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UK TV channel ITV is making its online video-on-demand service available to view onFreesat. ITV Player was launched in 2008, allowing viewers to watch programmes from across ITV1, ITV2, ITV3 and ITV4 online. The service wasaddedto BT Vision’s TV Replay service in late 2008, and the deal was the broadcaster’s first foray into partnering with VOD operators. And wereportedback in December that ITV Player was to be made available on PlayStation 3 on the PlayStation Network....

UK broadcaster ITV is introducing a micropayment system for its online TV-on-demand service, in a move designed to counteract a fall in advertising revenue. ITV reported its first fall in TV ad revenue in a year and a half back in May, and it has said that TV ad revenues will be down 2% in July and 4% in August. As the Guardianreportstoday, ITV has announced plans to launch various payment systems to accessITV Playerfrom early 2012 with ITV Chief Executive, Adam Crozier, saying:...

Two walkways made from kinetic floor tiles have been installed at Leighton Buzzard train station, through a partnership between Central Bedfordshire Council and technology provider Pavegen. As pedestrians walk across the paving system supplied by the UK start-up, the weight from their footsteps compresses electromagnetic generators below, producing electricity which will be used to power two USB-charging benches as well as a digital screen. Funded by the Department of Transport through the £22....

Radioplayer, the UK online digital radio service, hasannouncedthat almost 6m listeners have been accessing the service each month. Wereportedback in March that the BBC and a number of commercial partners had launched the joint venture for UK radio lovers. Radioplayer is a web app, a centralised hub where you can now listen to 238 radio stations from across the country. This includes all the national and regional BBC stations, as well as commercial stations and smaller local stations....

The Telegraph could soon become another of the UK’s popular broadsheet newspapers placing its content behind a paywall, it has emerged today. Marketing Magazine reportsthat the Telegraph Media Group (TMG) has already contacted a number of digital agencies to help adapt the Telegraph website, which currently features content from The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph. Sources believe that TMG will adopt a similar strategy to the Financial Times, where it offers limited free access to content before requiring the reader to subscribe to view any additional content....