BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) is acting to head off rising City concerns about the threat from over-the-top connected TV services, by announcing it will launch, by the summer, its own such service that does not require a satellite subscription.

When the News Corporation-controlled UK satellite broadcaster Sky launched a free iPad app for its Sky Sports News channel in September 2010, some wondered if it would also start to offer a paid version of the product. Well, it’s taken 15 months, but it’s happened.

News reports (Mail Online, Telegraph.co.uk) that *Apple* and *Google* may bid for 2013-16 Premier League live broadcast rights are almost certainly wide of the post.

With the growth of over-the-top services that let users access the video they want over the internet (and often, for free), those companies offering pay-TV have to look for more bells and whistles to keep fickle consumers interested in their services. The latest offerings in this area come from France…

UK football fans will potentially be able to watch cut-price Premier League matches, after the European Union’s highest court ruled on Tuesday that it is not illegal for individuals to buy set top box decoder cards from foreign broadcasters.

James Murdoch is likely to remain chairman of satellite company BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) after winning the support of the leading independent director ahead of a crunch meeting later this week. Nicholas Ferguson, Sky’s deputy chairman, is understood to have given Murdoch his backing after a “long conversation” in a private…

Another major setback for News Corp in the UK today: Jeremy Hunt, the culture secretary, is sending back the media giant’s bid for broadcaster BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) to both the broadcast regulator Ofcom and the Office of Fair Trading. The next step? A possible referral to the Competition Commission, giving…

This time last week Rupert Murdoch and nearly everyone else involved had good reason to expect that News Corp (NSDQ: NWS). was well on its way to owning all of satellite operator BSkyB (NYSE: BSY). Then the Guardian‘s report of News of the World‘s hacking into and manipulation of a…

BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) has reported strong growth in the three months to the end of March, adding pressure on Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation (NSDQ: NWS) to improve its 700p-per-share offer when culture secretary Jeremy Hunt gives final clearance for the takeover to go ahead.

Analysts say News Corp.‘s (NSDQ: NWS) bid for BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) is likely to happen, after it made a proposal to divest Sky News that ticks regulatory boxes.

The culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has approved News Corporation’s plan to spin off Sky News, clearing the way for its proposed £8bn purchase of the 61% of BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) it does not already own.

If you thought that pay-per-view online catch-up TV had been replaced by the free, ad-supported model, think again - MTV has launched a dedicated UK VOD portal, MTV OD, costing £1 ($1.61) a day or £2 ($3.24) a week.

News Corp.‘s BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) confirmed it has bought UK WiFi network The Cloud from its investor, DFJ Esprit, “to allow easy access to Sky content on multiple devices in and out of home”.

The pay-TV market is nearing a subscriptions plateau - but YouView doesn’t yet look like stealing current operators’ customers. An Oliver & Ohlbaum survey of internet users found only eight percent are likely to subscribe to pay-TV services next year…

The Monaco Media Forum isn’t exactly Fight Club but James Murdoch, News Corp (NSDQ: NWS) CEO for Europe and Asia, has a first rule: “First rule—if you are going to monetize something, you probably should not give it away for free.”

What does a TV-caster and consumer telco need with a business ISP anyway? Five years after buying pioneering UK ISP Easynet, BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) says it’s selling it for £100 million to private equity group LDC.

The Times’ forthcoming new pay-for websites may not be bundling the charges with Sky TV bills, as some had speculated - but they are integrating with Sky in other ways. The latest mailout to readers interested in the forthcoming June relaunch adds detail on two new features the forthcoming £1-a-day…

BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) has won carriage for its Sky Player on yet another hybrid TV box, as the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) begins investigating the Project Canvas venture to which Sky objects so much. This deal is significant because it’s with Humax - the UK’s largest Freeview set-top box…

Just when it seemed like News Corp (NYSE: NWS) could ramp up its paid content odyssey this year, UK media regulator Ofcom has told its majority-owned BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) satcaster to cut the prices it charges rival TV platforms for its premium channels. Ofcom’s long-running pay-TV inquiry concludes Sky “exploits…