Sky has today closed down the Sky Real Lives portfolio of channels and reallocated the budget to Sky1 and Sky2. As of 5.59am this morning, Sky Real Lives and Sky Real Lives 2 ceased broadcasting on the digital satellite platform. … Continue reading →
The following is from Roundtownnews – issue 12/08/2010 Today Telmicro Levante SL has once again switched on its transmitters. Almost two years to the day since the largest company of its kind in the region was forcibly stopped from broadcasting … Continue reading →
Richard Desmond has revealed plans to return Five to the Channel 5 branding that the commercial broadcaster used for its launch in 1997. The rebranding plans emerged on the day that Desmond confirmed that up to 80 jobs would be … Continue reading →
Spainsh Satellite TV operator Digital + is preparing a new Channel with multiscreen options that allows the viewer to see all the sporting events that are being transmitted at a time. Unlike last year which was a static page reporting … Continue reading →
Virgin Media is ready to complete its withdrawal from the content business by placing its 50% interest in UKTV for sale. Its partner in the business is BBC Worldwide, the corporation’s commercial arm. UKTV currently runs ten core channels including … Continue reading →
UKTV has confirmed plans to launch high definition versions of the Good Food and Eden channels exclusively on Sky. Launching on August 31, Good Food HD will broadcast a HD simulcast of the channel’s schedule every day on digital satellite … Continue reading →
Sogecable’s satellite pay-TV operator Digital+ is planning to extend the number of HD channels offered to 20 by the end of this year. At present the Spanish operator offers 13 HD services. And according to market sources one new HD … Continue reading →
BSkyB is rebranding Virgin1, the general entertainment channel it acquired as part of a £160m deal to buy Virgin Media Television, as Channel One. Channel One, which is available on Freeview, Virgin Media and Sky as a free-to-air service, will … Continue reading →
ITV confirmed it is to make a move into pay-TV as it announced a pre-tax profit of £97m for the first half of the year. During the reporting of its first half accounts, ITV have confirmed that high definition versions … Continue reading →
Sky is set to screen the London derby between Arsenal and Chelsea and the final day of the Ryder Cup at the same time. Sports fans who have Sky Sports as part of their digital TV packages face a tough … Continue reading →
ITV is to launch a new pay-TV strategy, MediaGuardian can revealed. Elements of the strategy are understood to include the launch of a new channel and a deal relating to high-definition versions of its channels. ITV’s chairman, Archie Norman, and … Continue reading →
Contrary to some other installers who have said that there are “No issues, we’ve seen with the satellites”, just over a week ago transponder 41, frequency 10714 h, that carries the freesat / free to ai FTA version of Channel … Continue reading →
A new movie / drama channel, ABC TV, has recently started on the Arabsat / Badr satellite at 26 east. It is showing a mixture of childrens programmes, USA drams, and US movies.
Continue reading →Five sold to “Northern and Shell” owned by Richard Desmond for GBP 103.5million Desmond owns the Express Newspaper group. Sale will be subject to Government approval. More to follow
Continue reading →Gerhard Zeiler and Richard Desmond are understood to have shaken hands on an outline deal in the early hours of this morning which will see the struggling national broadcaster, Channel Five, bought by the head of Northern and Shell for … Continue reading →