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The Scottish Broadcasting Commission has said that Scotland should get its own publicly funded digital television channel.The independent inquiry said that Scotland needs its own news and current affairs programmes, with budgets to also produce its own entertainment and drama series, similar to the S4C Welsh channel.The commission, which was set up 13 months ago… Continue reading Inquiry Says Scotland Needs Its Own Digital Channel

A Labour MP has asked the government to step in as the football row continues between Setanta and the free to air broadcasters today.MP John Grogan said the culture secretary should put football in the category of listed events to guarantee football highlights on free to air television, following doubts over whether England’s World Cup… Continue reading MP Calls For Government To Step In As TV Football Row Continues

An average of just 887,000 viewers tuned in to see the England v Andorra match on Setanta Sports 1, the only channel airing the game on Saturday, securing them a 4.7% share of multi-channel homes.Last week, the channel controversially failed to reach a deal with ITV or the BBC over the rights to broadcast the… Continue reading 887,000 Tune In For England v Andorra On Setanta

Royal Mail is launching a new advertising and communications solution to get advertisers’ products and services into the homes of their target customers.Matter is a box that fits the standard dimensions of a UK household letterbox and contains a range of physical brand representations.More than 30,000 people registered to receive a Matter box after a… Continue reading Royal Mail Launches New Advertising Solution

BBC iPlayer is set to become available on mobile for the first time following a deal with Nokia.Nokia will feature the iPlayer as an application on the Nokia N96 handset from next month, allowing users to stream or download their favourite TV and radio programmes via Wi-Fi or 3G for free.Simon Ainslie, Nokia UK’s managing… Continue reading BBC iPlayer And Nokia Team Up In New Mobile Deal

Broadcasters are working on an ultra-high definition format called Super Hi-Vision, which has a resolution 16 times higher than a full HD image.The IBC show in Amsterdam is staging the first demonstration delivered by satellite, which is a collaboration between public broadcasters NHK of Japan, RAI in Italy and the BBC in the United Kingdom.The… Continue reading Broadcasters Demonstrate Super Hi-Vision

Little Britain USA, Matt Lucas and David Walliams’ American version of the hit comedy show, is launching on BBC One this autumn.Filmed entirely in the States, the series features familiar Little Britain characters in new sketches, as well as brand-new characters, all performed by Lucas and Walliams.Simon Fuller, executive producer, said: “Little Britain USA is… Continue reading Little Britain USA To Air On BBC One This Autumn

More than 70% of UK digital video recorder (DVR) owners say that they cannot live without their machines, according to a new survey commissioned by NDS.According to the survey, which asked respondents to rank relative importance of a list of household appliances, apart from the washing machine and the microwave oven, no other household item… Continue reading 70% Of DVR Owners Say They Can’t Live Without It

Yahoo! has launched a new online ad network called Yahoo! Network, which claims to reach in excess of 29 million monthly users in the UK.Yahoo! Network, which includes the Yahoo! Homepage, Yahoo! Mail and Flickr, will reportedly reach over 80% of the UK’s online population via websites and mobile sites.The network will also feature on… Continue reading Yahoo! Launches New Online Ad Network

Charles Allen, former ITV chief executive, is set to return to TV as the non-executive director of Endemol, producer of Channel 4 reality show Big Brother. Allen is to join the board of the Dutch TV producer following his appointment as senior adviser to the private equity division of investment bank Goldman Sachs. He is… Continue reading Charles Allen To Make TV Industry Return