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Freeview launches its mobile app on Android

Joins the previously launched iOS version

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Together TV moves to Freeview SD capacity

Channel's UK coverage will expand to 95 per cent of UK households

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Freeview Play reaches 20,000 hours of content

7 million devices sold since its launch in 2015

Content

Three Pluto TV channels launch on My5

First collaboration between the two Viacom-owned AVoD platforms in the UK

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EBS announces UKTV EPG deal

Provides EPG services for UKTV operations on Sky, Freeview and Freesat

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New Freeview mobile app lets viewers watch content without an aerial

Arqiva acted as technology partner on the project

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Freeview keeps Talking (Pictures)

Arqiva extends contract with channel until 2022

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Freeview launches Quest HD

Viewers will be able to watch the EFL in high definition

Business

Freeview interest spikes in wake of Virgin-UKTV spat

UKTV is said to be losing around £1m a week

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Amazon ‘developing own smart TV’

Set is reportedly being developed alongside a group of Chinese manufacturers including Huawei

Business

Freeview MD Guy North to step down

Will leave the company in October

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BBC, ITV and Channel 4 agree £125 million Freeview deal

Five year deal will see Freeview develop new services as it aims to combat rise of Netflix and Amazon

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Freeview integrates on-demand into linear TV guide

Service's Channel 100 acts as a showcase for Freeview Play viewers

Business

‘Wrong kind of weather’ knocks out Freeview

Weather interrupts Great British Bake Off final

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Sony Pictures to launch new kids channel

Sony Pictures Television Networks (SPTN) is to launch Pop Max – a new dedicated kids channel, on 30th August. Pop Max, which will be...

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Freeview launches new ‘Explore’ feature

Freeview Explore will demo core functionality and showcase day's best on-demand programming

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Freeview Play TV sales surpass one million

Freeview has announced sales of Freeview Play TVs and set-top boxes have surpassed one million. Launched in late 2015, Freeview Play offers UK viewers...

Business

Sony Movie channel heads to Freeview and Virgin

Rebranded channel with launch 10 January

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Vestel begins roll out of Freeview Play-enabled TVs

Vestel is preparing to launch a range of Freeview Play TVs. The move will significantly expand the presence of subscription-free, connected TV services in...

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Freeview dips into Ketchup

Ketchup TV has launched on Freeview throughout the UK. The kids TV service has become the first of its kind to appear free-to-air on...

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BBC moves to HbbTV

The BBC, working in collaboration with Freeview, DUK and the DTG, intends to accelerate the adoption of international standards around interactive TV in the...

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Champions League and Europa League finals live on YouTube

BT has partnered with YouTube to broadcast free coverage of the Champions League and Europa League Finals.The deal will see BT Sport stream its...

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Channel 5 goes HD

Channel 5 has launched in HD. The UK’s third largest commercial network is now available in HD via Freeview, Freesat, YouView, BT and TalkTalk....

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Business

TV Connect award winners announced

TV Connect has announced the award winners for its 12th annual event. The TV Connect Industry Awards, organised by Informa, celebrate excellence, innovation and...

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Business

UKTV for Freeview Play

The UKTV Play app will be available on Freeview Play when it launches in Q2. Freeview Play, which launched in October, is a subscription-free...

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Features

MediaGeniX to take UKTV “beyond 2016”

Dave, one of ten UKTV linear channels, has been part and parcel of the UK broadcast setup ever since its Freeview relaunch in 2007....

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Freeview releasing mobile app

Freeview is releasing a new mobile app, FreeviewPlus, which will place all of it’s Australian free-to-air catch up services in a single place. Every...

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Business

Sony to launch True Crime

Sony Pictures Television is set to launch True Crime as a free-to-air in channel in the UK on 22 March. True Crime, which will...

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Opinion

Bringing down the paywall

UKTV’s move of Home to Freeview recognises the growth opportunities of free-to-air (FTA). Arqiva’s Mike Finchen, director of digital terrestrial television, considers the

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Digital UK urges EU to protect future of TV

Digital UK chief executive Jonathan Thompson, along with other representatives from the broadcasting sector have called on the EU to protect the future of...

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Business

Freeview Play to launch next month

The new Freeview Play connected TV service is to launch in October, combining catch-up TV from the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5,...

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IBC

UK CE retailers forewarned by DTG

Non-profit body, the DTG, is contacting the UK’s leading consumer electronics retailers with a list of licensed suppliers of TVs and set-top boxes.

Business

Vision247 opens data centre as part of London move

Vision247, a playout, media technology and content distribution company, is to move to Chiswick Media Park in west London

Business

PassionTV back on air via IPTV solution

Passion TV chooses Arqiva’s new Connected Broadcaster solution to go after the younger generation

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Production & Post

aQ at the Big Centre of Birmingham broadcaster

Big Centre TV (BCTV), Birmingham’s new local TV stations, has gone live with a combination of aQ Broadcast’s QNews newsroom system, aVS video server...

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