All Broadcast articles in 05 July 2002 – Page 2
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BBC spends£3bn to offer free viewing in digital TV takeover
Television viewers are to be offered 24 new channels after the BBC yesterday won a licence to broadcast digital TV....
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BBC dreaming of a better reception
Digital terrestrial gets another chance but will anyone watch? ...
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Digital licence lifts BSkyB shares
Shares in BSkyB reversed some of their recent losses yesterday as the group's partnership with the BBC got the thum...
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Digital victory for the Beeb piles on the agony for ITV duo
With yesterday's decision to make digital terrestrial TV (DTT) an entirely free to air proposition controlled and d...
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Liberty Media and Telewest to open restructuring talks
John Malone's Liberty Media moved closer to taking control of Telewest after the cable company said it would open t...
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Bruv is so tacky
Big Brother has been named Tackiest Show on Tv in a survey of young adults. ...
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Leeds footballers trial to be made into TV drama
The trial of the two Leeds United footballers Lee Bowyer and Jonathan Woodgate is to be turned into a two-hour TV d...
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An alliance that piles on the misery for ITV, and gives Dyke a safeguard
Yesterday's decision to hand the Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) licence to a consortium driven by Greg Dyke's...
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BBC hopes free service will convert 5 million homes
The BBC plans to attract 5 million households away from the doomed analogue signal and on to digital terrestrial te...
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24 free TV channels by the end of 2002
Any household in Britain will be able to receive 24 free television channels by the end of the year thanks to a new...
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The BBC draws ever nearer to killing its independence
By joining the consortium taking over ITV Digital the corporation is sounding the knell of the licence fee ...
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Little emperor who overstretched
The world stopped believing Jean-Marie Messier so he had to go ...
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Dyke promises to provide 'more normal television'
In an attempt to persuade the public that they are not going to be sold a pup for the second time, the corporation ...
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BBC wins licence to show 27 digital channels
The BBC was handed the task of salvaging government plans to convert the country to digital television yesterday ...
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Telewest agrees talks on bonds swap
The Telewest board yesterday agreed to start talks on competing offers to swap about $4bn£2.6bn) of bonds for equi...
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Vivendi scrambles to avoid €1.8bn debt default
Vivendi Univesal yesterday revealed that it faced €1.8bn (£1.16bn) in debts falling due this month ...
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Failed tender set to bolster 'back to basics' mood at network
ITV's failed bid for the digital terrestrial licences will reinforce the 'back to basics' mood at the commercial ne...
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BBC-led bid wins ITV Digital's former licences
ITV Digital's former licences have been awarded to a BBC-led group promising digital television without subscriptio...
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Big Brother nets over 6 million
Channel 4's Big Brother 3reached new heights last night, bagging its best audience of the series with over 6 million viewers, writes Jon Rogers