UK audience ratings organisation BARB has admitted that its ability to accurately measure what people are watching could be impacted by the government’s new restrictions on movement and work. BARB CEO Justin Sampson said that the organisation had been forced to cease allface-to-face interviewing and technician visits to panel homes early last week and that its […]
Liberty Global-owned Virgin Media has become the first UK pay TV provider to add the BBC Sounds app to its TV platform. BBC Sounds replaced the BBC iPlayer radio app earlier this year. From yesterday, the BBC Sounds app, which allows users to listen to all of BBC’s live and on-demand radio, music and podcasts, […]
The UK government has declined to place the Six Nations rugby tournament on a list of sports events that must be made available free-to-view, increasing the chances that rights to the competition will be snapped up by a pay TV provider such as Sky. The event is currently listed as a ‘category B’ competition, meaning […]
Liberty Global-owned UK service provider Virgin Media has struck a deal with NBCUniversal that will enable its customers to watch some of the studio’s new releases on the same day their cinema release. The agreement means that Virgin Media customers will be able to watch movies including DreamWorks Animation’s Trolls World Tour on April 6, the […]
Liberty Global-owned Virgin Media has admitted that a database continuing personal details of 900,000 people was left unsecured and accessible on the web for a period of 10 months, opening the company up to the possibility of a large fine. The marketing database held addresses, email addresses and phone numbers, but not financial or bank […]
UK commercial broadcaster ITV saw its revenues rise last year by 3% to £3.308 billion (€3.805 billion) but advertising revenues were down 1.5% – although that figure was an improvement on the company’s previous guidance. ITV is forecasting growth of 2% in Q1, with ad revenues likely to be down 10% in April. The company […]
Matchroom Sport, the UK sports promotion and programming supplier with interests in sports including boxing darts and snooker headed by Barry Hearn, is to launch a global OTT platform in the spring. The streaming service, which will provide access to its portfolio of events, is being built and powered by sports streaming and video technology […]
Liberty Global-owned UK service provider Virgin Media has awarded new five-year contracts worth £500 million a year to six contractors to build and maintain its national Gigabit network and is bringing more than 700 customer-facing installation staff and engineers back in-house. Virgin Media said the new structure, which will be implemented in April, is designed […]
BT Sport and Samsung have teamed up to screen what the pair say is the UK’s first public live 8K sports broadcast, with a screening of the UEFA Europa League match between Arsenal and Olympiacos. BT Sport and Samsung collaborated to deliver the broadcast live from the Emirates Stadium using a bespoke BT Sport 8K […]
UK free-to-view satellite platform Freesat has launched a new generation of 4K TV boxes, including three new DVR-enabled models and a zapper box. The devices will be available from Amazon from the end of February and from retailer Currys PC World shortly afterwards. The internet-connected boxes are being produced by CommScope, the first Freesat-led devices […]
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