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Carling considers music TV channel
Lager giant Carling is exploring launching a music TV channel to showcase concerts from major venues like Brixton Academy.
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NewsSky hit by City fears
BSkyB's share price took another battering yesterday - dropping 14p - after rumours that the satellite giant has signed up just 15,000 new customers in the last quarter.
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NewsRacing UK goes broadband
Racing UK, the horseracing channel constructed out of the ashes of Attheraces, is launching a broadband service.
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NewsSky 'on target' to hit 8 million subs
New research has revealed that Sky chief James Murdoch's plans to have eight million customers by 2005 is on track.
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Bravo ties up with Men's Health for series
Bravo has teamed up with magazine publisher Rodale to air a masthead series based on fitness title Men's Health.
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Discovery signs up ex-Sky music chief
Lester Mordue, Sky's former music channels chief who left after only six months in the job, has resurfaced with a new job at Discovery.
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NewsDigital TV now in 55% of homes
Digital TV is now in 55% of UK homes, with almost 4 million people taking Freeview.
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NewsC4 books space for 14 new channels
Channel 4 has signed a£55m deal with satellite operator SES that will enable it to launch around 14 new channels.
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Talksport to launch TV channel on Sky
Radio station TalkSport is planning to launch its own TV channel and will begin broadcasting next month on Sky. A daily six-hour programming block featuring footage of Talksport presenters will air on Sky channel 235 from 4 October and owner TWG hopes to launch a full channel next year. The ...
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Racing UK on cable
Horse-racing channel Racing UK has increased its reach to a further 1 million homes after signing a deal with cable operator Telewest Broadband. Racing UK is already available in BSkyB's 7.4 million homes.
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Shake-up at BSkyB music
BSkyB has handed the running of its three music channels to a rival company in a move that leaves 13 staff facing redundancy.
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Casanova for BBC3
Casanova, the upcoming period drama about the legendary womaniser from writer Russell T Davies, is to debut on BBC3 before airing on BBC1. The three-parter, originally developed by Michele Buck, Damien Timmer and Julie Gardner for ITV, will air next year.
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NewsTWG trials Talksport TV
Radio station TalkSport is planning to launch its own TV channel and will begin broadcasting programmes next month on Sky.
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NewsHorse of the Year rides to Sky
Sky Sports is to broadcast the Horse of the Year Show next month - giving the event its first TV slot for five years.
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NewsJobs go as Sky hands music channels to rival
The running of BSkyB's three music channels are to be handed over to a rival company in a bid to make them more profitable, leaving 13 staff redundant.
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NewsLeague of Gentlemen writer pens BBC comedy
BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy has commissioned a new long-running comedy drama about a set of weird characters in Blackpool from the award-winning writer of the League of Gentlemen.
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NewsITV confirms ITV3 line-up
ITV has unveiled a line-up full of domestic and imported drama for its over-35s digital channel, ITV3, which is set to on 1 November.
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NewsLittlejohn producer joins al-Jazeera
Steve Clarke, the executive producer of Richard Littlejohn's former Sky News show, is to join al-Jazeera's planned English language channel.
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When the firing started
CNN reporter Ryan Chilcote writes frankly about the horrific task of reporting for hours from the streets of Beslan
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Jetix signs toon co-pro
Jetix Europe, the recently rebranded Fox Kids Europe service, has signed a co-production deal with French production company SIP Animation for an animated action series. The 26 x 30-minute The Insiders (working title) will follow the exploits of a team of rebellious action heroes. It ...