Author: Marc Thornham
BBC Four and BBC Scotland will be moving to new channel numbers on the free-to-air satellite TV service when BBC Three joins the platform ahead of its launch.
A high definition simulcast of S4C is now available via Freeview transmitters serving Wales.
Ideal World home shopping channel gets demoted on Freeview following deal with owners of TJC. It’s understood to be the first instance of a channel swap, now permitted under Freeview channel allocation rules.
New owners for Create & Craft as Ideal Shopping Direct continues plans to develop group into a primarily online provider. Hochanda Global, owner of the The Craft Store TV channel, now controls the two biggest craft shopping channels in the UK.
Following the first test transmissions, the BBC confirms BBC Three will relaunch on the 1st February 2022. Live football will feature on three of the first seven nights on air.
Previews for the soon-to-be-relaunched BBC Three have gone live on satellite and terrestrial TV platforms. A loop carrying highlights for the channel started at 7pm on Monday 10th January.
Two years after relaunching their TV service, BT TV are nearly through with the phasing out of their legacy TV service.
A number of organisations are now considering 5G Broadcast as a possible successor to conventional terrestrial broadcasts. But what is 5G Broadcast, why is it being considered and who are piloting the services?
For the first time ever, all big four public broadcasters are involved in managing and developing both Freeview and Freesat.
Ofcom has found Channel 4’s disaster recovery system to be lacking, as broadcaster crashes off-air again. The regulator will now look at how broadcasters can avoid ending up in this situation again.