upc cablecom is now offering a total of 27 channels in HD quality in German-speaking Switzerland. These can be received free of charge and without a set-top box as part of the basic package of more than 60 digital channels. The new Swiss entertainment channel S1 TV has also been added to the basic package. […]
A UK High Court ruling has forced streaming website TVCatchUp to drop over 20 channels aired by commercial broadcasters ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5. The ruling means that it cannot stream the main ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 networks on its mobile TV service, nor can it stream 11 of the broadcasters’ digital […]
Internet TV streaming service FilmOn founder Alki David has congratulated rival service Aereo and its founder Barry Diller on its Boston court victory against a motion by the broadcast networks to injunction Aereo in the 1st Circuit. The motion was denied. “Naturally this now allows FilmOn to fire up our Local Service again in Massachusetts […]
Consumer electronics specialist Audiovox Electronics has launched Audiovox mobiletv, the first wireless Mobile TV Receiver designed to bring US consumers free live TV to iOS and Android smartphones and tablets. Developed by mobile broadcast DTV solutions supplier Siano, the receiver delivers Dyle mobile TV, operated by Mobile Content Venture (MCV), a joint-venture of 12 major […]
The Portuguese government is supporting the addition of two new free-to-air TV channels on the DTT platform from 2014. One of the channels should be dedicated to information with a focus on regional events, while the second should be composed mainly of content for children and younger viewers, according to Portugal’s Minister of State and […]
French commercial network TF1 says that it may be forced to close down its flagship news channel LCI if it does gain permission to start broadcasting free-to-air. The French market for broadcast news is especially competitive, and LCI is an encrypted channel while many of its direct competitors transmit unencrypted. LCI is appealing to the […]
FTA Television has confirmed its position as the preferred media of Italians, with over 96 per cent of adults stating they have watched free-to-air TV in the previous week, according to a study on media consumption and advertising expenditure prepared by eMarketer, in collaboration with Starcom MediaVest Group Italia. However, pay viewing on satellite and […]
BT Sport is making its magazine and live sport programming available to all UK viewers with Freeview, BT TV, Sky or Virgin TV during October. Viewers will be able to watch BT Sport’s entertainment and chat shows and live sport on BT TV, Freeview channel 57 during the weeks of 7th and 14th October. The […]
Freeview, the UK’s biggest TV provider, has launched a new advertising campaign that highlights the free entertainment service offers. Based on the proposition: ‘Entertainment. It’s even better when it’s free’, the creative equates the wonder of an underwater world seen through the eyes of a young boy, with Freeview’s content. The new 60 second advert […]
The fall in TV ad revenues in Spanish TV was 6.8 per cent to €412.3 million in the second quarter of the year, according to the Telecommunications Market Commission (CMT). Public TVs registered the sharpest fall, down 20.3 per cent, to €30.6 million with state subsidies also going down 8.3 per cent to €441.4 million. […]