News

October 8, 2009

This weekend’s England’s World Cup qualifier against Ukraine will be screened exclusively live over the internet. But while this is the first time England football matches have been broadcast this way, watching TV over the internet has been growing in popularity for some time.

Keywords: BBC, BT, Digital TV, ITV, Sky, TV on demand, Video on demand, Virgin

October 2, 2009

Ofcom has today fined Channel TV a total of £80,000 after the British Comedy Awards shows broadcast on ITV1 in 2004 and 2005 broke broadcasting rules.

Keywords: Broadcasting, ITV, TV

September 23, 2009

The BBC says it has no plans to charge people for using its iPlayer catch-up TV service.

Keywords: BBC, BT Vision, Channel 4, Digital TV, Five, ITV, Sky, TV, TV on demand, Video on demand, Virgin

September 22, 2009

The costs of the Channel 3 licences to provide ITV television programmes across the UK will outweigh the benefits by 2012.

Keywords: Digital switchover, ITV, PSB, Spectrum

July 21, 2009

New research published today shows that investment in Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) programming is falling.

Keywords: BBC, Broadcasting, Channel 4, Digital TV, Five, ITV, PSB, TV

June 10, 2009

Ofcom's Stewart Purvis explains more about independently funded news consortia and how they would work.

Keywords: Broadcasting, Digital TV, ITV, PSB

June 3, 2009

There has been a lot of public interest in the semi-final and final of ITV's popular Britain's Got Talent programme.

Keywords: Broadcasting, Complaints, ITV

September 25, 2008

Viewers tell us they would be willing to pay extra to ensure PSB continues on a variety of channels.

Keywords: BBC, Broadcasting, Channel 4, Digital switchover, Digital TV, Five, ITV

September 25, 2008

From Blue Peter to the South Bank Show, the UK has a rich heritage of public service broadcasting.

Keywords: BBC, Channel 4, Digital switchover, Digital TV, Five, ITV