Articles about "Digital TV"

On the whole, Digital Switchover has been very well managed, as it started in the Borders and worked its way down to the South West, (and is about to hit the Granada TV region next month). But it has not been without the odd mishap.  As part of the Digital… Read the rest...

There were reports this weekend that senior BT executives are said to be “taking soundings” about a possible takeover of ITV which could result in ITV shows switching to a pay-TV model. The report notes that a media insider said: “I have thought for many months that BT was… Read the rest...

Satellite TV provider, Sky, has announced that it will make selected pay TV programmes free to watch on Sky3 for one weekend in September. Running from September 18 to 20, the Sky Free Weekend Pass campaign will bring premium content from Sky… Read the rest...

Interesting news from across the channel – French pay digital TV provider Canal+ is to offer digital TV customers a weekend-only subscription for half the price of its usual digital TV package. Canal+ chief executive Bertrand Méheut told Le Monde that to assess demand,… Read the rest...

Dan Marks, the CEO of BT Vision, BT’s digital TV service, has left the company after 5 years, after becoming too “frustrated” at what he sees as Sky’s dominance of Premiership football. Mr Marks had pledged that BT Vision would “revolutionise” customers’ relationship… Read the rest...