Sky Living to be renamed Sky Witness

Sky Living to be renamed Sky Witness
Sky is to rebrand the Sky Living (again!) channel as “Sky Witness”.
The change will take place on 6th August 2018.
The channel first launched under the name UK Living in 1993, later becoming “Living TV” and then just plain...

French Open Tennis to remain free and on ITV for next three years

French Open Tennis to remain free and on ITV for next three years
The French Open will continue to be shown free-to-air on UK television, after current rights holder ITV extended its rights deal to live tennis from Roland Garros in a new three year deal running until 2021.
ITV4 will continue to...

Doctor Who episodes in new box sets on iPlayer

Doctor Who episodes in new box sets on iPlayer
The BBC has made every Doctor Who episode from 2005 onward available via the iPlayer.
All ten series, featuring Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant, Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi are available throughout the summer as box sets on the service, giving...

Sky lose more sports rights, as Discovery get PGA Tour Golf rights

Sky lose more sports rights, as Discovery get PGA Tour Golf rights
Discovery, who own the Eurosport channels, has signed a long-term international deal for PGA golf rights, starting in 2019 and running for 12 years.
The agreement for TV and digital rights to PGA Tour events in all territories...

BBC confirms World Cup Ultra HD coverage

BBC confirms World Cup Ultra HD coverage
Two cutting-edge BBC trials will bring the FIFA World Cup live to audiences in Ultra HD and virtual reality.
The BBC will offer UHD coverage of the FIFA World Cup on a “first come, first served” basis, with access limited to a figure the BBC...

UEFA Champions League Final - Real Madrid v Liverpool - where to watch on TV

UEFA Champions League Final
Real Madrid v Liverpool

Live TV coverage on the following channels :
Antenna 3 (free, Spanish TV)
Bein Sports (Mena)
BeIN Sports (Espana)
BT Sports 2
Canale 5 (Italy)
RTE 2 (Ireland)
Sky Sports (Germany)
ZDF (German, free on Astra 1)
ITV (UK) – highlights

Eurosport UHD service for French Tennis Open

Eurosport UHD service for French Tennis Open
Eurosport is launching a temporary UHD service with coverage of the Roland Garros French Open across Europe.
UHD coverage of the tennis tournament will be available in the UK on Sky Q and Virgin Media, as well as in Germany (via HD+), Spain (Orange)...

Vintage TV leaves Freesat over carriage cost

Vintage TV leaves Freesat over carriage cost
Music channel Vintage TV left Freesat.
The Vintage TV channel was removed from the free-to-air satellite service on Thursday, with Vintage TV blaming Freesat’s new charging structure.

The channel also urged viewers to contact the UK’s...

Channel 4 wins rights to show Wales International Rugby

Channel 4 wins rights to show Wales International Rugby
Channel 4 has snapped up the rights to show international Rugby Union fixtures involving Wales this summer.
The broadcaster will show exclusive live coverage of Wales’ test matches against South Africa and Argentina. kicking off on 2nd June ...

Using a Sky HD box and recently lost signal for your ITV1 on channel 103?

Using a Sky HD box and recently lost signal for your ITV1 on channel 103?
As a result of the Sky channel number changes on the 1st May 2018, some Sky digibox users may have been allocated ITV1 HD on channel 103.

And as a result you may have a “no signal” message for that...