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Freesat for Less 19 Aug 2013 | 12:38 pm
UK viewers can now watch the Freesat free-to-air DTH satellite platform in high definition with a receiver retailing at just £50 (approximately €59). The Manhattan Plaza HD-S2 provides many advanced ...
QVC Offers Two More 19 Aug 2013 | 12:38 pm
International shopping network QVC has launched two new channels for UK viewers. Broadcasting free-to-air 24 hours a day from the ASTRA 28.2°E satellites, QVC Style and QVC Extra join existing channel...
German Football’s All-HD 19 Aug 2013 | 12:38 pm
German pay-TV platform Sky Deutschland is showing every match of the new Bundesliga football season live and in high definition. In addition, viewers can watch up to six concurrent games onscreen, swi...
Tablets and Phones Preferred to Smart TVs 7 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
Smart TVs are not delivering the services and user experience that viewers want, according to Strategy Analytics’ ‘Digital Home Observatory’ report.
HbbTV Grows Global 2 Aug 2013 | 12:38 pm
The Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) standard, currently deployed across Europe is set to spread worldwide with the start of a campaign by the HbbTV Consortium to increase global acceptance of th...
More BBC HD 2 Aug 2013 | 12:38 pm
The BBC is launching five new free-to-air high definition channels next year. In early 2014, HD versions of BBC News, BBC Three, BBC Four, CBeebies and CBBC will be broadcast by satellite from the AST...
Eastern Europe Goes Digital by Satellite 24 Jul 2013 | 12:00 pm
According to a report from Digital TV Research, the number of digital TV homes in Eastern Europe will nearly double between 2012 and 2018 to 121 million, with 13 million digital TV homes added in 2013...
UK ‘s TV 24 Jul 2013 | 12:00 pm
The UK’s TV licensing authority’s ‘TeleScope 2013’ report on TV viewing habits reveals that while UK homes now own an average of 1.83 TVs apiece (down from 2.3 TVs per home ten years ago), UK viewers ...
HD+ Approaches 3 Million 17 Jul 2013 | 01:38 pm
Nearly 2.9 million households are now watching the German HD+ high definition satellite platform, including more than 1.2 million paying the €50 annual service fee following their 12-month free trial ...
UK Connects via Set-Top Boxes 17 Jul 2013 | 01:38 pm
A survey in the UK by online research agency YouGov has revealed that while 13% of the UK population owns a smart TV, which can be connected to the internet, only about 6% uses a smart TV to access on...
