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George takes Flextech post
Flextech Television has hired Jason George, former chief executive of Endemol's new media arm Victoria Real, as controller of interactive programming, writesSusan Thompson.
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NewsExpress to charge digital channels for TV listing
Multichannel broadcasters are up in arms over the Express Newspapers Group's demand for payments of up to£624,000 per year to have their channels listed in its newspapers.
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NewsITV, C4 and Five bid for Freeview slot
Crown Castle closed bids for the vacant Freeview slot this week, ending a big money bidding war believed to have attracted offers as high as£7.3m.
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Sky chipper as subs up
BSkyB chief executive James Murdoch has brushed off the threat of Freeview as he revealed that the satellite giant had added 192,000 new subscribers over the last quarter.
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NewsSky adds 192,000 subs
BSkyB has exceeded City expectations reporting 192,000 new subscribers signing up in the quarter to December 31, bringing the satellite broadcaster's total subscriber base to 7.6 million.
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NewsDMGT offloads Performance channel
The Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT) has sold its Performance arts channel to Bristol-based broadcaster Eicom for£365,000.
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NewsDisney profits rise
Walt Disney has reported a 5% rise in quarterly profits to $723m (£384m), up from last quarter's $688m (365m).
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NewsSky set for subs boost
BSkyB is due to report an increase of between 160,000 and 178,000 new subscribers this week, following strong Christmas sales.
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Daytime chief quits Sky One
Sky One commissioning editor for daytime Zoe Watson has quit after nearly four years with the broadcaster.
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NewsBidding war erupts over Freeview slot
A bidding war is set to kick off with broadcasters preparing to offer up to£5m a year via sealed bids for a newly available Freeview slot.
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NewsAd Channel firm to float on AIM
The company behind The Advert Channel and Your Destiny TV has announced plans to float on the Stock Exchange in a bid to raise up to£5m.
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NewsSky sacks football pundit
Sky Sports has sacked football commentator Rodney Marsh for making 'offensive and inexcusable' on-air comments about the Asian tsunami disaster.
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NewsFX joins NTL line-up
Fox International's men's channel FX has secured a carriage deal with NTL, expanding its potential audience by 1.4 million households.
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NewsUKTV plants channel launch
UKTV has confirmed plans to launch a channel dedicated to gardening.
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NewsJackson to give TV statement
Troubled pop legend Michael Jackson is to give a televised statement in the next week, ahead of his child abuse trial.
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NewsSinger lands PRS role
Former Telewest chief executive Adam Singer has landed his first full time job since being ousted from the cable giant over two year ago.
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NewsCommunity Channel appeal hits£1m
Charity TV service The Community Channel said today it had has raised over£1m for the tsunami disaster appeal through its interactive donation service.
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Eurosport 2 launch
Eurosport has replaced Eurosportnews with a new-look channel called British Eurosport 2. The sister channel of British Eurosport will feature more breaking news, live coverage, interviews, magazine-style programmes and live results around the clock. A Eurosport spokesman said the rebranding was a reaction to the 24-hour rolling news culture.
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Switchco launch set for April
SwitchCo, the independent body that will manage the switch from analogue to digital TV, is to launch officially in April. BBC head of distribution Andy Townend is expected be confirmed as chief executive after working full time on the launch of the organisation for almost a year. Channel 4 deputy ...
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Scot Sky News call
The Scottish National Party (SNP) has called for Sky News to launch a separate operation in Scotland, similar to that of its Sky News Ireland service which launched in May last year. SNP MSP Kenny MacAskill said that while Sky News has offices in Dublin and Limerick enabling two Irish ...