BBC gets unencrypted
All BBC digital satellite channels and radio stations will be broadcast unencrypted from next Thursday, while ITV and Channel 4 channels will now need a Sky subscription.…
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Media Guardian media top 100
The Media Guardian Top 100 names the most influential people in British media, with separate top ten lists for radio, television and publishing.…
Freeview reaches 1.6 million homes as multichannel take-up grows
The latest ITC report shows Freeview now in 1.6 million UK homes, with 48.6% of households having multichannel TV and digital TV in 43.9%.…
Channel 4 sets E4 +1 timeshift launch for 14 July
Channel 4 will launch E4 +1, a one-hour timeshift version of E4, on 14 July on Sky channel 206, with Delayed Big Brother Live as its first fortnight highlight.…
Channel Five and Sky flaunt it
Channel Five and Sky are launching 'Flaunt', a pop chart show based solely on text message voting, starting 30 June, replacing the axed Pepsi Chart Show.…
BBC and Sky: Friends again
The BBC and Sky have resolved their dispute over satellite encryption, agreeing a deal in which the BBC pays a smaller fee for new technology allowing regional opt-outs.…
Live TV returns
Live TV, the former entertainment news channel, is returning on Sky Digital under a licence granted to Eckoh Technologies, with phone-in features planned to make money.…
P-rock take a break
Independent music TV station p-rock has disappeared from the Sky electronic programme guide and gone off air to regroup and seek fresh financial backing.…
Lowdown on Sky's music channel line up
Digital Spy reports the programming for Sky's new music channels, including documentary strands on Scuzz and The Amp, with Xfm sessions.…
Sky set date for music channels
Sky's three new music channels, Flaunt, Scuzz and The Amp, officially launch at 2pm on 17 April, with Lester Mordue describing remote-control video voting.…
Sky test music channels
Sky has begun test transmissions for three new music channels, which look closer to EMAP's jukebox channels than MTV's programme format.…
BBC call in regulator over Sky squabble
The BBC will call in TV regulators after Sky threatened to move its flagship channels down the electronic programme guide when the BBC unscrambles its satellite service.…