All Multiplatform articles – Page 264
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NewsNDS back in the dock
News Corp subsidiary and software security specialist NDS found itself back under investigation yesterday, after its US unit NDS Americas was served with subpoenas requesting documents relating to the software piracy case brought against it by Canal Plus in March, writes Luke Satchell
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NewsFreeview launch and line-up unveiled
Freeview, the new digital terrestrial television service from the BBC and Crown Castle, will launch on Wednesday, 30 October, it was announced today (Thursday), writes Paul Revoir
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Reality TV all day every day
The UK's first dedicated reality television channel is set to be launched next week and will broadcast 24 hours a day, seven days a week, writes Paul Revoir
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NewsBBC schools plan in the balance
The BBC's controversial£150m online digital curriculum could hit the rocks unless media secretary Tessa Jowell gives it the go-ahead by the end of the month, according to senior executives on the project, writes Leigh Holmwood
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NewsNo more money for E4, says Thompson
Channel 4 chief executive Mark Thompson has confirmed that the budget for original programming for C4 digital youth channel E4 will stay at£11m, in what will be a blow to E4 director of programmes Murray Boland, writes Penny Hughes
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NewsMotorola threat to digital radio
Communications giant Motorola claims it has developed new technology that will allow analogue radio listeners to achieve near-digital quality sound, writes Luke Satchell
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NewsDigital radio channel BBC 7 unveiled
The much-awaited launch of BBC radio digital channel Network Z has moved a step closer after the corporation announced today that the plays, books and comedy station will be called BBC 7, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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Turner unveils toon channel
Turner Broadcasting has released details of its new grown-up 'testosterone-fuelled' Cartoon Network channel, which will launch next month, writes Paul Revoir
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Telewest may drop Performance.
The future of the Performance arts channel has been dealt a further blow after a source at its last remaining major distribution platform, Telewest, said it was 'highly unlikely' it would renew its carriage deal, writes Paul Revoir
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DIY APPOINTMENT.
The BBC Worldwide and Flextech joint-venture UKTV has appointed former Ready Steady Cook producer Sue Walton
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NOSTALGIA CHANNEL.
Simply Television is poised to cash in on the current popularity of history programming by launching
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Disk failure hits Telewest customers.
Cable operator Telewest has been forced to apologise to thousands of customers of its blueyonder internet and broadband TV services, after a 'major disk failure' wiped 25,000 email accounts, writes Luke Satchell
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DTT channels face struggle if tx signal receives boost.
New digital terrestrial television (DTT) channel operators could face a struggle to make ends meet if the Independent Television Commission (ITC) gives the go-ahead to switch the transmission mode from 64QAM to 16QAM, writes Paul Revoir
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NewsVideo Networks called to account
Video Networks Ltd, owner of PPV VOD service HomeChoice, has been forced into talks with its creditors over its financial position, writes Luke Satchell
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NewsCable TV subscriptions fall again
The number of cable TV homes across the country has nosedived for the second successive quarter, with a combined total of 104,000 NTL and Telewest cable customers ditching the service, writes Luke Satchell
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NewsITC hinders pay-TV option on Freeview
The prospects of a pay-TV option on the BBC and Crown Castle's Freeview digital terrestrial platform have been dealt a fresh blow following a decision by the Independent Television Commission to allow a more robust transmission standard, write Paul Revoir and David Wood
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NewsSimply Television to launch Nostalgia Channel
Simply Television is poised to cash in on the current popularity of history programming, with a new channel dedicated to the genre, writes Paul Revoir
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Telewest may drop Performance
The future of the Performance arts channel has been dealt a further blow after a source at its last remaining major distribution platform, Telewest, said it was 'highly unlikely' it would renew its carriage deal, writes Paul Revoir
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Disney chief urges kids review
The Disney Channel is calling on the government to launch a review into the BBC's two children's channels, CBBC and Cbeebies, claiming they should be made subject to the same levels of regulation as BBC 3, writes Paul Revoir
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C4 mollified by BBC 3 conditions
Channel 4 has made an about-turn by welcoming the government's go-ahead for BBC 3 despite the channel being a potential rival for its own digital youth offering E4, writes Penny Hughes