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More than 60% of homes have digital TV
More than 60% of UK houses now receive digital TV, with more houses having broadband internet connections than dial-up accounts for the first time, according to The Ofcom Communications Marketreport. It added that more than 250,000 houses each month are switching onto digital or adding another ...
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NewsITV kids channel set for autumn
ITV has scrapped plans to link up with multichannel broadcaster Nickelodeon for a new kids offering and is set to launch its own channel instead.
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Beattie fills Sky feature commissioning position
Sky One has drafted in former RDF head of features Anna Beattie to take on the newly created role of commissioning editor for features.
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NewsSky Sports chief joins Setanta
Sky Sports second in command, Trevor East, has left to join Irish sports broadcasters Setanta.
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NewsHow Sky News reported the attacks
Broadcasters rushed to cover the terrorist attacks on London - with news staff themselves caught up in the events as commuters. This is the story from inside Sky News of how the story broke yesterday morning.
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Teachers' TV online
Teachers' TV is making its entire archive of programmes available online to give teachers full on-demand access to its material. The digital channel will upload the day's content in advance at 6am each morning. The channel - which is funded by the Department for Education and Skills and broadcasts advice, ...
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Sky secures bones for 2006 broadcast
Sky One has secured all the rights to Twentieth Century Fox's drama Bonesstarring David Boreanaz ( Buffy the Vampire Slayerand Angel). The series follows an anthropologist who assists in murder investigations. Bonesis
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ITV1 launches on-demand repeats
ITV1 has made its first move into the on-demand market with the launch of a repeats service on HomeChoice.
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Time to sit up and take notice
Broadcast Digital Channel Award winner Sit-Up TV has made a stunning success of a risky idea - an auction channel where the prices get lower.
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Cashing in on Call TV
With Channel 4 in the throes of setting up a quiz channel, it seems that with its promise of high returns for minimal outlays, the concept of call TV is proving hard for broadcasters to resist.
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NewsSharman bids to boost CBBC interactive
Incoming controller of CBBC Alison Sharman will use her first speech in the role to put new media at the heart of the department's output.
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NewsBoro TV faces closure
NTL is threatening to close its TV channel dedicated to Middlesbrough Football Club making 12 full-time staff redundant unless outside investment is found by the end of July.
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NewsLiving TV's L-Word ads in hot water
Living TV's raunchy advertising campaign for lesbian drama The L-Wordhas sparked hundreds of complaints.
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NewsLiving grows paranormal output
Living TV is beefing up its paranormal strand with two prime-time commissions fronted by Most Hauntedpsychic Derek Acorah.
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NewsTelewest rolls out TV on demand
Telewest has confirmed the launch of its TV-on-demand service, which will be called Teleport.
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NewsC4 quiz channel to launch on Freeview
Channel 4 is stepping up its commercial activity with plans to launch a live quiz channel on Freeview before the end of the year.
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NewsBBC3 judged best entertainment channel
BBC3 won the Best General Entertainment Channel Award at the inaugural Broadcast Digital Channel Awards last night (Wednesday).
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Sky sets off on adventure
Sky One has commissioned a new travel show featuring celebrities attempting challenges such as climbing the highest mountain in the Arctic and retracing the 1941 Barbarossa invasion of the Soviet Union.
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NewsBlair to face second MTV grilling
Tony Blair has volunteered to endure another grilling on MTV, this time over key issues surrounding the G8 summit, such as Africa and climate change.
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NewsComing soon: ITV on your phone
ITV is poised to sign a deal with O2 that will see it become the first terrestrial channel to be broadcast live on mobile phones.