Yiannis Kalogritsas, who last week was awarded a licence to operate one of 4 new TV networks in Greece, has withdrawn from the process. He says that critics of the licence award had accused him of everything “except the murder of [President JF] Kennedy”. A statement from Kalogritsas, released September 26th and shortly after the […]
Elon Musk-backed rocket company SpaceX says that a breach in its cryogenic helium tank, part of the second stage of the rocket’s oxygen tank seems to have caused the September 1st explosion. The blast and following fireball destroyed a Spacecom of Israel’s satellite. SpaceX says it anticipates returning the launch activity in November. However, there’s […]
Hundreds of local digital radio stations could start broadcasting across the UK in future, after Ofcom completed successful trials of a ground-breaking technology. The new technique, known as ‘small-scale DAB’, allows local and community stations to hit the airwaves using freely-available software and equipment costing from £9,000 (€10,300). Previously, these stationss have broadcast on analogue […]
Virgin Media has launched Virgin Media Solutions – a new advertising sales house for the UK and Irish markets. Virgin Media Solutions will be the exclusive sales agency for all TV3 Group channels in Ireland including TV3 and 3e. It will also represent all advertising sales for Virgin Media including Video on Demand and Virgin […]
Freesat, the subscription free satellite TV service, has announced the launch of Korean public service channel Arirang TV. Available in HD on channel 214, Arirang takes Freesat’s total HD channel offering to 14. Based in Seoul, South Korea, Arirang TV is an English language public broadcaster delivering news, cultural affairs and documentaries to international audiences. […]
SiriusXM Canada, in a formal note to investors, says it is aware of various Class Action applications having been filed with the Superior Court in Quebec. “The Applications seek to authorize the bringing of class action litigation against the Company in connection with Quebec’s Consumer Protection Act and includes bringing a class action litigation against […]
BT is reportedly negotiating to buy YouView – the connected TV joint-venture it shares with the BBC, TalkTalk, ITV, C4 and C5 and Arqiva. According to The Daily Telegraph, talks have stalled on valuations, with BT initially looking to buy out the outfit’s other shareholders for £20 million (€23m). The paper says the parties are […]
Social media giant Facebook has confessed that it has overestimated how much video people have watched through its service for the last two years. The error affected a Facebook metric called “average duration of video viewed”, which was supposed to tell publishers for how long, on average, people had watched a video. However, the metric […]
Digital UK has published an updated technical specification for connected TV service Freeview Play, setting out new features and requirements for products developed during 2017. Freeview Play combines live television with catch-up TV and on-demand services from the BBC, ITV, STV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and UKTV, making it easy for viewers to watch what […]
Entertainment channel Sky 1 will launch in Germany and Austria via Sky Deutschland on November 3rd. The channel will be available to all Sky subscribers, as well as through Sky On Demand, Sky Go and Sky Ticket. Programming available on the channel includes MasterChef, Elementary, The Tunnel and Hooten & The Lady. Manwhile, Sony’s entertainment […]