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NewsMerger creates new broadcast fitness firm
Former ITN chief executive Mark Wood is to lead a new new health and fitness broadcast company following the merger of two lifestyle channel operators.
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NewsSky sells 10.4% ITV stake at £348m loss
BSkyB sold 10.4% of its stake in ITV for around £196m this morning – a loss of about £348m.
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NewsSky will cut ITV stake - finally
BSkyB has ended its lengthy battle to hang on to its 17.9% stake in ITV and will reduce it to the 7.5% threshold set by regulators.
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NewsEx-Sky exec joins LoveFilm
Former BSkyB director of channels and operations Lesley Mackenzie is to lead the digital strategy for DVD rental company LoveFilm.
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Lost Reduced from five seasons to 10 minutes
To mark the launch of the sixth and final season of Lost on Sky 1, The Reduced Shakespeare Company have compressed five seasons of the US drama into a 10-minute performance.
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NewsSky broadcasts first 3D live sports match
Football fans watched Arsenal and Manchester United kick off the world’s first live 3D sports broadcast yesterday (31 January).
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Lost Reduced (preview)
A week before the launch of the sixth and final season of Lost - airing on Sky 1 at 9pm on 5 February - viewers can refresh their memories with Lost Reduced, a specially created 10 minute play from the Reduced Shakespeare Company (90 second preview).
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NewsHD customers boost profits at BSkyB
Nearly half a million customers signed up to BSkyB’s high-definition TV package in the last three months of 2009 following a pre-Christmas marketing push.
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NewsSky kicks off 3D football trial in pubs ahead of weekly launch
Sky will screen its first live 3D football match in nine pubs this weekend ahead of the launch of a game-a-week service from April.
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NewsSky 1 promotes Gray and Taylor to senior roles
Sky 1 has named Duncan Gray and Celia Taylor head of entertainment and head of factual and features respectively.
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NewsBSkyB wins in £700m legal fight
BSkyB has won a landmark five-year legal battle against computing firm Electronic Data Systems over a failed computer customer management system.
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NewsSky gears up to commission first mainstream 3D TV content
BSkyB will fire the starting gun on mainstream 3D TV content next month when its top creative execs call for its first pitches.
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NewsBSkyB ordered to cut ITV stake
BSkyB has lost a court appeal over its 17.9% stake in ITV, and will be forced to reduce its share in the commercial broadcaster to less than 7.5%.
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NewsRuling on BSkyB's ITV stake due tomorrow
BSkyB will be told tomorrow whether it can keep its controversial 17.9% stake in commercial broadcaster ITV.
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NewsBT take on Sky in sport price war
BT is set to kick-start a price war with rivals over TV’s top sporting occasions in a move that could slash the cost of watching football and cricket.
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NewsSky: 3D glasses could cost 50p on first pint
BSkyB is investigating different revenue models for its 3D TV service, which will launch in pubs this April, Broadcast understands.
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NewsHarry Hill may leave ITV for Sky
ITV is in the throes of negotiations with Harry Hill amid speculation that the comedy star is in talks with Sky about a £3m-a-year deal.
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NewsSky News to open business studio
Sky News is to move its flagship business news programme Jeff Randall Live to a new studio in the heart of the City of London.
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NewsMajor TV manufacturers support Sky 3D
BSkyB’s forthcoming 3D TV service will be compatible with the first raft of 3D Ready TV sets to be widely available in the UK.
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NewsSky steps up Canvas criticism
BSkyB has reiterated its objections to the BBC’s leading role in Project Canvas, accusing the corporation of “mission creep” in the IPTV market.