Freeview has launched its mobile app for iOS devices. Users can stream live shows from the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 and on demand content from BBC iPlayer, ITV Hub, All 4, My5, and UKTV Play whenever and wherever. The Freeview app is available to download from The App Store now. As with all Freeview […]
While more and more Americans are watching video content – TV shows, movies, and short video – on their smartphones, research from MRI shows that video remains a highly social medium. The latest findings from MRI’s Cord Evolution research show that Americans watch TV or video in groups almost half (48 per cent) of their […]
Signalling how the UK television industry has become a truly ‘mixed ecology’ of different players, investment in the creation of home-grown television programmes by multichannel broadcasters has hit £1.1 billion (€1.23bn) a year, according to a report from industry body the Commercial Broadcasters Association (COBA). The watershed moment
Turner Italia has ended a successful 2018 for its kids channels in the Italian market. The broadcaster has a total of four channels – two free-to-air and two subscription based. Boing and Cartoonito are broadcast nationally FTA on DTT in partnership with Italian broadcaster RTI Mediaset, while Cartoon Network and Boomerang are distributed via pay-TV […]
Differences in how certain groups use communications services are explained in regulator Ofcom’s latest Access and Inclusion research report. The report looks at how affordability, take-up and engagement with telecoms, TV and postal services compares across different groups. It focuses on people whose use of different services and devices could be affected by factors such […]
The global TV premiere of IMPACT Wrestling’s Homecoming will air on Fight Network UK on January 12th at 9pm. The event has been acclaimed by both critics and fans alike since it aired on PPV last weekend and will now be shown for free on Fight Network UK. Matches on the show include Johnny Impact […]
Discovery is launching DMAX as a free to air channel in the UK from January 16th. It launches with an adventurous tone of voice centred around ‘more is more’ for men who want to indulge their passions for survival, extreme lives, motoring and comedy. DMAX hits TV screens with a slate of network premieres. Launch […]
South Africa’s broadcasting regulator ICASA has unveiled its draft laws designed to make key sporting events free to viewers. ICASA’s Draft Sports Broadcasting Services Amendment Regulations are expected to severely impact the broadcasting monopoly that the country’s pay-TV giant DStv has on sports. The new rules, if adopted, are likely to dramatically cut the cash […]
Freesat, the UK’s subscription-free satellite TV platform, has announced the addition of Virgin Radio UK to its digital radio channels. The music station joins a line-up of national and regional radio stations to provide viewers with yet more choice and entertainment. On channel number 736, listeners will have access to the very best music from […]
Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is mulling the sale of its two Italian free-to-air channels Cine Sony and Pop, according to local daily Il Sole 24 Ore. A decision is expected in January or February and the potential buyers include Mediaset, Discovery and Viacom. The latter is seen as the favourite, as it is already responsible […]