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TIVO GAINS SKY BOOST
BSkyB has teamed up with NBC and Discovery to take a£36m stake in personal video recorder (PVR) manufacturer Tivo. Sky, which this week launched its own PVR service, Sky +,
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Singer lambasts ITV
Carlton and Granada should scrap their ITV Digital platform and invest more money in programming, according to Telewest chief executive Adam Singer.Singer said this week that with falling advertising revenues in
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Granada drops Platforms
Granada has scrapped the Platforms label it unveiled just three months ago as part of its restructure, writes Steve Aston.
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NoW channel cuts will affect 80 jobs
Internet and TV venture Network of the World (NoW) is axing two of its channels in a move that will affect up to 80 staff, writes Simon Ellery.
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Smash Hits in digital push
EMAP Performance Network (EPN) is planning to further extend its Smash Hits brand by launching a digital radio channel early next year, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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News3.4m discover The Truth About Food
BBC2's new winter show The Truth About Foodgot off to a fine start with 3.4 million (13.6%), as it breathed down the neck of Celebrity Big Brother.
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BBC PRIME SECURES GERMAN CARRIAGE DEAL
The BBC's international entertainment channel BBC Prime has secured carriage on the PrimaCom network in Germany. The deal will allow the channel to be seen by over 1 million new subscribers
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CHINESE CORONATION STREET SET FOR FACELIFT
Granada is to refresh the format of Joy Luck Street, the Chinese version of its soap Coronation Street. The programme is to be made less 'aspirational' to appeal to a broader
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RADIO AUTHORITY CONSIDERS TWG LICENCE
The Radio Authority has received one application for the Bradford and Huddersfield digital multiplex licence from TWG Digital. The Wireless Group-owned outfit has proposed to launch seven commercial stations in addition
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NewsC4 could take space in Salford
Channel 4 taking space at the Salford Media City development is a 'distinct possibility' according to the broadcaster's head of nations and regions Stuart Cosgrove.
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CARRIAGES DEALS BOOST EUROSPORTNEWS
Eurosport has closed two UK carriage deals for its new pan-European 24-hour sports news channel Eurosportnews. The channel launched this week on Sky Digital and will also launch on Telewest Active
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BYRD RESPONSIBILITY INCREASES AT BANFF
Banff Television Foundation in Canada has handed senior vice-president Jim Byrd the additional role of executive vice-president. Byrd, who is also Alliance Atlantis executive director, will provide operational leadership and management
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CAVALIER'S DADDY NETS C4 MESH CASH
Channel 4 has chosen Stephen Cavalier's short film Daddy as winner of this year's Mesh new-talent digital animation scheme. Set in 1950s America, Daddy is a tale of small-town adultery, corruption
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Teletext enters ITV sports talks
Teletext is holding talks with ITV about providing enhanced sports content for the network's sport output.ITV is looking at ways of adding value to its slate of sports output, such as
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NHS to boost health TV firm
Channel Health is to launch the government's third digital TV health proposition next month, writes Simon Ellery.
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Gullane poaches Disney boss
Gullane Entertainment has poached Walt Disney International senior vice-president of programming and creative development David Snyder to oversee the company's global production, distribution and development activity, writes Penny Hughes.
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Storm set for retail radio
Storm Digital Broadcasting (SDB), the radio outfit run by former Radio One DJ Bruno Brookes, is entering the in-house radio market with the launch of two new channels - Post Office Live and a radio station for newsagents, writes Georgina Lispcomb.
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The Office of Fair Trading will launch a full investigation into BSkyB's controversial 17.9% stake in ITV and has set a 25 January deadline for receiving representations from interested parties.
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4 X 4 TIMES TWO AS NEW SERIES CONFIRMED
Current affairs series 4 x 4 has been recommissioned for a second series by BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey and head of current affairs Peter Horrocks. From the autumn, the 6
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SCIENCE GREATS TO APPEAR ON CHANNEL 4
Channel 4 schools commissioning editor John Richmond has ordered a new series for the Science in Focus strand from indie Eagle & Eagle. Big Questions examines how great scientists such as