Author: Marc Thornham

Satellite viewers will continue to be able to watch QVC in the UK and Ireland, after a multi-year contract renewal was signed between QVC and satellite operator SES.

Satellite viewers can now access two of QVC’s home shopping channels in high definition for the first time.

For the first time, three of Sky’s own-brand channels are only available to viewers in high definition, 16 years after the pay TV company first launched its HD service.

Freeview Play is Freeview’s next generation TV service that combines terrestrial TV with online streaming services. Not all smart TVs automatically support Freeview Play.

UKTV’s female-skewing entertainment channel W has received an Ofcom licence to broadcast on Freeview, effectively confirming reports last month that the channel will soon go free-to-air.

Transmitter company Arqiva is preparing to switch on a new temporary replacement Freeview tower on Bilsdale West Moor.

Private Equity group Aurelius has spent the last year stripping the Peterborough-based Ideal Shopping Direct. Its remains have been sold to investor Hamish Morjaria.

The female skewing lifestyle channel and the home of Emma Willis: Delivering Babies, Inside the Ambulance and Tipping Point repeats is set to become a free-to-air channel soon.

All of Freeview’s IP channels now support HbbTV, meaning users of newer Freeview Play TVs can now access all services.

Sky Sports will show every game of The Hundred live this summer from Wednesday 3rd August, starting with defending men’s champions Southern Brave launching the competition against Welsh Fire.