LG Electronics and Dolby Laboratories have unveiled the LG UP970 Ultra HD Blu-ray player, LG’s first 4K Blu-ray player which will support Dolby Vision high-dynamic -range (HDR) imaging. Dolby Vision capability for the UP970 will be available through a software update scheduled for later this year. The UP970 also offers enhanced dual format HDR compatibility […]
French newspaper Les Echos is reporting that French broadcaster AB Groupe is up for sale. The report says that executives of AB Groupe are already in talks with potential buyers. AB Groupe was originally a music production company formed by Jean-Luc Azoulay and Claude Berda (hence the ‘A-B’) but since 1987 has launched a wide […]
As of January 1st, the sale of TV sets with DVB-T/MPEG-2 or MPEG-4 encoding is no longer allowed in Italy. Retailers can market only TV sets with tuner compatible with the new second-generation digital terrestrial standard DVBT-2/HEVC, which allows for more efficient use of frequencies by an estimated 30 per cent compression of the signal. […]
Sky Mobile – the UK’s newest mobile service – is now available to buy. Research commissioned by Sky Mobile, suggests almost 20 million smartphone users in the UK are deliberately buying more data than they actually need each month for fear of being overcharged. Almost three quarters (72 per cent) of those buying unnecessary data […]
Investment by new digital services such as Spotify, Sky, Amazon, Apple Music and Google has resulted in sales of music, video and games running £1 billion ahead of where they were just four years ago, according to data compiled by the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA). Preliminary figures from ERA indicate that booming digital services helped […]
Intelligent personal assistant Google Assistant is making its way to Android TV in the coming months. As part of an upcoming update on supported TVs and set-top boxes powered by Android TV, users will be able to ask the Google Assistant for help so they can enjoy the content they love, faster than ever, on […]
Sky Sports F1 will be the only place to watch every Formula 1 Grand Prix live next season, with ten races exclusively live including the opening two from Australia and China, and two of the final three races. And for the first time in UK TV history, viewers in the UK and Ireland with Sky […]
Viewers in Italy using the Tivùsat TV platform that broadcasts from Eutelsat’s HOTBIRD neighbourhood can now watch a full line-up of HD channels from Rai. Tivùsat was set up to ensure that everyone in Italy has access to free digital TV. By reaching all areas of Italian territory, viewers can access all national DTT channels […]
Multichannel broadcaster UKTV is predicting it will register record-breaking growth in share of commercial impacts (SOCI) across the last 12 months. UKTV is projecting 7.7 per cent growth of its SOCI to a record year-end high of 9.87 per cent, putting it ahead of Channel 5’s full portfolio and all of Sky’s wholly-owned channels (including movies […]
Christmas Day TV audiences on December 25th 2016 were at their lowest level since records began in 1981. BBC1 period drama Call the Midwife was the most-watched programme attracting an audience of 9.2 million. BBC1 had eight of the 10 most-watched programmes overall on Christmas Day, while ITV had two. Audiences for Christmas Day – […]