The BBC have revealed a key source of their current financial problems, suggesting that they could save around £50m across five years if Sky hosted the public broadcaster’s channels on their satellite service for free. Official research from the broadcaster claims that they pay almost £10m each year to the subscription TV giant, due mainly to ‘retransmission’ of their collective 49 TV and [...]

Viewers of ‘timeshifted programming’ in the UK is said to have reached ‘record levels’ last month, as a study from audience measurement organisation BARB revealed that it accounted for almost 10% of all programme viewing in September, during a period where digital TV services have almost entirely become the norm. The term ‘timeshifted’ refers to shows viewed not at their [...]

The second biggest US satellite TV company Dish Network Corp. are said to be close to launching a streaming movie service using technology from their auquisition of Blockbuster. Dish paid an estimated $320 million to buy most of Blockbuster’s assets in April after the company declared bankruptcy, and have since been looking at relaunching Blockbuster [...]

The much-publicised sale of online TV show streaming giant Hulu is still in mid process, though a recent withdrawal from potential suitor DirecTV has suggested that they, like several other bidding companies, will not be able to keep up with what is now just three big-name buyers, after a bid from the American satellite TV provider was deemed too low. The [...]

Disney’s attitude toward Netflix seems to be changing. Don’t expect to watch premium programming on subscription VOD services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime soon. Talking to investors about Disney’s 3rd quarter results, CEO Bob Iger said “the studio is in discussions with Netflix and other SVOD players about licensing largely library catalog compared to [...]

Satellite TV company DirecTV are said to be an interested party in aquiring the catch-up TV service Hulu, according to Chief Executive Michael White. He said that although DirecTV have not made a “final judgement” on the streaming business, becoming a bidder was an “interesting idea.” The boss of the biggest US satellite TV company [...]