All Multiplatform articles – Page 216
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NewsSky Movies buys complete Star Wars set
BSkyB has signed a major content agreement to show the entire Star Wars saga in 2006.
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NewsDigital Classics suffers increase in losses
Music and TV group Digital Classics has said its annual results are below expectations because it failed to find a US buyer for its Michael Jackson documentary.
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NewsThe Match scores 2m
Sky One's The Match - Live is the highest rating non-sports multichannel programme so far this year.
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Minotaur names new head of sales
Flextech-owned distribution company Minotaur International has promoted Dayna Lustig Donaldson to head of sales.
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NewsFrost 'checked' al-Jazeera out for terrorist links
Sir David Frost has told Broadcastthat he checked out al-Jazeera with senior figures in the UK and US governments to ensure it had no links with terrorist organisation al-Qaida before accepting a job with the Arab news channel's new European service.
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NewsITV & C4 to join Freeview consortium
ITV and Channel 4 are set to become members of the consortium that owns Freeview, joining existing stakeholders BBC, BSkyB and Crown Castle.
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NewsSky offers Robbie Williams in high-def
BSkyB is ramping up its marketing campaign ahead of the launch of its high-definition service by taking part in an exclusive screening of a Robbie Williams concert.
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Crick moves to TLC
Discovery's US non-fiction entertainment channel TLC has poached Zig Zag Entertainment's Ed Crick to the role of director of UK development. Taking up his post immediately, Crick will work to identify, acquire and deliver new series formats and specials for TLC. He will be based at Discovery's London office and ...
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Trouble hires BBC exec to lead rebrand
Flextech has hired former BBC senior commissioning executive for factual Celia Taylor as deputy channel controller, Challenge and Trouble.
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Tangled web of rights
With the rapid rise of download technology, broadcasters and producers agree the old model of primary rights is outdated. Now the fur is flying over how valuable online rights should be divided.
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Hitting the spot
Men's channel Bravo is hoping its hefty investment in Ultimate Fighting Championship, a brutal mixed martial arts contest, will pay off by creating cult viewing which lifts the channel out of its niche.
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NewsCreation of a cable giant
NTL and Telewest tied the knot this week in a landmark merger aimed at boosting the pair's ability to take on rivals BSkyB and BT.
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NewsITV could drop News for lads channel
ITV is considering pulling the ITV News Channel off Freeview in a bid to keep lads channel Men and Motors on the digital terrestrial platform.
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NewsEC on verge of antitrust action over TV football rights
The European Commission is on the brink of beginning legal action against the English Football Association Premier League over the carving up of television broadcasting rights.
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Former Living prog head moves to ITV3
Former Living TV head of programming Emma Tennant has been appointed editor of ITV3.
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NewsNTL in IPTV trial
NTL is launching a TV over broadband trial service featuring content from MTV, Turner, ITN and UKTV.
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Sky chief calls for relaxation of media rules
BSkyB chief executive James Murdoch has branded the European Commission's (EC) proposals to tighten media regulations as 'doomed.'
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NewsSky Three to launch on Freeview
BSkyB is launching Sky Three, a new Freeview channel that will showcase content from Sky One.
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FilmFlex names Sky veteran Keyte as MD
Movie-on-demand service FilmFlex has appointed former BSkyB executive Andrew Keyte as its first managing director. Keyte, who was the general manager of Sky's 11 movie channels until 1999, has been brought on board to spearhead the region-by-region roll-out of the group's VoD service on NTL and Telewest. He begins on ...
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Kilgarriff calls time on Turner stint
Richard Kilgarriff is leaving his job as senior vice-president and general manager of Turner Europe at the end of the month. Kilgarriff has been with Turner in various roles for four years, most recently responsible for all the company's UK entertainment channels including Cartoon Network, Boomerang, Toonami and Turner Classic ...