign broadcasters. The European court … Continue reading →
Premier League braced for ruling of Europe’s top court over TV rights Premier League lawyers and club chairmen are nervously awaiting the ruling on Tuesday of Europe’s highest court in a case that threatens to fundamentally rewrite the TV rights … Continue reading →
In the 19 years since the formation of the Premier League, the value of the competition’s television rights has gone from £304m to a staggering £3.2bn. It is one of the country’s most successful exports and whenever Prime Minister David … Continue reading →
The Spanish pay-TV platform Digital+ is to be rebranded as Canal+ from October 17. It’s part of a company wide process conducted by parent Prisa, which is seeking to carry brands that have the widest recognition possible. There will be … Continue reading →