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News round-up: Paramount+ picks up ‘As We Speak’; NextCypher enters ‘Deathlands’; OUTtv launches on Freeview UK
Paramount+ picks up ‘As We Speak’ Paramount+ has picked up feature documentary As We Speak:…
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BBC alum Erik Huggers named chairman at Everyone TV in UK
Everyone TV, the organisation behind Freeview and Freesat platforms in the UK, has hired former…
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Everyone TV CEO warns future of TV cannot be ‘left to algorithm’
Jonathan Thompson, the CEO of the newly rebranded Everyone TV (fka Digital UK), has warned…
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Court TV expands to UK’s Freeview
Legal news channel Court TV will launch on Freeview in the UK later this month….
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Digital UK’s Jonathan Thompson on the challenges facing new BBC chief Tim Davie
Jonathan Thompson, who leads the development of the UK’s digital terrestrial TV platform Freeview, reflects…
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Freeview joins YouTube as headline sponsor for Edinburgh TV Festival
Freeview has joined YouTube as joint headline sponsor of August’s Edinburgh TV Festival. The year-long…
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Freeview to receive £125m investment to go ‘fully hybrid’
The BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and network operator Arqiva have agreed to invest £125 million…
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Sony Movie Channel to go live on UK platforms
Sony Pictures Television Networks UK is due to launch a rebranded Sony Movie Channel on…
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AT&T launches OTT service DirecTV Now
AT&T will launch its much-anticipated OTT TV service DirecTV Now tomorrow, along with two other…
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AT&T launches OTT service DirecTV Now
AT&T will launch its much-anticipated OTT TV service DirecTV Now tomorrow, along with two other…
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iPlayer licence fee law comes into effect
A change to UK law requiring viewers to buy a licence fee in order to…
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First kids on-demand service launches on Freeview
The first free on-demand service for kids, Ketchup TV, has launched on the Freeview platform…
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CBS Drama joins Freeview in the UK
CBS Drama is to launch on digital free-to-air platform Freeview in the UK, and has…
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Freeview experiences Horror
The CBS AMC Networks UK channels partnership’s Horror Channel is to launch on free-to-air digital-terrestrial…
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Sony kids channel hits Freeview
Sony Pictures Television-owned UK preschool net Tiny Pop is launching on the territory’s Freeview platform….
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Conan O’Brien making UK debut with TruTV
Turner’s soon-to-launch UK entertainment channel TruTV has acquired Conan, marking the first time the Conan…
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New UK kids channel for Freeview
UK free-to-air platform Freeview has added a new children’s channel to its line-up for the…
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Major channels sign up to Freeview streaming service
A new UK pay-TV streaming service for Freeview viewers, VuTV, has signed deals A+E Networks,…