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Setanta Sports, the pay-TV broadcaster, has unveiled the initial 19 fixtures of its 46 live Barclays Premier League games for the 2007/08 season.The Setanta Sports service will cost £9.99 per month and is available to all satellite customers with or without a Sky subscription and on all Freeview boxes and digital TVs.Last year, Setanta paid… Continue reading Setanta Unveils Premier League Football Schedule

Roger Federer equalling sporting history and Lewis Hamilton narrowly missing out on winning his home Grand Prix held millions of television viewers’ attention yesterday afternoon.BBC One’s Wimbledon 2007 coverage saw number one seed Federer avenge last month’s defeat to Rafael Nadal at the French Open, attracting an average adult audience of 4.5 million adult viewers.Audiences… Continue reading Millions Enjoy Sporting Weekend

Ofcom has fined the BBC £50,000 for breaches of its broadcasting code after a studio guest posed as the winner of a phone-in competition on Blue Peter.This is the first time that Ofcom has imposed a financial penalty against the BBC.The Corporation was fined £45,000 for using a studio guest to pose as the winner… Continue reading £50,000 Fine For BBC

Coming 100 days before the digital switchover, new research reveals that all households in the lead area of Whitehaven, Cumbria, are intending to convert to digital TV.Ford Ennals, chief executive of Digital UK, the organisation implementing switchover, welcomed the findings but warned residents not to leave it too late.Ennals said: “It’s good news that everyone… Continue reading Whitehaven Gets Ready For Digital Switchover

There was some big news in the City last week, with Rupert Murdoch’s £2.5 billion bid for Dow Jones seemingly on the verge of being accepted and a private equity firm making a bid for Virgin Radio.On Friday, a report in Business magazine said that Murdoch’s bid for Dow Jones, owner of the Wall Street… Continue reading Media In The City: Dow Jones Negotiations Near End

Today’s digital radio multiplex win by the 4 Digital Group signals a hugely positive step forward for radio’s future, moving the medium into a new, innovative and interactive phase.“The future of radio is about Electronic Programme Guides, about being able to download podcasts, to purchase music, to interact with your radio in a way that… Continue reading Multiplex Win Signals New Era For Radio

4 Digital Group, a consortium led by Channel 4 Radio, has been awarded the new DAB national multiplex licence by Ofcom.Other members of the consortium include Emap, UTV, Chrysalis/Sky, Carphone Warehouse and UBC Media Group.The new 12-year licence will see the launch of 10 stations by the start of next year.Channel 4 Radio will launch… Continue reading Channel 4 Consortium Wins Radio Multiplex Licence

New research from Ofcom has found that the UK’s digital terrestrial TV platform could carry at least four high definition channels.Speaking at the Westminster Media Forum on HD, Paula Guest, strategy manager of Ofcom’s Digital Dividend Review, revealed that the regulator has now entered into discussions with public service broadcasters over the findings.The Ofcom research,… Continue reading Four HD Channels Possible On DTT Says Ofcom

Premium-rate phone regulator Icstis has imposed its highest ever fine, of £150,000, on Eckoh, the service provider on Richard & Judy‘s ‘You Say, We Pay’ phone-in quiz.Icstis ruled that Eckoh misled viewers by actively encouraging them to enter the competition after the potential winners had already been selected.In addition to the fine, the regulator has… Continue reading Record Fine For Richard & Judy Phone Quiz Operator

Channel 4 has announced that it will be the first of the main terrestrial TV stations to introduce a time-shifted digital channel, whilst Five is to launch two +1 services for its digital offerings, Five Life and Five US.Channel 4+1 will begin on 20 August on Freeview, Sky and Virgin, whilst Five Life +1 and… Continue reading Time-Shifted Channels For C4, Five Life And Five US