Mediaset to add all-news channel

Website: Rapid TV News Italy already has 24-hour news channels from RAI and Sky Italia, as well as the usual global news channels from CNN, EuroNews, CNBC and such like. Now.. more

Broadcast Australia protects free to air TV and digital radio

Website: Rapid TV News Digital transmission specialist Broadcast Australia has released its response to the Australian government’s digital dividend plans, warning against “locking free to air TV and digital radio into.. more

Deadline set on Echostar’s patent dispute with TiVo

Website: Rapid TV News Leading media analyst Craig Moffett from Sanford Berstain sums up the Echostar-TiVo situation snappily, saying: “Dish is now negotiating with a gun to its head”. His comments.. more

Apple iPad sells out on US pre-orders

Over in the States, the wi-fi version of the iPad is set for release this weekend, although customers who haven’t already pre-ordered won’t be getting the device that soon. It seems that Apple has now run out of stock for the initial launch, meaning that.. more

Just Cause 2 takes number one spot

Sandbox action game Just Cause 2 has planted its flag at the top of the UK video game chart, as compiled by Chart Track. It’s the second number one in three weeks for publisher Square Enix, as the company also scored a hit with RPG.. more

British broadband now a decade old

Remember the bad old days of dial-up modems? You had to listen to a symphony of beeps and crackles for thirty seconds to even connect online, and once you were there, downloading anything remotely large took the best part of a weekend… Frustrations with dial-up.. more

Sony PS3 drops support for other OS

Sony has decided to get rid of the option the older (“fat”) PS3 boasted to support the installation of another operating system. The change will come via the next firmware update, version 3.21, which is scheduled for release on April 1st. Sony cites security concerns.. more

Quarter of under-13s on social networking sites

Ofcom has just published the UK Children’s Media Literacy Audit report for 2009, and it has thrown up some worrying statistics. The major one being that 25% of eight to twelve-year-olds have signed up to social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace or Bebo. This.. more

Times website will have paywall

It’s official… Rupert Murdoch has finally made the move to a subscription model with his Times and Sunday Times websites. The so-called paywall will be erected come June, and the cost of reading The Times online will then become £2 per week, or you can.. more

Project Canvas announces partner deadline

The multi-channel online TV service known as Project Canvas has announced that the 23rd April will be the cut off date when it will stop taking on new partners. Currently there seven firms involved in the on demand service, the BBC, ITV, TalkTalk, BT, Five,.. more