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NewsFreeview launch and line-up unveiled
Freeview, the new digital terrestrial television service from the BBC and Crown Castle, will launch on Wednesday, 30 October, it was announced today (Thursday), writes Paul Revoir
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Reality TV all day every day
The UK's first dedicated reality television channel is set to be launched next week and will broadcast 24 hours a day, seven days a week, writes Paul Revoir
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NewsBBC schools plan in the balance
The BBC's controversial£150m online digital curriculum could hit the rocks unless media secretary Tessa Jowell gives it the go-ahead by the end of the month, according to senior executives on the project, writes Leigh Holmwood
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NewsNo more money for E4, says Thompson
Channel 4 chief executive Mark Thompson has confirmed that the budget for original programming for C4 digital youth channel E4 will stay at£11m, in what will be a blow to E4 director of programmes Murray Boland, writes Penny Hughes
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NewsMotorola threat to digital radio
Communications giant Motorola claims it has developed new technology that will allow analogue radio listeners to achieve near-digital quality sound, writes Luke Satchell
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NewsDigital radio channel BBC 7 unveiled
The much-awaited launch of BBC radio digital channel Network Z has moved a step closer after the corporation announced today that the plays, books and comedy station will be called BBC 7, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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Turner unveils toon channel
Turner Broadcasting has released details of its new grown-up 'testosterone-fuelled' Cartoon Network channel, which will launch next month, writes Paul Revoir
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Telewest may drop Performance.
The future of the Performance arts channel has been dealt a further blow after a source at its last remaining major distribution platform, Telewest, said it was 'highly unlikely' it would renew its carriage deal, writes Paul Revoir
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Disk failure hits Telewest customers.
Cable operator Telewest has been forced to apologise to thousands of customers of its blueyonder internet and broadband TV services, after a 'major disk failure' wiped 25,000 email accounts, writes Luke Satchell
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NOSTALGIA CHANNEL.
Simply Television is poised to cash in on the current popularity of history programming by launching
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DIY APPOINTMENT.
The BBC Worldwide and Flextech joint-venture UKTV has appointed former Ready Steady Cook producer Sue Walton
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DTT channels face struggle if tx signal receives boost.
New digital terrestrial television (DTT) channel operators could face a struggle to make ends meet if the Independent Television Commission (ITC) gives the go-ahead to switch the transmission mode from 64QAM to 16QAM, writes Paul Revoir
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NewsVideo Networks called to account
Video Networks Ltd, owner of PPV VOD service HomeChoice, has been forced into talks with its creditors over its financial position, writes Luke Satchell
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NewsCable TV subscriptions fall again
The number of cable TV homes across the country has nosedived for the second successive quarter, with a combined total of 104,000 NTL and Telewest cable customers ditching the service, writes Luke Satchell
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NewsITC hinders pay-TV option on Freeview
The prospects of a pay-TV option on the BBC and Crown Castle's Freeview digital terrestrial platform have been dealt a fresh blow following a decision by the Independent Television Commission to allow a more robust transmission standard, write Paul Revoir and David Wood
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NewsSimply Television to launch Nostalgia Channel
Simply Television is poised to cash in on the current popularity of history programming, with a new channel dedicated to the genre, writes Paul Revoir
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Telewest may drop Performance
The future of the Performance arts channel has been dealt a further blow after a source at its last remaining major distribution platform, Telewest, said it was 'highly unlikely' it would renew its carriage deal, writes Paul Revoir
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Disney chief urges kids review
The Disney Channel is calling on the government to launch a review into the BBC's two children's channels, CBBC and Cbeebies, claiming they should be made subject to the same levels of regulation as BBC 3, writes Paul Revoir
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C4 mollified by BBC 3 conditions
Channel 4 has made an about-turn by welcoming the government's go-ahead for BBC 3 despite the channel being a potential rival for its own digital youth offering E4, writes Penny Hughes
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NewsDTT channels face struggle if tx signal receives boost
New digital terrestrial television (DTT) channel operators could face a struggle to make ends meet if the Independent Television Commission (ITC) gives the go-ahead to switch the transmission mode from 64QAM to 16QAM, writes Paul Revoir