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NewsSky seeks to woo Glee fans with online series
Glee fans will be able to have their say on the musical drama as part of a weekly online spin-off show on the Sky website.
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NewsSky 1 to air Terra Nova a week after US
Terra Nova, the epic new dinosaur series from Steven Spielberg, is to air on Sky 1 exactly one week after its US broadcast.
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NewsSky Go hits million mark
The Sky Go mobile video app has been downloaded more than a million times since its launch in July with sport proving the key driver and over 40 million pieces of content viewed last month.
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NewsSky Arts treads am-dram talent show
The UK’s best amateur dramatic groups are to go head-to-head in a new talent show for Sky Arts.
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NewsSky Living acquires Secret Circle
A new supernatural drama from the makers of The Vampire Diaries and Dawson’s Creek has been acquired by Sky Living.
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NewsGlee to air on Sky two days after US
Sky has revealed it will launch US high school musical show Glee two days after its US broadcast.
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NewsFreesat steals Sky homes to pass 2m mark
Free-to-view satellite platform Freesat has sold 2 million units, with nearly half of its customers coming from rival provider Sky over the past year.
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NewsSky exec Duncan Painter named Emap CEO
Emap, the business to business publisher of magazines including Broadcast, has appointed Sky IQ executive Duncan Painter as chief executive officer.
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NewsTV cameras may be allowed in courts
TV cameras could soon be granted permission to film inside courtrooms under new plans backed by Prime Minister David Cameron.
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NewsJames Murdoch declines multi-million dollar bonus
James Murdoch has declined his News Corp bonus of $5.6m (£3.5m), saying it is “the right thing to do” in the wake of the phone hacking revelations.
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NewsBattle lines drawn in comedy
Comedy has emerged as a key battleground after this year’s Edinburgh festival, as BBC1 and ITV1 unveiled new initiatives to fend off Sky’s latest offensive in the genre.
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NewsBest of the Fest
With the Edinbugh International Television Festival behind us for another year, Broadcast presents a round-up of stories from the weekend…
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NewsLewis calls for emergency changes to media law
Shadow culture secretary Ivan Lewis is seeking cross-party support for an emergency change to media ownership laws, in the wake of News International’s abandoned BSkyB bid.
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NewsMurphy hunting Sky “Apprentice”
EDINBURGH: Sky 1 is hunting for a new factual entertainment format to exceed BBC1’s The Apprentice by injecting “genuine jeopardy”.
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NewsElstein: Sky to exceed BBC/ITV quality
EDINBURGH: Sky’s growing investment in UK productions is shifting the debate about its impact on competition in the TV industry, according to a former director of programmes.
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NewsAlex Crawford defends Sky News independence
EDINBURGH: Sky News foreign correspondent Alex Crawford has fiercely defended the organisation’s editorial independence while recounting her experiences of reporting from Libya.
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NewsC4 wants Comms Act to address data
EDINBURGH: Channel 4 will push for the forthcoming Communications Act to ensure that it gets access to the viewer data that the likes of BSkyB generate from its content.
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NewsSky Arts orders Nixon comedy
Hat Trick is to make a new comedy drama for Sky Arts based on real recordings of President Nixon.
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NewsBrooker writes crime spoof for Sky1
Charlie Brooker has penned a feature-length comedy for Sky1 billed as a spoof of every British crime drama made in the last decade.
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NewsSky Arts secures epic Mafia crime drama
Sky Arts has acquired an epic Italian-language crime drama about the early years of the Mafia.