Terrestrial/Freeview

Joost Opposes Kangaroo Again, Says It’s ‘Suffered’ At Hands Of BBC/ITV/C4 - 1 Comment
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 19 Aug 2008 12:45 AM PST

Joost, which is already frustrated at its failure to get any content from BBC, ITV (LSE: ITV) and C4, has told the Competition Commission that the broadcasters’ Kangaroo JV will…

Ofcom Launches Another Pay-TV Consultation; No Picnic For BSkyB - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Wed 14 May 2008 03:29 AM PST

BSkyB’s launch plans for its digital terrestrial television pay-TV service Picnic are stuck in a holding pattern, after Ofcom announced yesterday, yet another consultation into the service and in Sky’s…

TV Games Operator PlayJam Targets Freeview With Own Box - 1 Comment
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 20 Mar 2008 04:15 AM PST

PlayJam, the TV games service that puts casual games on BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) and Virgin Media (NSDQ: VMED), is about to add Freeview to its platform lineup by releasing its…

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Pay TV Sports Broadcaster Setanta Sports Seeking Sale - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Mon 11 Feb 2008 03:06 AM PST

Irish-owned broadcaster Setanta Sports is gauging the interest for a potential sale of the company after finding a float too tricky an option in the current market. Timesonline.co.uk reports the…

UK Digital Penetration Driven By Cheapest Bundles: Ofcom - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Wed 12 Dec 2007 07:48 AM PST

British consumers are getting some of the best deals for broadband, mobile and television services in Europe, thanks to cheap bundled services, according to an exhaustive report from Ofcom, looking…

TV Bits: Eidos TV Tie-Up, BSkyB/Disney, Pact/Broadcasters Rights - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 22 Nov 2007 07:18 AM PST

- Eidos: What price a TV-videogame crossover? The Lara Croft game maker is partnering with BSkyB to release a Sky Sports-branded edition of its very successful and well-loved Championship Manager…

Earnings: BT Q3 Broadband Revenue Grows 12 Percent; Vision Languishing; Reorg Hits Profit - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 08 Nov 2007 02:44 AM PST

BT (NYSE: BT) added 178,000 net retail broadband subscribers in the three months to September 30, taking it up to 4.07 million customers and helping bump broadband revenue up 12…

Tower of Babel, Hold The Gum: Another Internet TV Venture Launches - 0 Comments
Posted By Ingrid Lunden - Fri 26 Oct 2007 01:11 AM PST

Not to be confused with the P2P Internet TV venture that goes by a very similar name...Babel TV is launching on November 6. This is an IPTV play that involves…

BSkyB Faces Regulatory Pressure On Three Fronts - 0 Comments
Posted By Ingrid Lunden - Fri 05 Oct 2007 04:17 AM PST

Life’s not always a Picnic for satellite broadcaster BSkyB (NYSE: BSY). The company, which is 39.1 percent owned by News Corp. (NYSE: NWS), may be the UK’s largest pay-TV provider,…

BSkyB’s ITV Stake Operates Against Public Interest, Says Competition Commission - 0 Comments
Posted By Ingrid Lunden - Tue 02 Oct 2007 04:08 AM PST

The UK’s Competition Commission today dealt a blow to the all-mighty BSkyB (NYSE: BSY), the pay-TV provider 39.1 percent owned by News Corp. (NYSE: NWS), by ruling that its 17.9…

BBC Gets Green Light For HD Over TV, IPTV And Online - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 26 Sep 2007 04:57 AM PST

The BBC Trust has given the broadcaster the green light to start broadcasting hi-definition programmes - online as well as on TV (see release). The trust provisionally approved a new…