BBC WORLD NEWS NOW IN HD ACROSS EUROPE VIA ASTRA 19.2E Luxembourg, 1 April 2015 – SES S.A. (NYSE Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) today announced that BBC Global News Ltd has signed a long-term agreement to broadcast its international news channel free-to-air in High Definition (HD) on ASTRA at 19.2 degrees East. […]
Freeview Play manufacturers announced Digital UK and Freeview have today announced that Panasonic will be the first manufacturer to launch TVs featuring the Freeview Play connected TV service. Panasonic will make Freeview Play available in its new 2015 line-up of VIERA TVs. Channel 5’s Demand 5 service will also join the platform – completing the […]
Rumours that mobile services giant Vodafone is preparing a bid for British broadcaster Sky has been doing the rounds for many months now, a logical sum given that M&A activity in the telecoms space is rapidly heating up. But chatter in the City has now reached fever pitch, with many touting that a takeover could […]
Back in September 2014, three major European free-to-view satellite platforms – Fransat (France), Freesat (UK) and Tivùsat (Italy) – announced that they were forming a new partnership called the FreeTV Alliance. The goal was simple but ambitious: make free satellite TV across Europe more consistent, less fragmented, and easier for TV and set-top-box manufacturers to […]
Channel 4 HD is the high-definition version of Channel 4, giving viewers a sharper picture and clearer viewing experience for programmes such as entertainment shows, documentaries, drama, comedy, live events and major Channel 4 series. When Channel 4 HD first became available, it was a major step forward for free-to-air television. At the time, HD […]
The BBC, Channel 4 and ITV have agreed a £100m-plus deal for a Freeview Connect service on smart TVs The BBC, Channel 4 and ITV have agreed a £100m-plus deal to secure the future of Freeview with plans to launch a new service for internet connected TV sets that some have dubbed a “YouView killer”. […]
truTV was once promoted as a new free-to-air entertainment channel coming to UK viewers through Freeview, Freesat and YouView. At the time, the channel was expected to bring a mix of unscripted entertainment, reality shows, factual programmes and popular US series to British television screens. However, that information is now out of date. truTV UK […]
World TV Day, also known as World Television Day, is marked every year on 21 November. It was created by the United Nations to recognise the impact television has on public opinion, communication, education, entertainment and the way people understand events around the world. Television has changed dramatically since the early days of analogue broadcasting. […]
