Oregan Networks plans to add “on the go” recording and viewing capability to its hybrid DTV platform, catering for both current and future MSO deployments. With new multiscreen EPG and PVR applications, running on Android and Apple iOS companion devices, consumers will be able to: Synchronise their tablets, laptops and smart phones with the living […]
Multichannel provider UKTV, a commercial television network in the UK co-owned by BBC Worldwide and Scripps Networks Interactive, has secured a deal for a fourth DTT channel slot. Dave Ja Vu, a catch up service for entertainment channel Dave, will hold Freeview channel 25 for a limited time from January 2013 while UKTV firms up […]
BT has reserved two EPG slots on the Sky platform in preparation for the launch of its sports channels. The UK telco has secured rights to Premier League football and Premiership rugby packages, has acquired the placeholders on the pay TV platform, which it has temporarily branded as Sailing 1 and Sailing 2. BT will […]
On October 17th, Freeview has confirmed that the following channels will move to a new position on the TV Guide: – HD channels will move to 101-120 with BBC One HD at 101 – Marketplace will move from 61 to LCN 50 – The Adult section will start at 171 (currently 91)
Digital Television Multiplex Operators (DMOL), the company responsible for maintaining the UK Freeview EPG and the order of stations listed within it, has thrown out two appeals made against the channel listing revamp. DMOL released the following statement: “Following the publication on July 30th, 2012 of proposals to update the Freeview programme guide, appeals were […]
Launching simultaneously with a press event on the IBC show floor and a customer session in central Amsterdam, Liberty Global unveiled its much vaunted Horizon TV, a family of products designed to allow customers to view and share all of their favourite content across the TV, computer, tablet and smartphone. Horizon TV is available immediately […]
Freesat, the UK’s free-to-air digital satellite television provider, has launched a new on-screen TV guide, available in its next generation Freesat+ boxes. Bal Samra, Chairman of Freesat, said the service had become “a force to be reckoned with” since its launch in 2008, and suggested the next-generation guide, called <free time>, was a “great step […]
UK supermarket retailer Sainsbury’s has licensed digital entertainment technologist Rovi Corporation to power a new digital video service for Sainsbury’s Entertainment. This puts in competition with market leader Tesco, and follows electronics group Dixons Retail’s KnowHow Movies service, which also relies on Rovi. Expected to launch later this year, the new service will offer video […]
Sky has lodged an appeal with the body that co-ordinates the Freeview electronic programme guide (EPG) over plans to shift Sky News further down the guide. DTT Multiplex Operators Limited (DMOL), the Ofcom-licensed provider of Freeview EPG services, has published a series of proposed changes to Freeview channel numbering. The proposals involve various services, including […]
UK digital broadcaster Sky has unveiled an update to the Sky+ app for iPad which allows Sky TV customers to use their iPad as a remote control. Sky customers will be able to take even more control of their main TV experience through the app, using it to change channels as well as pause, play […]