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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
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Three Pluto TV channels launch on My5
First collaboration between the two Viacom-owned AVoD platforms in the UK
Business
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 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
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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
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‘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...
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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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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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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...
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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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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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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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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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
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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Levira launches hybrid TV services in Estonia
Estonian digital television operator Levira has unveiled hybrid TV services within its Freeview TasutaTV terrestrial platform.
Business
Freeview rebrands ahead of Play launch
Digital TV service Freeview will be launching a new product that will introduce a mass market connected TV offer.
Business
Non-digital TV ownership down as audiences favour portable devices
Ninety-six per cent of households have digital TV but there has been a significant increase in the proportion of homes without, according to Ofcom’s...
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Digital TV Labs announces world’s first HbbTV 2.0 test suite
Digital TV Labs are in the process of developing the world’s first HbbTV 2.0 test suite which will include DVB DASH and Microsoft PlayReady...
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DTG to create Freeview testing suite
Digital UK has contracted DTG Testing to create a product test suite for receivers for the next generation of Freeview as a connected TV...
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VisionTV brings cultural diversity to Freeview
Vision247 will stream more than 20 free-to-air channels to connected Freeview HD set top boxes and TVs in the UK.
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Northern Ireland’s local station goes live
Northern Ireland’s first local TV channel, Belfast-based NvTv, went on air this week.
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Euronews launches on TVPlayer
Euronews, which currently reaches 415 million households in 156 countries, has now launched on live TV streaming service, TVPlayer
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Ofcom opens local TV applications
Ofcom has invited applications for seven new UK television channels
Business
Taking innovation to task
The new report from the Future of Innovation in Television Technology taskforce is testament to the resolve that exists within the industry to deliver...
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Sony Pictures Television to acquire CSC Media Group
SPT has reached an agreement to acquire CSC in the UK