In its latest UK social network usage forecast, eMarketer expects digital video viewing from the under 4s to help drive up Internet usage this year. It also expects Facebook and Twitter usage to increase. Report highlights include: Internet Usage eMarketer has increased its estimate for Internet usage, in 2017 54.4 million people, or 82 per […]
Music channel 4Music has launched on Freesat – the UK’s subscription-free satellite TV service. The launch takes place ahead of the UK premiere of the 59th Grammy Awards which will broadcast on 4Music on February 13th. 4Music joins Freesat’s other music channels, including Kiss and Magic, and replaces The Box on channel 509. The arrival […]
Saudi Arabian billionaire, Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal, has closed his Al-Arab news channel. Official notices were issued to staff on February 6th saying that the channel would close immediately. Al-Arab had struggled from its debut in February 2015 when from its Bahrain headquarters it controversially interviewed a Bahraini opposition figure. Bahrain closed the channel within […]
Ukraine’s public broadcaster is to switch is ‘foreign’ channel, UA|TV, from its current transmission aboard Spacecom’s Amos-2 satellite to Eutelsat’s ‘Hot Bird’ which broadcasts from 13 degrees East. The news, from the country’s UNIAN news agency, quotes the Ukrainian Information Ministry, saying: “Hot Bird 13 is three powerful satellites in one, whose signal ideally covers […]
With Andrus Ansip, EC Vice-President in charge of the Digital Single Market, describing it as “a new important step” in breaking down barriers in the Digital Single Market, Europeans will soon be able fully to use their online subscriptions to films, sports events, e-books, video games or music services when travelling within the EU, following […]
Hit Tom Hardy drama Taboo and psychological thriller Apple Tree Yard will become the first of a new run of boxsets on BBC iPlayer. All episodes of each show will remain on iPlayer until the last episode is broadcast. The full series will then be available to watch as a boxset for 30 days. The […]
Five people have been arrested in a crackdown on the sale and distribution of illegal TV set-top devices in the North West of England and Wales. The multi-agency day of action on February 8th saw the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT), Greater Manchester Police, City of London Police’s Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) and the […]
The Spanish government is to spend €300,000 on a media campaign to raise public awareness of the need to migrate to a new frequency band for DTT – a process to be completed by 2020 or 2022 at the latest. Currently, the 700 MHz band (between 694 and 790 MHz) is being used for DTT, […]
SpaceX says that its launch preparation of SES-10 is now underway. SpaceX says that this is the first-ever launch of a “flight-proven” rocket. Flight-proven can be translated as pre-used. Local reports say that SpaceX carried out engine firing tests on the Falcon 9 rocket’s first stage on February 3rd in Texas and prior to shipping […]
Starz has announced the successful launch of its Starz and Starz Encore services on the AT&T streaming service, DirecTV Now. Starz on DirecTV Now provides subscribers with access to a large premium TV and movie library for $8 a month. The initial launch will feature more than 2,500 episodes and movies. Starz features new and […]