Sky’s online TV streaming service NOW TV continues to boost its customer offer with the launch of the NOW TV Kids Pass. Available from June 21st, the service offers an easy way to get kids TV without a contract for £2.99 (€3.77) a month. The NOW TV Kids Pass will let kids watch six dedicated […]
From October, broadband providers in the UK must make sure adverts for their products are very clear about costs and contract lengths, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled. ASA research suggests many people find it difficult to make sense of current adverts. More than 80 per cent were unable to calculate the total cost […]
Channel 5, the commercial public service broadcaster, and Freeview have confirmed the launch of Channel 5 in high definition on Freeview. Available immediately, Channel 5 is now in subscription-free HD on LCN 105 for Freeview HD viewers. The channel will also continue to be available in standard definition on LCN 5. Channel 5 is also […]
With the 2016 Formula 1 World Championship season four races old, Tata Communications, the Official Connectivity Provider to the sport, has confirmed that it has been selected by Sky to deliver the live broadcast feeds of all 21 Grands Prix – starting with the 2current campaign – over its global superfast fibre network, claimed to […]
French aerospace company Thales has demonstrated its new Digital Sky 21” in-flight entertainment (IFE) system designed to fit within the width parameters of an airline seat. Art Berman, writing in Display Daily, says the demo took place at the Aircraft Interiors Expo, held recently in Hamburg, Germany. The choice of entertainment on offer is left […]
Ericsson will strengthen its TV and media operations in the UK by establishing a new broadcast and media services facility in MediaCityUK, Salford, Greater Manchester. MediaCityUK is currently home to the BBC and ITV. The new site will go live from Q1 2017 and will deliver playout and media management services for clients like the […]
International Launch Services, which handles the commercial launches of the Russian-built Proton rocket, has taken delivery of Intelsat-31 at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The delivery comes just a few days after the 100th ‘birthday’ since the establishment of what became Russia’s ‘State Research & Production Space Centre MV Khrunichev’, which today manufactures the Proton […]
FilmBox Live and LG are running an international promo campaign which lets LG Smart TV users enjoy one month of free access to the FilmBox Live app featuring live TV channels and a huge VoD library. The promotion will last throughout May in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Greece, Turkey, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, […]
US streaming service Hulu is planning to expand from a VoD only offering to adding live networks and cable TV networks. The video portal, owned by ABC, Fox and NBC, competes with Netflix and Prime and this move would also put it in competition against Dish Network’s Sling TV and Sony’s Vue services. ABC, Disney […]
Italy has proposed a postponement of the deadline by when spectrum in the 700 MHz band will be made available for high speed mobile Internet services to 2022. The decision was reached after a vote in both houses of the Italian Parliament, the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, and is supported by the Italian […]