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Sky One/HBO output deal falls through
BSkyB has ended talks with HBO, the US producer behind The Sopranos, over a possible output deal.
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NewsMTV Hits drops schedule
MTV Hits is being transformed into a fully personalised channel where viewers can dictate the content, look and tone of the channel.
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NewsDisney develops VOD box
Walt Disney Television International and Switzerland's security software group Kudelski have set up a joint venture to develop and market a video-on-demand set top box-system.
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NewsGMB urges government: 'Rethink switch-off plan'
Britain's General Union (GMB) members have urged the government to rethink its plans for switchover, claiming many people are still unable to receive a decent enough digital signal.
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FX time-shifts
FX is to launch a time-shift service on the Sky platform. From 12 September, FX+ will air as a mirror channel running identical programming but with a two-hour delay to the original channel. Meanwhile the male-skewed FX has bolstered its Thursday night comedy slot by buying ABC's ...
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Optimistic seeks foreign quiz nations
Interactive group Optimistic Entertainment is set to roll out its quiz channel Nation 217 internationally under the name Quiz Nation. The channel, which will also be renamed in the UK, will look to launch on broadband TV and mobile platforms. A research and development team has been created for the ...
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Howe quits as head of Flextech sales
Mark Howe, the managing director of Flextech sales house IDS, has left the company after 13 years with no job to go to. He is unlikely to be replaced at the company, which sells TV advertising for the Flextech channels and the UKTV joint-venture with the BBC, and his job ...
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Local TV lobbies for digital slots
Commercial local TV operators met with Ofcom this week in a bid to persuade the regulator to offer them digital spectrum for their services. Currently local TV ventures such as Six TV in Oxford and Southampton and Channel M in Manchester operate on analogue Restricted Service Licences, which offer poorer ...
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Discovery's Dawkin-Jones joins UKTV
UKTV has poached Discovery's Laurence Dawkin-Jones to take up the role of commercial director. Reporting to John Keeling, controller UKTV channels, he will lead a 16-strong team that manages financial, legal and commercial aspects of its channel portfolio. Dawkin-Jones, who begins on 26 September, has recently been consulting for Discovery ...
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Sky sells Music Choice Europe to IGC
BSkyB-backed music channel Music Choice Europe is being sold for£2.7m to IGC, a company made up of individual investors operating out of Jersey. Music Choice, which plays audio-only music channels on TV platforms, was once valued at£200m on the stock- market. However, its value has been steadily declining due to ...
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MTV channel launches weekly games round-up
MTV's Freeview offering The Music Factory (TMF) is teaming up with French channel Game One to co-produce a weekly gaming show.
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Top Up to show Toonami kids channel
Top Up TV is launching Cartoon Network's kids channel Toonami on its platform early next month. The channel will broadcast on Saturdays and Sundays from 5am to 9am. It will replace Xtraview, its pay-per-day trial service which is being removed at the end of the month. Top Up bosses are ...
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Cartoon Network UK starts Robotboy
Cartoon Network UK has joined forces with French animation company Alphanim to co-produce a new cartoon series, Robotboy. The 26 x 30-minute series revolves around a super-robot, described as a cross between the Terminator and Pinocchio, who wishes he were a normal human boy. The show, aimed at six to ...
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Second US run for Carr's Distraction
US cable channel Comedy Central has ordered a second run of Distraction, the gameshow from British comedian Jimmy Carr. Produced by FremantleMedia North America, the show will return early next year for 14 episodes. Ordered by Comedy Central executive vice-president, original programming and development, the show ...
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Six Sky channels boost HD drive
BSkyB will add six of its own channels to its high definition (HD) TV package, which launches next year.
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Sky Sports to screen America's Cup
Sky Sports has secured exclusive UK rights to the America's Cup, being staged in Valencia in 2007, as part of a wider sailing coverage deal. Sky Sports will cover a minimum of five races between Swiss holders Alinghi, and their eventual challenger. The deal also includes coverage of the final ...
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ABC1 set for Sky
Disney's daytime entertainment channel ABC1 is set to launch on Sky next Tuesday (30 August). It is thought the channel, which airs shows such as Hope & Faithand Less Than Perfect, will occupy EPG 280. ABC1, which launched on Freeview in September ...
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NewsSwitchCo mounts£300m ad drive
SwitchCo is to kick off a£300m advertising campaign next month to prepare British television viewers for digital switchover from 2008.
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NewsFlextech bids by 2 Sept
The first round of bids for Flextech are to be submitted by the end of next week (Friday 2 September) with ITV, RTL and Sky seen as the frontrunners.
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NewsLiving launches own development division
Living TV is setting up an in-house development department to help generate and make new original shows.