Digital TV news, Oct - Dec 2005

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Sky and Sony join forces for HDTV

23 December 2005

Sky and Sony have agreed to collaborate in combining their advertising campaigns for High Density TV (HDTV), the new television format that offers viewers a sharper picture.

65.9 per cent of UK households plugged in to digital TV

22 December 2005

About two thirds of UK households now watch digital TV, according to a new Ofcom report.

BBC announces digital ratings boom

16 December 2005

Ratings for digital channels have continued to grow, the BBC has reported.

ITV scraps 24-hour news channel

15 December 2005

ITV is to axe its struggling 24-hour news channel

Product placement could become TV cash cow

14 December 2005

European law makers are set to allow product placement within commercial TV.

BBC forced to axe digital campaign

13 December 2005

The BBC has been forced to drop its advertising campaign for digital television, amid claims from viewers that it was too disturbing.

Digital funding debate rages

12 December 2005

Debate is currently underway about how best to fund the switchover to digital TV - and whether license fee payers should be made to foot the bill.

Two thirds of homes have gone digital

09 December 2005

Digital TV is watched in almost two thirds of homes in the UK, according to figures from Ofcom - further confirming the boom in usage ahead of the imminent analogue switch-off.

Virgin and NTL still to reach agreement

08 December 2005

The prospects of Virgin Mobile and NTL forming a new media giant have been dashed for now after the board of the former rejected an £817 million offer.

FilmFour could switch to Freeview

07 December 2005

Digital TV viewers have been dealt a boost by the news that Channel Four is considering converting its FilmFour service to Freeview.

Sky digital TV available via broadband

06 December 2005

The satellite broadcaster BSkyB is to offer video from its TV channels to broadband users

Media giants in merger talks

05 December 2005

Virgin and NTL could merge in a move which would see the markets for digital TV and broadband, among other media, rocked to the core.

EU sets 2012 digital date

02 December 2005

Europe is aiming to be entirely digital by 2012 after EU ministers supported a plan to impose a fresh deadline for switchover from analogue TV yesterday.

Welsh must receive better TV coverage, says MP

01 December 2005

Parts of Wales risk being left behind in the digital TV revolution, it has been claimed.

More for 4 as channel wins new slot

29 November 2005

Channel 4 has won the auction for the much sought-after new Freeview slot on digital TV.

Digital channels provide boost for flagging ITV

28 November 2005

Digital-only TV stations are expected to see strong growth in advertising revenues next year - but the overall picture is not rosy for one broadcaster in particular.

Canon can print Digital TV snapshots

24 November 2005

Canon has launched an inkjet printer which can print off information from digital TV programmes.

Virgin chooses TV platform for stations

23 November 2005

Virgin Radio is to follow the lead of many of its competitors and extend its two digital radio stations onto digital TV platforms.

BBC's digital figures tell half the story

23 November 2005

The BBC's digital TV channels have reported their highest viewing figures yet - a bright spot amid an otherwise worrying series of results for the year so far.

Laptops can stand alone to go digital

22 November 2005

Digital TV can now be received on a viewer's laptop or desktop computer with consummate ease, after a new product was unveiled today.