All Posts Tagged With: "ITV"
HD TV In The UK - No Real Progress In 2 Years
I’m starting to get excited about watching the 2008 European Championships on TV. I’m due to have an operation on my back over the summer which is going to keep me housebound, so I’ll be able to watch a lot of the games.
The focus on the impending games has made me realise that HD [...]
Playstation 3s Banned From UK Prisons
I read yesterday a story on ITV News saying that PS3s had been banned from UK prisons. I was expecting to see that the reason was because the UK was finally getting tough on crime, but according to Home Secretary John Reid the ban was put in place because:
“The Sony PlayStation 3 was barred [...]
BSkyB Buys 17.9% Of ITV for £940m
Seems like iTV was talking to BSkyB as well as ntl, as BSkyB yesterday bought 17.9% of ITV for £940m. I think they’ve overpaid as ITV has been in the doldrums recently and I think things are only going to get worse, but BSkyB said that they believed that ITV had ’substantial potential for long-term’ [...]
18Nov2006 | Everton | 0 comments | Continuedntl:Telewest To Merge With ITV?
I read an interesting report today that claimed that ntl:Telewest are considering a merger with ITV to try and combat its weakness in content, which has always been a major weakness of UK cable, to strengthen its defence against Sky who are now threatening its broadband business.
I don’t know how realistic this rumour is, but [...]



