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NewsSky on track to hit subscriber target
BSkyB picked up 150,000 subscribers in the last quarter, taking its total to 6.7 million, prompting chief executive Tony Ball to declare the company was on track to meet its 7 million target by the end of the year, writes Rosemary Gallagher
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NewsE-voting fails to boost turn-out
Allowing members of the public to vote for candidates via their TVs during last week's local elections for the first time failed to tackle voter apathy, writes Rosemary Gallagher
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NewsPenultimate Freeview slot taken
An unknown broadcaster has taken up one of the last two slots on the Freeview digital terrestrial television platform, writes Paul Revoir
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NewsPace appoints new chief exec
John Dyson, acting chief executive of set-top box manufacturer Pace Micro Technology, has been promoted to chief executive with immediate effect, writes Sam Matthews
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NewsOpie named as new Flextech head
Lisa Opie has been confirmed as managing director of Flextech Television, the content division of cable outfit Telewest, writes David Wood.
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NewsMPs back BBC in Sky EPG row
More than 30 MPs have added their names to a call for the Independent Television Commission (ITC) to force BSkyB to keep BBC1 and BBC2 in their prime electronic programme guide (EPG) positions, writes Leigh Holmwood
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NewsCarlton and Granada form ITV Interactive
Carlton and Granada have pooled their interactive TV departments under a new ITV branded business - ITV Interactive, writes Paul Revoir
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NewsBSkyB supply blow for Pace
Set-top box manufacturer Pace Microtechnology has been dealt another blow, after its biggest customer BSkyB ended the exclusivity of its contract to supply Sky Plus PVR boxes in favour of a co-supplier deal with Amstrad, writes Luke Satchell
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NewsFree trials boost interest in digital
First-hand experience of digital TV makes 'digitally uninterested' cynics more willing to convert from analogue, according to new research from the Independent Television Commission, writes Rosemary Gallagher
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NewsITC confirms BBC complaint
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has confirmed it has received an official representation from the BBC asking it to adjudicate in the increasingly bitter battle with Sky over its electronic programme guide (EPG), writes Leigh Holmwood
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Thomson ready to replace tape VTRs with digital recorders
Manufacturer Thomson Broadcast has introduced a digital VTR at NAB that threatens to make tape based mechanical VTRs obsolete, writes Will Strauss
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NewsSwitch-off target achievable says report
The government's analogue switch-off target - which has been derided as highly ambitious since its was first tabled in 1999 - can be achieved according to a major new report by the BBC and the Independent Television Commission, writes Paul Revoir
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NewsDigital TV to increase 14% in Europe
The number of households in Europe with digital TV is expected to rise 14 per cent this year to 30.7 million from 26.9m at the end of last year, according to this year's European Television report from Informa Media Group, writes Rosemary Gallagher
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NewsThe Move Channel to launch on Sky
A new TV company is set to capitalise on the viewing public's obsession with property programming with the launch of a dedicated property retail channel, The Move Channel, writes Luke Satchell
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NewsTelewest posts 2.2bn loss
Cable company Telewest today insisted the restructuring of its£5.3 billion debt was on course despite posting a year-end loss of£2.2 billion, writes Luke Satchell
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NewsSatellite viewers may lose ITV
Up to a million viewers, who watch the main public service broadcasters on satellite but do not take a Sky package, could be frozen out of ITV, Channel 4 and Five by the end of the year, writes Leigh Holmwood
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NewsDigital homes exceed 40%
The Independent Television Commission's (ITC) Multichannel Quarterly Report today claims digital TV penetration in the UK has exceeded 40% for the first time, writes Luke Satchell
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NewsBritain way ahead in digital TV take-up
Britain continues to lead the way in the digital TV world, with a new report suggesting the 'world's digital TV champion' is leaving the rest of Europe behind, writes Sam Matthews
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NewsBastable quits Channel 4
Gerry Bastable, the driving force behind E4 and Film Four, has quit his recently appointed job as head of corporate development and is to leave Channel 4, writes Luke Satchell
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BBC3 plans its angle on war
BBC3 is to give its viewers its own particular take on the expected war with Iraq by launching a weekly war review programme that will replace its regular current affairs strand in the event of hostilities breaking out, writes Leigh Holmwood