All Freeview articles – Page 34
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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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NewsSky Text launches on Freeview
BSkyB is to make its interactive listings and information service Sky Text available on Freeview.
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ABC1 UP ON TELEWEST.
ABC1, the UK entertainment channel owned by Walt Disney, will be available to Telewest digital TV
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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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Analysis - Five's eye for cable guy.
Media matchmakers are linking Five with Flextech, the BBC and Telewest content and channel joint-venture, but if a deal isn't done soon, Five may lose the chance of a foothold in multichannel TV, writes Susan Thompson.
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Ratings - Over-65s take Strictly to Saturday night success.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Tue 22.00 2.72
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Government weighs up 'digital licence fee'.
The Government is considering handing the BBC a separate 'digital licence' to pay towards the cost of switching off analogue signals, writes Colin Robertson.
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Government weighs up ?digital licence fee'
The government is considering handing the BBC a separate 'digital licence' to pay towards the cost of switching off analogue signals.
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NewsBid-Up TV set for Asian expansion
Auction channel operator Sit-up Ltd is in discussions with an Asian media group, which could see two of its TV formats being launched in South East Asia.
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Sky gives last-minute boost to ITV3
ITV3 launched this week to a strong start, attracting a 3.46% share of multichannel homes, making it more popular than all other non-terrestrial channels except Living.
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NewsITV3 to launch on Sky tonight
ITV has bought BSkyB's stake in channel operator GSB as part of a deal that will see ITV3 launch on the Sky platform tonight.
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BSkyB readies launch to fight off Freeview
BSkyB is expected to launch its free satellite proposition within the next couple of days as new figures for the rival Freeview platform show box sales are now running at around 60,000 a week.
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NewsITV2 hikes budget to take on Sky One
ITV2 has set a target of overtaking Sky One as the UK's most watched digital channel by the end of 2005 and has ploughed an extra£14m into next year's budget to achieve it.
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Teachers' TV fills executive line-up
Teachers' TV, the government-backed digital TV service for education professionals, has completed its line-up of top-level executives with a string of appointments.
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Sky rejects BBC offer of Freesat name
BSkyB has rejected the BBC's offer to allow it to use the Freesat name for its planned free satellite service in a move that could disrupt the corporation's own plan to promote a similar offering.
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Good start for Disney freeview channel
Disney's new Freeview channel ABC1 made a strong debut this week, attracting a healthy share of viewers with its line-up of US soaps and sitcoms. During its broadcast hours of 6am to 6pm, ABC1 achieved an average share of 1.61% in Freeview homes on Monday, growing this to 2.05% on ...
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RatingsWorld's Strongest Boy takes on 2.9m
Five's documentary profile The World's Strongest Boy attracted a sizeable 2.9 million viewers (11.9%) last night.
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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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Digital on the up
Digital TV is now in 55% of UK homes, with almost 4 million people taking up Freeview. Ofcom has reported that by 30 June this year, 13.7 million households had taken digital, TV with around 1 million taking analogue cable services. Overall, digital and analogue multichannel penetration stands at 59%. ...
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Vulnerability of a natural born winner
Mark Thompson assesses Greg Dyke's account of his time at the BBC, some of which he shared and some he watched from outside as Hutton's verdict floored a determined fighter.