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Sky pushes set-top loyalty card
Sky subscribers will be able to shop, bet and earn loyalty points through a new credit card designed for use on their digital set-top boxes. BSkyB, which has been developing the technology with IT management consultancy Consult Hyperion, has informed all broadcasters who use its platform that the interactive card ...
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NewsWoolfe named as Flextech director of TV
Flextech has promoted Living TV and Bravo director of programmes Richard Woolfe to the new role of director of television.
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On-demand launches
Telewest Broadband and NTL have launched the first phase of their TV on-demand services, which they plan to roll out region by region this year. Telewest's movies-on-demand service, provided by FilmFlex, is now available to its customers in Bristol who will be offered film titles through their existing set-top box. ...
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ITV2 to air Branson reality show
ITV2 is set to secure the exclusive rights to Richard Branson's US reality show after outbidding rivals Living TV and F/X.
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£5,000 buys personal ad on TV
Viewers looking for that special someone and who have£5,000 to spare are to be given the opportunity to star in a 15-minute profile of themselves on a new 24-hour dating channel.
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NewsSky to launch credit card
Sky subscribers will be able to shop, bet and earn loyalty points through a new credit card currently being designed for use on their digital set top boxes.
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NewsCable companies start TV-on-demand
Telewest Broadband and NTL have both launched the first phase of their TV-on-demand services, which both cable companies plan to roll out to digital TV customers region by region this year.
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NewsHulbert leaves Disney International
London-based Disney International president David Hulbert has left the company following a shake-up in its senior management.
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NewsFreeview reaches 5m homes
The sale of Freeview boxes reached record numbers in the run-up to Christmas pushing the platform over the 5 million households mark for the first time, according to new figures released by the BBC.
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C4 in danger of£130m deficit
Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan has warned the 'digital deficit' facing the broadcaster could be as high as£130m by 2012 unless it receives support from the public purse.
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Two Way uses Aussie cash for production move
Interactive TV specialist Two Way TV is to expand its UK business and move into television production following an $8m (£4.3m) cash boost by its Australian counterpart.
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Bid-up.tv rebrand
Interactive auction channel bid-up.tv is to rebrand as Bid TV from the end of the month. The change, which kicks off with a£250,000 advertising campaign featuring TV auctioneer David Dickinson, was decided upon because the majority of auctions on the channel fall in price, rather than rise.
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Sky One picks Weeds from US
Sky One has bought the exclusive UK rights to US comedy Weeds, months before it launches in the States.
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UPC set to buy Zone Vision
Zone Vision, UK-based owner of the Reality TV channel, is likely to be bought by Europe's biggest cable operator, United Pan-Europe Communications (UPC).
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NewsTeachers' TV launches early February
Teachers' TV, the government-backed digital TV service for education professionals, is to launch on 8 February.
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NewsSky to reconstruct Jackson trial
Courtroom reconstructions of Michael Jackson's forthcoming trial are to be shown on Sky One and Sky News as part of a deal between BSkyB and US network E! Entertainment Television.
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NewsMurdoch eyes remaining stake in Fox
News Corporation is set to buy back the remaining 18% of Fox Entertainment Group that it does not already own, in a move that would see Rupert Murdoch further consolidate his vast media empire.
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NewsFive develops Milkshake channel
Five has confirmed it is developing a new digital channel based on its early morning children's strand Milkshake.
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NewsMore 4 viewers to watch on Telewest
Telewest has secured deals to broadcast a trio of new channels, including Channel 4's venture More 4, which is set to launch in September.
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Red button raises£800,000 for appeal
The Community Channel's red-button interactive donations service has raised more than£800,000 for the Asian tsunami appeal in seven days. The service, launched on 29 December by The Community Channel, is expected to reach the£1m mark soon.