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NewsOnline rights row delays TV review
The ongoing row between producers and broadcasters over new media rights has forced Ofcom to postpone publication of its long-awaited Television Production Sector Review.
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NewsBellamy to refocus BBC3
BBC3's new controller, Julian Bellamy, is expected to oversee a drive into entertainment at the channel when he takes over in the New Year.
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Five paid£20m for Top Up stake
Five paid£20m for its 20% stake in Top Up TV - valuing the pay-TV platform at£100m, it has emerged.
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NTL lines up Flextech deal
NTL has told broadcasters keen to partner in UKTV, its joint-venture with BBC Worldwide, that they must also be willing to take a stake in Flextech.
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NewsITV News Channel's future undecided
ITV has delayed making a decision over the potential closure of ITV News Channel, after board members failed to reach a verdict in a meeting yesterday.
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NewsFilmFour set for Freeview launch
Channel 4 is to use its new Freeview slot to launch FilmFour on the platform.
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NewsITV confirms purchase of Friends Reunited
ITV has acquired community web site Friends Reunited for an initial payment of£120 million.
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NewsNTL looks to buy Branson's mobile empire
Cable company NTL has confirmed it is mulling an£835m bid for billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson's Virgin Mobile group, with the aim of creating a 'quadruple play' media group.
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NewsBBC news veteran joins Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera International has signed up former BBC News veteran Stephen Cole as anchor in their London bureau.
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NewsBBC kicks off Local TV trial
The BBC has launched its local TV news pilot in the West Midlands - supplying on-demand news services aimed at city and county level.
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Regan goes to Living
Living TV has poached Steve Regan, executive producer, factual entertainment from Sky One. Regan, whose credits at Sky One included Football Icon, Death by Excess, Coked-Up Britain and Janet Street-Porter Saves the Monarchy, joined Living as commissioning editor on 14 November. Initially on a four-month contract he reports to Richard ...
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TCM hires Sony exec as launch nears
Turner Classic Movies (TCM)has poached Sony Pictures Television executive Chloe Norman to the role of programming manager as it gears up to launch a second channel.
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Eastern Europe buys Records clip show
Guinness World Records TV (GWR TV) has sold 40 x 30-minute episodes of clip show Ultimate Guinness World Records to broadcasters Viasat3 in Hungary and DTV Viasat in Russia. The series has now been sold to more than 60 countries. Viasat has also bought 17 x 60-minute shows of Australia's ...
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Bravo takes on football thugs
Bravo has greenlit a factual documentary series on football hooliganism, billed as a real-life version of Nick Love's hit film The Football Factory.
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NewsTelewest beats Sky to HD launch
Telewest is set to steal a march on rival BSkyB by rolling out a high definition TV service this week - well ahead of Sky's expected April launch.
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Sky One show to trace royal roots of families
Sky One has commissioned a genealogy show plus two documentaries about rare life-threatening diseases.
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OAPs given£100 to make digital switch
Pensioners taking part in a digital switch-over trial in Bolton have been given an allowance of£100 each to make the change to digital television.
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4kids in talks to launch in Sit-Up slot
US indie 4kids Entertainment, distributor of shows such as Pokemon and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, is in talks to launch a children's channel on Sit-Up TV's Freeview bandwidth.
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UKTV sport brief for Sebert
UKTV has drafted in former British Eurosport managing director Pierre-Jean Sebert to work on a range of projects including a possible sports channel.
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NewsOfcom sanctions Bloomberg TV
2pm: Financial service Bloomberg TV has been slammed by Ofcom for failing to provide balanced reporting of the three main political parties during this year's election battle.