ESPN has confirmed plans to offer a free weekend of sport later this month, including Scottish Premier League games and Aviva Premiership Rugby action. From 6am on September 10 to 6am on September 13, ESPN and ESPN HD will be … Continue reading →
Universal Networks International has today confirmed plans to rebrand the Hallmark Channel as the Universal Channel in the UK. On October 18, the pay-TV channel and its high definition variant will become the Universal Channel and the Universal Channel HD … Continue reading →
BabyTV has renewed its carriage deal with BSkyB, on which it has been present since 2007. As a result, the channel, which is also distributed by Virgin Media and BT Vision in the UK, will continue to air on Sky’s … Continue reading →
In a letter to Telenet and Belgacom TV, the three main Flemish broadcasters VMMa, VRT and SBS Belgium told the two main operators PVRs “are destroying” their business model and ask for immediate action. According to the public and private … Continue reading →
Pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport is preparing to launch a 3D channel but won’t say where it will be seen. The channel will launch in 2011, Eurosport told delegates at the Panasonic press conference for this year’s IFA electronics-fest in Berlin. … Continue reading →
BSkyB has signed up the 3 millionth subscriber to its high definition (HD) television service just over four years after it was launched in the UK. More than 30% of Sky’s total subscriber base, which stood at 9.86 million at … Continue reading →
LIVING HD is launching on Thursday 2nd September, available in the UK and ROI on Sky channel 224 for customers taking the HD Pack. This will bring the number of HD channels in the UK up to 46 (43 in … Continue reading →
If you are experiencing loss of some UK satellite TV channels on the Costa Blanca Spain recently, then there could be a simple reason for this sudden reduction in channel availability Living near the coast, and the very hot weather, … Continue reading →
I found this article in blogland. Its quite good in explaining the HD TV evolution, and the history of changes in televisions. What is HD Satellite TV? HDTV stands for high definition television. This is a higher quality television picture … Continue reading →
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 →