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ONdigital ITV merger fatally flawed
News The merger between ITV and ONdigital may be a great idea for pushing digital TV to users but the structure is fatally flawed, according to one analyst. Under the plan, ONdigital will be fully integrated with ITV's commercial television business.
[April 27, 2001, 17:00]
ONdigital defends Internet plans
News ONdigital was forced to fend off criticism of its Internet plans on Monday, after news of a major retail setback to its ONnet set-top boxes. It emerged over the weekend that Granada, joint owner of ONdigital, is to stop selling the set-top box in...
[March 20, 2001, 6:21]
ONdigital puts email on telly
News The service, due by autumn, will allow ONdigital subscribers to access email through a set-top box or integrated digital television. Digital rival Sky is set to offer digital subscribers interactive services including email through its Open TV...
[August 20, 1999, 9:20]
ONdigital joins war for 'free' set-top boxes
Talkback i was told that ondigital had gone bust years ago isent back ther box and never got any money back over £169 was owed to me and now thay join war
[October 1, 2005, 22:41]
News Burst: Internet on the box from ONdigital
News Internet access moves on to the television Wednesday as digital TV firm ONdigital announces surfing for £5 a month. ONdigital's announcement comes hot on the heels of rumours that Sky (quote: BSY) and BT (quote: BT)are on the verge of a deal that...
[September 6, 2000, 12:54]
ONdigital joins war for 'free' set-top boxes
News Previously ONdigital subscribers could only get free set-top boxes when they bought goods worth £199. Now they are free to anyone -- as long as you subscribe to ONdigital for a year. ONdigital will also drop the £20 connection charge but monthly...
[May 25, 1999, 17:05]
ONnet is to go solo
News ONdigital is taking new measures to bolster its digital television service, offering TV-based Internet access separate from its digital television service for the first time. ONdigital has been offering Internet access for some time, but it was...
[April 20, 2001, 16:47]
Government's digital plans come under fire
News ONdigital chief executive Stuart Prebble has criticised government commitment to a digital Britain. While Sky, cable and ONdigital have, according to Prebble, "been fighting the good fight on the digital battlefield", the government's plans for the...
[April 12, 2001, 15:21]
Analysis: PC or not PC... TV is the question
News ONdigital launches its own version of Internet via the telly this week, reopening the Net on TV debate at a time when PC-based Internet services are at their lowest ebb due to the failure of unmetered access.
[September 8, 2000, 8:12]
Interactive TV market heats up
News Competition for the UK's interactive television business will heat up a notch on Monday with the launch of Freedomland, a set-top box system that seeks to undercut offerings from British Sky Broadcasting, ONdigital and Bush.
[April 30, 2001, 7:36]
Analogue switch-off as early as 2006
News So far around 1.5 million households have made the switch from analogue to digital, via either Sky Digital or ONdigital. ONdigital chief executive Stuart Prebble welcomed the early switch-off date. ITV is currently only available on ONdigital.
[September 17, 1999, 17:03]
Brits turned-on by digital TV demos
News All participants were given a one and a half hour demonstration of Sky digital, NTL, Telewest and ITV's ONdigital -- the presentations were rotated and scripted in order to ensure consistency and fairness.
[October 10, 2001, 17:41]
Government to offer free digital TV
News About twenty broadcasters, manufacturers and retailers of digital technology -- including Sky, ONdigital and the BBC -- have expressed interest in the scheme and the government hopes some of these will be willing to plough money into the project.
[April 18, 2001, 6:14]
Government digital TV plans under threat
News The government's plans for universal digital television, and an analogue signal switch-off may be about to be taken hostage as digital terrestrial broadcaster ONdigital battles against rivals such as British Sky Broadcasting (quote: BSY) and...
[April 10, 2001, 16:02]
Analogue TV broadcasts to be switched off
News Currently around 1.5 million households have digital TVs, either via Sky Digital or ONdigital. Culture Secretary Chris Smith will tell delegates at the Royal Television Society Convention Friday that the analogue turn-off will happen as soon as 2006.
[September 17, 1999, 10:54]
Nuggets: No life? Samsung's got the TV for you
News This can pick up all ten of the free digital broadcasts and has a built-in Common Interface socket for upgrading to subscription services such as OnDigital. Toying with getting a new TV? Dithering over digital television?
[March 16, 2000, 16:20]
Government panel recommends digital poll tax
News Commercial operators including Sky, Cable and Wireless, Granada, Carlton and OnDigital joined together to berate the proposals. While the BBC claims the panel's funding proposals do not go far enough and threaten the future of the BBC's digital...
[August 6, 1999, 10:33]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
News OnDigital is giving away its digital set-top boxes to anyone who subscribes. Monday 24/5/1999 Tee hee! I see that a top venture capitalist consultant in the States is auctioning breakfasts with himself on eBay.
[May 28, 1999, 17:18]
Interactive TV is success story for the UK
News Interactive services are offered by cable companies ntl and Telewest (quote: TWT) but Sky -- via its flagship Open TV service -- remains by far the biggest player in the UK, with rival ONdigital still some way behind.
[October 31, 2000, 15:29]
A Year Ago: Government panel recommends digital poll tax
News Commercial operators including Sky, Cable and Wireless, Granada, Carlton and OnDigital joined together to berate the proposals. The row over the future of digital TV -- described as the fourth broadcasting revolution -- hotted up Thurday as the...
[August 8, 2000, 7:06]
