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27 March 2007
Scottish Executive Culture Minister Patricia Ferguson has given her support for a digital TV channel being broadcast entirely in Gaelic, launched later this year.
21 March 2007
Ofcom has announced that it will be investigating the pay TV market following a submission from BT, Setanta, Top UP TV and Virgin Media
20 March 2007
Consumers need to be given a "drastic boost" to their awareness of the imminent digital television switchover, according to the Head of Communications at price comparison website uSwitch.com
16 March 2007
October 17th will see the Whitehaven area of the UK spearheading the rest of the country in the switchover to digital TV.
15 March 2007
Despite the government's promises that the digital switchover will be relatively cost-free for consumers, broadcasters have warned that if consumers want to see high definition (HD) quality programmes they will be forced to pay extra.
06 March 2007
The on-going row between digital TV providers Sky and Virgin TV has escalated a further notch today with the news that Virgin Media bosses have threatened to sue for damages unless a deal is hammered out soon.
04 March 2007
Viewers of Tiscali's internet TV service will soon get an added bonus as extra channels including Sky One, Sky Two and Sky News look set to hit their screens this summer.
03 March 2007
Virgin Media remains tight-lipped over rumours of a £5.5 billion private takeover deal.
02 March 2007
Customers using cable company Virgin Media to view Sky television may have to switch, after the company lost access to some BSkyB channels in a row over TV rights
28 February 2007
Consumers will soon be able to watch a number of BBC channels via a satellite dish and a set-top box following the introduction of its new Freesat service, due to coincide with the roll out of digital TV in the UK.
26 February 2007
March 1st marks the launch of Tiscali's broadband, digital TV and phone bundle priced at just £19.99 per month for its basic 30-channel package.
23 February 2007
Liberal Democrat MPs have tabled an early day motion criticising BSkyB for "misleading" advertising.
16 February 2007
The Branson versus Murdoch war has kicked off spectacularly with Virgin Media now offering to undercut Sky's digital TV prices by £70 per year.
13 February 2007
A new service which will allow consumers to receive some of Sky's most popular programmes through a conventional rooftop aerial and a digital terrestrial television (DTT) box for a monthly subscription, has been unveiled by BSkyB.
08 February 2007
A new presence in UK media has emerged as ntl Telewest and Virgin Mobile have revealed the new merged company's name - Virgin Media
05 February 2007
Pensioners, the unemployed and families on low incomes are among the 50,000 earmarked to receive digital television for no cost in the Scottish capital of Edinburgh.
31 January 2007
A code of practice has been published by Ofcom to advise broadcasting companies how best to manage the transitional period between analogue TV switching to digital TV to minimise the loss of programming to viewers.
29 January 2007
Broadcaster BSkyB has had a successful fiscal second quarter as far as TV subscriptions are concerned with over 200,000 new subscribers arriving, raising its total to 8.5 million, but broadband figures are not expected to be as rosy.
26 January 2007
Virgin Media, the telecommunications provider formed from the remains of ntl telewest and Virgin Mobile, has begun a rollout of its new service ahead next month's re-launch.
25 January 2007
New research from the telecoms regulator Ofcom and Digital UK has revealed that 38 million Britons are still in the dark as to when the digital switchover is happening.