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NewsFifty Fifty completes TT job
Boutique post house Fifty Fifty Post Production has bought a new Halo router and completed an around the clock transfer job for North One Television to aid coverage of The Isle of Man TT race.
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NewsBBC4 drama to chart 1980s computer battle
The 1980s battle between the ZX Spectrum and the BBC Micro will be played out in a BBC4 comedy drama starring Martin Freeman and Alexander Armstrong.
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NewsDVR ownership nears 9m
Ofcom research has revealed that the total number of digital video recorders (DVRs) being used in the UK has reached 8.9m.
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NewsDave plans first live broadcast
UKTV channel Dave will broadcast live for the first time for the climax of the second series of the Red Bull X-Fighters motorcross world tour.
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NewsSky renews satellite deal with Astra
SES Astra has renewed its contract with BSkyB for the use of 24 transponders on Astra’s 28.2 degrees East orbital position.
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Computamatch MD Aungle joins MPC
Moving Picture Company (MPC) has appointed Kerri Aungle as its Data Lab and Scanning business manager.
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NewsBBC channels to launch in South Korea
BBC Worldwide Channels is to launch two of its new channels - BBC Entertainment and BBC Lifestyle - on South Korea’s SK Broadband platform.
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NewsSky to win contract for ESPN match coverage
BSkyB is close to sealing a deal to produce all Premier League match coverage for ESPN, Broadcast understands.
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NewsStill not the last of Last of The Summer Wine
The BBC has recommissioned the world’s longest running sitcom, Last of the Summer Wine, for a 31st series -countering widespread rumours the show was about to be axed.
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NewsITN loses ITV web news deal
ITV has axed ITN’s deal to provide news for its main website, with five journalist jobs set to go as a result.
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NewsAshes highlights go online
Five has struck a deal with the England and Wales Cricket Board to make Ashes highlights available online for the first time.
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NewsConnery slams BBC Glasto coverage
Sir Sean Connery has slammed the BBC for sending more than 400 staff to Glastonbury but “not one” to cover the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
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NewsUniversal brings movies to Virgin
Virgin Media has expanded is movies-on-demand service in a deal with Universal Pictures.
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Web unlikely to offset TV ad losses
Revenue from US broadcasters’ web strategies will still be failing to offset the decline in traditional TV advertising by 2013, a report has warned.
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Premier League attacks Ofcom plan
The Premier League has waded into the row between BSkyB and Ofcom, claiming the regulator’s plan to review its rights auction process is an attempt to fix something that isn’t broken.
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NewsSky boss Darroch comes out fighting
BSkyB chief executive Jeremy Darroch has launched a blistering attack on Ofcom, accusing the regulator of “punishing success” with its proposals to limit what the satellite operator can charge for its premium sports and movie channels.
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NewsSTV waiting on Taggart decision
STV is confident its ITV1 drama Taggart will be recommissioned – despite extending its financial borrowing facility in case it is not.
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NewsBSkyB and Ofcom on collision course
BSkyB is set for a legal battle with Ofcom after the regulator proposed forcing the satellite giant to offer its premium sports and movie channels to rival pay TV operators for fixed sums.
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NewsSky1 and Five preparing Jackson tributes
Sky1 and Five are to air special tributes tonight on the life of music icon Michael Jackson, who died suddenly yesterday.
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NewsCanal+ buys Young at Heart doc
Walker George’s More 4 documentary Young@Heart is heading to French TV screens after broadcaster Canal+ picked up the rights.