Freesat added 18,000 homes in the first quarter of 2014, which the subscription free satellite TV service says is largely due to “budget-conscious consumers switch[ing] away from expensive pay TV packages.”
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At 9pm on ITV was the second part of Prey, best described as a procedural Bourne-type thriller set in Manchester and starring John Simm.
The Broadchurch-esqe drama from Walford was Thursday’s most watched show, as friends and family of Lucy Beale slowly started to uncover the truth about her life before her demise.
BT has announced that it will be making BT Sport free for another season for both new and re-contracting broadband customers.
Viacom, which owns channels including MTV, Nickelodeon and VH1, has announced that it will buy TV broadcaster Channel 5 from Richard Desmond for £450 million pounds.
BSkyB television subscribers were up 74,000 in the three months to March, according to the company’s latest financial report, released today. However, growth in customers signing up for Sky broadband dropped by more than a third.
Global pay-TV subscribers increased over 5% in 2013 to reach 901.1 million, according to ABI Research
Last night BBC One’s Panorama (9pm) helped traumatise the midweek prime time audience with its latest shocking expose on some particularly worrying care facilities.
Paxman told the BBC of his decision last summer, but with the appointment of a new editor and following the Jimmy Savile scandal, agreed to stay to help the new team bed down.
Good Morning Britain and London Live have started out suffering in the television ratings, writes Raymond Snoddy – can there be any chance to win audiences over?