All articles by Kate McMahon – Page 41
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NewsNetPlay to launch Freeview channel
Interactive gaming company NetPlay will launch a 24-hour Freeview channel in the new year.
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NewsOfcom to kick off local TV spectrum sale
Ofcom will auction off localised Freeview spectrum in Cardiff and Manchester in February, kicking off a spree which could see dozens of new community television stations spring up across the UK.
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NewsUTV talks break down
UTV staff will be facing widespread redundancies in the New Year after negotiations broke down between the National Union of Journalists, Bectu and the broadcaster.
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NewsRedundancies loom at UTV
UTV workers could be facing large scale redundancies before Christmas after redundancy negotiations broke down between the National Union of Journalists, Bectu and the broadcaster.
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NewsITV Studios poaches BBC daytime exec
BBC daytime commissioning editor Sumi Connock will jump channels to become the new Manchester head of entertainment for ITV Studios.
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NewsKangaroo poised to shake off competition shackles
BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4 have just 13 days to save video-on-demand joint venture Project Kangaroo - but are still confident it will launch next spring.
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NewsWild at Heart star flies across Africa for ITV1
Wild at Heart actor Stephen Tompkinson will fly across Africa in a Victorian-style hot air balloon for a factual series on ITV1.
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News360 degrees
Diagonal View - the quirky internet clips channel jointly owned by ITN Source and entrepreneur Matt Heiman - has soft-launched sister channel U-zoo.
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FeaturesBargain hunting for talented indies
Major media players are strengthening their position in the market by using the economic downturn as an opportunity to buy up smaller attractive indies.
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NewsCompetition Commission demands changes to Project Kangaroo
The Competition Commission has warned that joint video-on-demand project proposed by the BBC, ITV and Channel 4, Project Kangaroo, will not go ahead unless changes are made to ensure the VoD market remains competitive.
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NewsProject Kangaroo report due tomorrow
The Competition Commission will publish its provisional findings on the proposed BBC, ITV and Channel 4 joint video-on-demand service Project Kangaroo tomorrow (3 December).
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NewsITV to embed ads in UGC
ITV have unveiled plans to embed advertising in all user generated content uploaded onto ITV Local.
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NewsDiamond declares Fat War
Former TV-am host Anne Diamond will appear in a one-off documentary for Sky Real Lives to kick off its Extraordinary Weight Loss Season next January.
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NewsITV3 orders first factual show
ITV3 has commissioned a glossy property show for its first factual series, based around it most popular dramas.
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NewsBBC's Bedell to join ITV
BBC controller of entertainment commissioning Elaine Bedell will replace outgoing ITV director of entertainment and comedy Paul Jackson as part of a wider shake up of the commercial broadcaster's commissioning team.
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NewsOfcom rap ITV1 over transport plan ads
Ofcom has rapped ITV1 Granada over an ad for the Greater Manchester transport plan, finding it breached the TV advertising code.
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NewsITN secures Asian news agency deal
Asian News International - the company that has been producing much of the footage of the Mumbai terrorism attacks - has signed an exclusive representation deal with ITN Source.
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NewsDemons to spawn ITV's first interactive game
ITV has unveiled plans to launch its first online interactive game themed on forthcoming Van Helsing drama Demons.
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NewsSky to appeal ITV stake decision
BSkyB has applied to the Competition Appeal Tribunal for permission to make its case to the Court of Appeal in a bid to keep its 17.9% stake in ITV plc.
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NewsITV braces itself for more cuts and job losses
ITV has called in the Boston Consultancy Group for the second time this year to help it identify new areas of the business where costs can be cut.