All Multiplatform articles – Page 220
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NewsFX launches timeshift channel
FX, the Fox-owned channel airing on Sky, is launching a time-shift service.
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NewsUKTV hires commercial director
UKTV has poached Discovery's Laurence Dawkin-Jones to take up the role of commercial director.
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NewsTV execs unclear of switch off plans
The majority of TV executives say the government needs to outline a clearer strategy for digital switchover.
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NewsFlextech sales chief quits
Mark Howe, the managing director of Flextech sales house IDS, has left the company after 13 years with no job to go to.
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NewsMTV UK investigates gun crime
MTV UK is relaunching its news coverage with an extended special on gun crime in the UK.
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NewsOptimistic renames Nation 217 as Quiz Nation
Interactive group Optimistic Entertainment is set to roll out its gaming and quiz channel Nation 217 internationally under the name Quiz Nation.
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NewsFree Sky+ boxes are 'uneconomical'
BSkyB has been warned that giving away free Sky+ boxes is 'uneconomical' by a leading investment bank.
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Five makes first multichannel move
Five has launched its first venture into multichannel TV with a joint-venture with interactive media group YooMedia. From this week, YooPlay TV on Sky is piloting an extended version of Five's daily quiz show Brainteasers. After the initial 13 weeks, there is an option to extend ...
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Murdoch's next move
For a company that won domination of pay-TV by taking big, bold gambles, Sky's interest in a little string of cinemas seems like a sideshow - but the market could be in for a surprise.
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VH-1 set to air Celebrity Pop Star
US music broadcaster VH-1 is poised to pick up Granada USA's hybrid reality show I'm a Celebrity But I Want to be a Pop Starafter the ITV-owned producer could not strike a deal with NBC.
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TMF airs first live show
MTV's Freeview channel The Music Factory (TMF) has commissioned its first live show, from Optimistic Entertainment, owner of TV channel Nation 217 and maker of Flipside TV.
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NewsITV confirms kids channel plans
ITV has confirmed it is to launch commercial free-to-air kids' channel across all platforms including Freeview.
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NewsCall for goverment to back rival to Sky
Pressure group The Voice of the Listener and Viewer has called on the government to back a new FreeSat rival to Sky.
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NewsFormer BBC news editor launches lifestyle channel
Two former executive newscasters are launching a lifestyle channel called New You.
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NewsOFT clears ITV SDN deal
ITV's£134m acquisition of Freeview multiplex owner SDN has been cleared by the Office of Fair Trading.
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NewsTSB man joins NTL
NTL has appointed banking executive Neil Berkett as its chief operating officer.
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NewsEC considers legal action against Premier League
The European Commission is considering legal action against the Premier League as negotiations to end BSkyB's 13-year monopoly of football rights stall.
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NewsElson: content becoming 'more valuable'
Telewest's intentions over Flextech were muddied further yesterday by the cable company's acting chief executive Barry Elson who argued that content is becoming 'more valuable' to media groups.
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NewsFive ventures into multichannel world
Five has announced its first venture into mulitchannel TV with a joint venture with interactive media group YooMedia.
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Bravo puts ultimate fighting centre stage
Ultimate Fighting, the extreme combat phenomenon where contestants batter each other using a mix of martial arts, is to be given a permanent fixture on men's channel Bravo.