Sky Italia, the Italian satellite platform, has recenly started to test new encryption coding provided by NDS. NDS4 / Videoguard 4 is expected to help stop cardsharing of the Sky Italia viewing cads. Cardsharing and cardsharing networks are becoming an … Continue reading →
Five HD launched on Sky HD today. The RTL-owned channel had previously shunned the offer of capacity on the UK terrestrial platform Freeview HD. Five, the last of the UK legacy broadcasters to launch a high definition channel, will broadcast … Continue reading →
After the ‘war’ over soccer rights between Spain’s two major audiovisual producers Sogecable (Cuatro & Digital+) and Mediapro (laSexta) the judges decided Sogecable has the right to exploit the soccer. So the company will have to pay �90 million to … Continue reading →
Al-Jazeera English was named ‘Best News Channel’ at the second annual Freesat Awards last night in London. The Qatar-based news channel, which launched today on Freeview, beat the BBC News channel, Bloomberg, CNN and BBC Radio 5 Live to the … Continue reading →
The original Sky HD boxes, manufactured by Thomson (model number DSI8215 or 902020 or with serial numbers beginning 4E300) are notorious for developing problems between 12 and 36 months old. This is usually due to capacitors dying on the power … Continue reading →
According to early reports, from 1 September the cost of a basic subscription plus Sky Sports 1 or 2 will increase from �26 a month to �29 a month. The cost of a basic subscription plus all its sports channels … Continue reading →
Big Brother creator John De Mol has been linked with a bid for Channel Five, which has been put up for sale by RTL. De Mol is understood to be working with Greek broadcaster Antenna on a joint bid that … Continue reading →
Sky has confirmed plans to offer Sky Sports customers nearly six months’ free access to its mobile and online TV services as competition for digital TV subscribers intensifies. From July 12, all Sky Sports Pack subscribers will be able to … Continue reading →
The Sky Real Lives channels will be axed later in the year. This affects RL, RL+1, RL2 & RLHD.
Continue reading →Pan-European broadcaster RTL is understood to have received expressions of interest in Channel Five from as many as a dozen potential buyers, including Daily Express owner Richard Desmond and Big Brother producer Endemol. RTL is exploring a range of options … Continue reading →
ESPN America HD launches in the UK and Ireland today, June 21, the broadcaster announced, marking the introduction of its second UK HD channel. At launch, 85% of the content on the new HD channel will be produced in native … Continue reading →
FIVE HD Sky HD Channel 171 Frequency 12.266 H Date TBC – expected July 2010 Testing Free to view – freesatfromsky card required ESPN America HD is supposed to be coming on the 21st June 2010 Frequency 12.266 H Date … Continue reading →
NASA warns that by October 2011 the Draconids, a meteor shower that occurs every autumn, could be catastrophic for the fleet of satellites, probes and human constructions that orbit the Earth. Oribiting satellites are expected to be bombarded with such … Continue reading →
BSkyB is to pull Sky Sports News from Freeview in a bid to drive subscription revenues, ending eight years of free-to-air broadcasting of the channel. BSkyB, which launched Sky Sports News on Freeview in 2002 alongside Sky News and Sky … Continue reading →
According to reports, major cardsharing networks (both private and public) have been subject to “police raids.” Although there has been no official information about this or how they have proceeded to “attack” the CardSharing A public cardsharing network offered pay … Continue reading →