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NewsTalks fail to pacify Sky shareholders
4.45pm: Preliminary talks between BSkyB and its major UK shareholders, aimed at preventing a potential rebellion over proposals to increase the stake News Corp has in the satellite company, have ended in deadlock.
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NewsITV4 launches with the beautiful game
ITV4 will kick off next month with live coverage of Chelsea's Uefa Champions League tie against Real Betis.
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NewsOona King joins Sky News
Sky News has signed up former Labour MP Oona King and Michael Howard's former political secretary Rachel Whetstone as contributors to Julie Etchingham's new weeknight programme.
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NewsNTL digs heels in over UKTV
NTL looks intent on keeping its merged partner's 50% stake in UKTV, the joint venture between Telewest and the BBC.
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NewsFX fuels up with sports and lifestyle
7.30am: FX has struck a deal with sister companies Fox Entertainment and Fox Sports in the States to bring the Fuel TV brand to the UK men's channel.
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NewsMost Haunted goes Live in US
7.30am: Living TV's Most Haunted Live Halloween special is to be simulcast on Discovery Network US's Travel Channel following a deal by its international sales arm Minotaur International.
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NewsITV eyes up Wahlberg drama
7.30am: ITV4 has signed a deal for HBO comedy Entourage, the series executive produced by Hollywood actor Mark Wahlberg.
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NewsFreudenstein hits out over Premiership rights
BSkyB's chief operating officer Richard Freudenstein has criticised attempts by ITV and NTL to end Sky's monopoly of live Premier League coverage, saying they risk scoring a 'spectacular own goal'.
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NewsSky in advanced talks with Easynet
9.45am: BSkyB is poised to buy telecoms company Easynet for an estimated£150m, and could announce a deal within the week.
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NewsSky has£1bn to play with
BSkyB has raised just over£1bn by selling a three-part bond, according to reports.
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NewsSky plots move into broadband
11.45am: BSkyB is said to be planning a£1bn move into the broadband telephony market with one of its possible acquisition targets being IPTV service Homechoice.
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QuizNation set for Scandinavian launch
Optimistic Entertainment is to launch its QuizNation participation channel on the Viasat DTH platform throughout Scandinavia. Viewers in Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Norway will see content from the UK channel but will be able to participate in the live quizzes and games using local telephone numbers. The presenter-led entertainment channel ...
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Trouble targets older kids with Later strand
Flextech youth channel Trouble is launching a new identity and late night programming strand in a bid to attract older viewers.
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Digital losses up
Digital Classics, the TV distribution and production business chaired by former Five chief executive David Elstein, has increased losses for the year to June from£590,000 last year to£616,000. Turnover during the period was£3,134,000, an increase of£980,000 on 2004.
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Ex Sky boss launches DTT service
Former BSkyB commercial director Martin Goswami is launching a DTT service offering Freeview channels and on-demand specialist content. Aggregator TV will be based on a Freeview box with broadband connection and PVR capabilities. Goswami has teamed up with former ITV director of channels Chris Griffin and Chris Goodhall, previously of ...
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NewsMore4 not free-to-air for all
2pm: Channel 4 is being bombarded with complaints from angry Sky viewers unable to access its new 'free' digital channel, More4, launched on Monday [10 October].
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NewsNTL & ITV join forces in Premier League rights bid
NTL and ITV have teamed up to launch a bid for the next set of Premier League rights in an attempt to break BSkyB's stranglehold on the game.
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NewsITV & C4 join Freeview consortium
10.15am: ITV and Channel 4 have confirmed they are to join the Freeview consortium.
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NewsSky looks to raise£1bn
10am: BSkyB has said it is thinking of raising up to£1bn through the sale of its first bonds for more than five years, triggering speculation that the satellite giant may be in acquisitive form.