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What's the point of Sky One?
Despite mutterings about poor ratings for key shows, Sky One's controller, James Baker, is confident that pursuing a strategy of buying and making edgy, talked-about shows will persuade the punters to sign up for the Sky platform.
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ITV's digital return
The£134m acquisition of SDN has put ITV on a strong footing in the digital arena, giving it the chance to become as big a player as the BBC. But will new channels continue to fuel its turnaround? By James Curtis.
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NewsFlexton wins brief for Extreme show
Scream Films has lost out on a lucrative contract to make the second series of Extreme Makeover UKfor Living TV, after its head of entertainment, Paul Flexton, quit to set up his own indie and poached the show.
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E4 to party 24 hours a day by adding music
Channel 4 is turning digital entertainment channel E4 into a 24-hour service in August by adding a new interactive music strand.
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NewsOfcom: Public clueless over analogue switch off
Over 70% of people in the UK are unaware of the government's plans for digital switchover, according to an Ofcom Consumer Panel study.
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NewsNTL beefs up basic package
NTL is to offer more channels in its basic TV package in a bid to better compete with BSkyB and Freeview for low paying customers.
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NewsE4 goes 24 hour
Channel 4 is making digital entertainment channel E4 a 24 hour service in August by adding a new interactive music strand.
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NewsNTL offloads Irish divison
NTL has sold its Irish division for Euro325m (£220.6m), increasing speculation that the cable firm is poised to enter into merger talks with rival Telewest.
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NewsCable duo prepare for merger
Telewest has asked Deutsche Bank to sound out potential buyers for its content arm Flextech, as the company gears up for a£5.5bn merger with fellow cable operator, NTL.
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Virgin rock on Sky
Virgin Radio Classic Rock has extended its footprint onto Sky Digital in a bid to attract more listeners. The SMG-owned station launched last year to digital radio listeners in London and on the internet. It reported 165,000 listeners in the last set of radio audience figures. Virgin Radio Classic Rock ...
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Murdoch admits disappointment over Sky One
BSkyB chief executive James Murdoch has admitted that, despite a change in strategy for flagship channel Sky One, r...
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NewsITV eyes return to pay-TV
ITV is looking to make a return to pay-TV broadcasting and is considering buying Freeview premium channel service Top Up TV.
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NewsRivals hit out at BBC over Freeview space
The BBC has angered rivals by refusing to lease any spare Freeview channel space it owns to commercial broadcasters.
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NewsSky profits up, but so is churn
BSkyB has reported a growth in profits and subscribers - but revealed that the amount of people ditching the service - 'churning' - had significantly increased.
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NewsCity braced for Sky Q3 results
BSkyB is expected to announce tomorrow that it has added less than 100,000 new subscribers in the third quarter, taking its customer base to around 7.7m.
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NewsLiving TV 'i-ads' lure rival viewers
Living TV has launched an interactive ad campaign that gives viewers on other channels access footage from its key summer shows.
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NewsStrong start for ITV3
ITV3 has been the most successfully launched digital channel on record, but has still failed to make much impact on the overall share for the ITV family of channels, new Barb figures reveal.
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Street-Porter fronts royal special
Janet Street-Porter is fronting a film for Sky One, in which she gives a critique of the British royal family. Janet Saves the Monarchywill feature former royal butler Paul Burrell, former press secretary to Prince Charles Mark Bolland and former editor of the ...
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True movie channel
Music broadcaster Chart Show Channels is launching a movie channel specialising in true stories. The 24-hour offering named True Movies will air on Sky EPG 333 from 6.30pm this Friday (29 April). Films include David's Mother starring Kirstie Alley.
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NewsITV buys SDN for£134m
ITV has massively boosted its DTT presence by acquiring Freeview multiplex owner SDN for£134m from United Business Media and S4C Digital Media.