All Freeview articles – Page 37

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    BBC backs free satellite service

    2004-04-29T08:30:00Z

    The BBC has called on the government to back a controversial free-to-air satellite TV service, claiming without it the government will not meet its analogue switch-off target.

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    BBC revives ?Freesat' plan

    2004-04-27T10:27:37Z

    The BBC has re-asserted its commitment to the creation of a free satellite proposition in a bid to help meet the government's timetable for analogue switch-off.

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    Airey plans Sky News investment

    2004-04-26T10:07:41Z

    BSkyB networks chief Dawn Airey is planning a significant investment in Sky News to distinguish the channel from BBC News 24.

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    Analysis - Profile - Venturing down new avenues.

    2004-04-26T09:38:46Z

    Since clawing 4 Ventures back from heavy losses, Rob Woodward is determined to extend the C4 brand through commercial opportunities.

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    UBC to unveil radio ad boost

    2004-04-20T09:07:12Z

    UBC Media, the owner of the Classic Gold network, expects to more than double its advertising sales when it publishes its annual results in June.

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    Top-Up TV claims convincing start

    2004-04-01T07:59:15Z

    Top-Up TV, the pay-TV service for Freeview viewers that launched this week, has already attracted 'thousands' of subscribers, according to its chairman, David Chance.

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    Sony eyes up Flextech

    2004-03-25T07:59:25Z

    Sony's international TV arm has been talking to Telewest about buying its multichannel business Flextech.

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    Pay-TV operators urged to cut content costs

    2004-03-22T09:13:44Z

    Pay-TV operators such as BSkyB will be forced to slash the amount they pay for content as more and more consumers opt for free to air or cheap digital TV packages, a new report has warned.

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    Murdoch vetoes launching Channel 6.

    2004-03-12T16:26:22Z

    BSkyB chief executive James Murdoch has halted plans to set up a 'Channel 6' entertainment channel on the Freeview platform, writes Paul Revoir.

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    Murdoch vetoes launching Channel 6

    2004-03-11T08:30:00Z

    BSkyB chief executive James Murdoch has halted plans to set up a 'Channel 6' entertainment channel on the Freeview platform.

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    Murdoch ?dumps' Channel 6 plan

    2004-03-08T09:50:16Z

    BSkyB chief executive James Murdoch has halted plans to launch 'Channel 6', a proposed new free-to-air offering, according to reports.

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    Older Viewers - Is grey the new black?

    2004-03-05T16:29:09Z

    It's time for broadcasters to retune their thinking on older viewers, as the stereotype of a cash-poor OAP watching Songs of Praise and switching off the ads couldn't be further from the truth. By Suzy Bashford.

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    Top-Up TV wins battle over EPG.

    2004-03-05T16:29:02Z

    Top-up TV, the company launching a pay-TV service on DTT, has won its battle to have

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    Top-Up TV wins battle over EPG

    2004-03-04T08:30:00Z

    Top-Up TV, the company launching a pay-TV service on DTT, has won its battle to have its new channels carried in the same section of the Freeview EPG as the free-to-air services.

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    COMMENT - The BBC's licence to bill.

    2004-02-27T16:53:41Z

    Charter review must address the future of the licence fee in the digital marketplace, writes Conor Dignam, Editor.

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    BBC drops objections to Top Up TV

    2004-02-27T10:44:49Z

    The BBC has dropped its objections to sharing the Freeview electronic programme guide (EPG) with pay-lite operator Top Up TV.

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    The BBC's licence to bill

    2004-02-26T08:30:00Z

    Charter review must address the future of the licence fee in the digital marketplace.David Elstein did the industry a favour this week by outlining a radical broadcasting policy that would first dismember and then destroy the BBC. It was the kind of intelligent, coolly rational argument that one might expect ...

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    CBM FOUR AIM TO LAUNCH FREESPORT.

    2004-02-19T16:17:29Z

    Four members of CBM Media - the company that made an aborted attempt to launch a

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    Digital debate hots up.

    2004-02-19T16:17:28Z

    Broadcasters this week stepped up their call on the government to give a precise date for

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    CBM four aim to launch Freesport

    2004-02-19T08:30:00Z

    Four members of CBM Media - the company that made an aborted attempt to launch a free-to-air sports channel on Freeview - are forming a new enterprise to further develop the idea. The group, comprising Simon Bazalgette, David Bellin, Peter Knowles and Rod Connors, are aiming to launch Freesport, a ...