The Competition Commission has been looking at Sky’s dominance in the UK movies market, and ruled that  it is non-competitive, and costing UK viewers far more than it should. As you know, Sky has gambled heavily that being king of Sport, Movies, and now HD channels, will make it the number one choice for those [...]

The latest OfCom Broadcast Bulletin is out, and it highlights a number of failings by community radio stations. If you’re not familiar with the OfCom Broadcast Bulletin, it’s a PDF document released by the UK media regulator highlighting recent complaints about TV and radio stations in the UK. In recent months, the Bulletins have mostly [...]

We’re getting a number of enquiries about the mysterious appearance of three new channels on Freeview: Channel 110 – Vision Channel 111 – Connect Channel 112 – Stream The on-screen caption reports that these are new channels coming soon to Freeview HD. At first glance, the idea of three new HD channels coming to Freeview [...]

Do you get your telly from Sky? Things are set to change from the 1st of September. Sky Price Freeze First off, generous as ever, Sky is freezing its TV prices for existing subscribers for a year. No price rises until September 2012. Given that prices have steadily crept up, customers wanting TV, Sport, Movies [...]