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Sky is to cut 1,000 jobs in its engineering division as viewers make the switch from satellite to internet-delivered TV services.
Sky Sports confirms the launch of a new channel dedicated to tennis, launching on the 11th February 2024 on all main pay TV and streaming platforms.
Viewers in the Tayside area of Scotland can no longer receive their local STV service on Freesat, as SD services close without HD replacement.
STV joins a growing number of broadcasters to start turning off its standard definition (SD) channels on satellite, but before its HD service becomes universally available free-to-air.
That’s TV is launching a new spin-off channel on Wednesday 3rd January, which will provide a further free-to-air outlet for the broadcaster’s recent archive content acquisitions.
Trace Vault, a channel dedicated to music and entertainment programmes from the 1990s and 2000s will be removed from Sky.
After a short-lived reprieve, the NBC News Now channel has been deleted from Sky’s UK channel line-up after less than two years.
ITV confirms closure of additional standard definition (SD) channels next month as wider broadcast industry migrates to HD-only satellite broadcasting.
ITV was meant to complete its rollout of HD channels on satellite by the end of November.
Popular commercial radio stations including Absolute Radio, Greatest Hits Radio and Magic to be withdrawn from satellite and cable platforms.