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NewsDisney appoints UK TV chief
Disney UK finance controller Simon Bailey is to take control of the company's British TV business, including the ABC1 channel that launched earlier this year.
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NewsBroadcasters accept new licenses
Ofcom has revealed that all of the 18 digital replacement licenses (DRLs) offered by the regulators to the main commercial terrestrial broadcasters have been accepted.
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NewsSky Text launches on Freeview
BSkyB is to make its interactive listings and information service Sky Text available on Freeview.
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Sky drops Fashion TV
Fashion TV (FTV) has been removed from its slot on the Sky line-up because of a standoff with the pay-TV broadcaster. The 24-hour, free-to-air station wants to become part of a subscription package and receive per subscriber revenues from Sky. FTV owner and president Michel Adam said: 'Sky has now ...
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MTV MD given Paramount Comedy brief
MTV Networks UK & Ireland managing director Michiel Bakker is to take control of the UK Paramount Comedy channels.
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ABC1 up on Telewest
ABC1, the UK entertainment channel owned by Walt Disney, will be available to Telewest digital TV customers as of Friday, 10 December. The US channel that includes in its portfolio shows such as Home Improvement and General Hospital , will ...
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NewsITV plans gaming channel launch
An interactive gaming channel is set to be the fourth channel launch from ITV.
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NewsAd revenue up at Jetix
Pan-European kids entertainment group Jetix Europe has posted a 12% rise in revenue thanks to a hike in advertising sales during 2004.
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NewsCBeebies editor quits
The editor of the BBC's digital pre-school channel CBeebies is to leave the corporation to set up his own indie, but has denied his departure is connected to the impending move of the department to Manchester.
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NewsSky's Ramsay takes Five news top post
Stuart Ramsay, Sky News' Africa correspondent, is returning to Britain to become chief correspondent for Five News.
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Rapture TV return
Digital music channel Rapture TV is set to return to the screen yet again this month after striking an agreement with educational free-to-air service the Musicians Channel. Rapture TV, which went off air in July, will air dance music videos in the midnight to 12pm window on the Musicians Channel's ...
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Bidders circle NTL
The future of NTL Broadcast is still unknown with a number of firms poised to buy the£1.2bn company. Companies bel...
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2012 for switch-off
Ofcom has said analogue switch-off should be completed by 31 December 2012 and that the country will undergo a phased switch-off with one ITV region going digital at a time. The regulator will set out the order in which the regions should be switched by April next year. The announcement ...
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NewsSky spies gap for lifestyle channel launch
BSkyB is considering launching a lifestyle channel to increase its share of the multichannel audience.
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NewsRapture back on air
Digital music channel Rapture TV is set to return to the screen yet again this month after striking an agreement with educational free-to-air service the Musicians Channel.
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NewsChernin contract 'won't block Disney move'
News Corp president Peter Chernin could quit the company to join rival Disney even though he has signed a new five-year contract, according to reports.
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NewsSky to make UK Entertainment Tonight
Sky One has signed a deal with US producer Paramount to make a UK version of its syndicated show Entertainment Tonight.
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NewsYoomedia buys Avago
Yoomedia, the interactive entertainment group headed by former BBC executive David Docherty, has bought the two companies behind betting service Avago.
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£400m bill to switch over-75s to digital
Financial assistance should be given to the over-75s and the vulnerable during the switchover to digital TV, Ofcom has said. In a recommendation that could cost up to£400m, the regulator said during switchover those eligible for TV licence exemptions should be helped to meet the cost of new equipment and ...
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Auctionworld folds with debts of£14m
Teleshopping channel Auctionworld has gone into administration with debts of around£14m. The station went off air on Friday (19 November) after Ofcom last week ordered it to cough up£450,000 after repeatedly failing to suspend misleading price guides and for poor customer service. Around 300 staff are thought to have lost ...