British TV broadcasting company ITV has revealed that it intends to start charging viewers for access to certain television programmes on its ITV Player video-on-demand (VoD) service. Among the first content that may be subject to these micropayment charges are web-only episodes – also known as “webisodes” – of series like The Only Way Is Essex and Coronation Street. Since ... Read More »

Satellite television platform Freesat is now rolling out the ITV Player Video-on-Demand (VoD) service via Humax set-top boxes. This move now makes the provider the only subscription-free TV service to offer catch-up services from both ITV and the BBC. The ITV Player service will automatically be added to the TVs and digital boxes of existing Freesat customers. Freesat rolls out ... Read More »

British retailer Dixons this week announced that it has signed a concession agreement with Harrods, under which the former will operate the latter’s consumer electronics division. Dixons Retail PLC is one of the largest electrical retail and service providers in Europe, while Harrods is the leading high-end department store operator in the United Kingdom. This partnership will bring together two ... Read More »

British communications regulator Ofcom has this week released the results of an indepth research into customer satisfaction levels with a range of services delivered by some of the country’s biggest broadband, pay TV and landline phone providers. The companies that were included in the study were those that hold at least a 4 percent market share in these sectors in ... Read More »

UK media company Future Publishing is well known for a wide range of entertainment-based publications. However, the firm recently revealed through an internal email that it is offloading eight of its magazines – including several established audio-visual titles – as a result of falling profits, which essentially means that up to one hundred workers could be made redundant. Future to ... Read More »