All Freeview articles – Page 13
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NewsBBC preps Winter Olympics coverage
The BBC is preparing its most comprehensive digital coverage of the Winter Olympics to date, as it gears up to offer 650 hours of content online.
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NewsSky and GME link up for Pick doc
Sky has worked with GroupM Entertainment for the first time to order its first original series for free-to-air station Pick TV – a 10-part ob-doc series using an innovative filming technique.
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NewsBBC preps five HD channels
The BBC is to launch five HD channels tomorrow, doubling the number of channels it currently airs in the format.
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RatingsMorecambe and Wise boosts BBC2
Morecambe and Wise: The Whole Story added 400,000 viewers from last week, while Channel 4’s Rock Night got off to a quiet start on Sunday.
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NewsComux kicks off local TV
Comux has launched its Birmingham-based local TV Network Operations Centre (NOC) to provide the infrastructure for local television companies to broadcast on Freeview.
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NewsLocal TV goes live
Local TV will today launch on Freeview channel eight in Grimsby as Estuary TV is pushed live.
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NewsAshes highlights to air on Pick TV
Highlights of England’s defence of The Ashes in Australia are to be made available on Sky’s free-to-air service Pick TV.
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NewsLondon Live to be supplied by Ericsson
Local TV station London Live has selected Ericsson to provide it with a range of broadcast services ahead of its launch early next year.
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NewsC5 to launch free-to-air repeats channel 5 Later
Channel 5 is preparing to launch a free-to-air channel repeating shows from the main channel – similar to Channel 4’s 4Seven.
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PodcastTalking TV: Lifetime launch and holographic technology
It’s a channel launch bonanza on the latest Broadcast: Talking TV, as Lifetime and local television come under the microscope, along with an interview with the makers of Don’t Panic: the Truth about Population.
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RatingsLiving success: it’s Elementary
There’s a spot in Iceland where, you can, geologically speaking, simultaneously have one foot in America and one in Europe.
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NewsGrimsby sets local TV pace
Grimsby will lead the rollout of local TV services later this month with the launch of a channel on Freeview – but question marks remain over whether some operators can fulfil their commitments.
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NewsOfcom awards second wave of local TV licences
Estuary TV has added Scarborough to its existing Grimsby local television licence as Ofcom has begun awarding a second wave of 12-year broadcasting rights.
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NewsTony Hall's vision: speech in full
Click to read the full transcript of the speech given by the director general at the BBC Radio Theatre.
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NewsLondon Live makes McKenzies its first signing
Local broadcaster London Live has ordered its first series, sitcom All About The McKenzies.
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NewsScripps ups original content
Scripps Network International is ramping up the amount it spends on original commissions for the Travel Channel as it looks to double the number of hours it orders.
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NewsITV preps 24-hour shopping channel
ITV is taking on home shopping giants QVC and Ideal World with the launch of 24-hour shopping channel, The Store.
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NewsLondon Live hires commissioner
Livity head of content and former BBC Worldwide exec Derren Lawford is joining the commissioning team at local TV channel London Live.
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NewsA+E, Turner and Viacom join Freeview streaming service
A+E Networks, Turner Broadcasting and Viacom are the first broadcasters to sign up to a subscription TV service accessed via internet-connected Freeview HD boxes.
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NewsTalkTalk signs 500k YouView subs
TalkTalk has signed up 100,000 new customers to its YouView service in the last four weeks - taking its total base to 500,000 homes within a year of launch.