In the USA: A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order against FilmOn.com, a site that has allowed mobile users to watch TV for free — over the objections of the networks providing the content. U.S. District Court Judge … Continue reading →
Sky has confirmed the closure date for the Bravo channels as the 1st January 2011. Sky acquired the Bravo / Living group of channels in June as part of the £160m deal to purchase the Living TV Group. From January … Continue reading →
Blocking News Corporation’s £8bn bid for BSkyB would be “contrary to the public interest” because it could lead to a reduction in the number of news providers in the UK, the pay-TV company claims. In a strongly-worded submission to media … Continue reading →
It looks like ITV1+1 will be launching soon. New test channel have been appearing on the ITV transponders on Astra 2d. There will not be all the ITV1 regions on there, but ITV1+1 will have 6 regional variations: London South … Continue reading →
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has acquired Film24’s slot on Sky’s electronic programming guide and is preparing to launch its own UK channel in early 2011. Canis Media – which acquires and sells EPG slots on Sky’s satellite platform – brokered … Continue reading →
Canal+ is to be added to the offer of Ono, just months after a Spanish court ordered the premium channel to pay the cableco €44 million for an earlier refusal to sell movie channel Gran Vía and Cable Sport to … Continue reading →
Schedules has been published for ITV3HD and ITV4HD. The new HD channels will, according tot he first schedules released, be launched on Monday 15th November. ITV2HD started broadcsating lsat month. ITV2HD, ITV3HD and ITV4HD are only available as part of … Continue reading →
In anticipation for its launch at 7pm tonight, BBC1HD has now taken its place on the Freesat EPG on channel 108. BBCHD has now been moved to channel 109. And BBC1HD has now taken its place on the Sky HD … Continue reading →
Sky has confirmed plans to relaunch the Sky Movies Christmas Channel for the festive season Viewers will, like last year, beable to vote on what films they’d like to see. From December 1, Sky Movies Showcase at position 303 on … Continue reading →
Channel 4 has teamed up with FilmFlex to launch a video-on-demand digital film rental service for Film4 with more than 500 titles available at launch. Film4OD, which Channel 4 claims will have more films available than rivals such as Lovefilm … Continue reading →