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Fox TV distribution promotes two
Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution has promoted Jennifer Harrington and Denis Cantin to head its world format sales in the UK and Europe, effectively splitting the position held until recently by Peter van den Bussche. In her new role as director of format sales, Harrington, formerly a sales manager for ...
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Sky launches digibox loyalty card
BSkyB is to launch another TV first this week - an interactive TV credit and loyalty card. The scheme, to be unveil...
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NewsSwitchCo hires chief
SwitchCo, the company responsible for driving the government's switch from analogue to digital by 2012, has appointed Ford Ennals, a senior marketing figure, as its chief executive.
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NewsSky nabs Ant & Dec celeb golf show
A celebrity golf special fronted by Ant and Dec has been dropped by ITV for being below par and snatched up by Sky.
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NewsFox fills van den Bussche role
Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution has promoted Jennifer Harrington and Denis Cantin to head up its world format sales in the UK and Europe, effectively splitting recently axed Peter van den Bussche's role.
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NewsAirey: ITV should adopt subscription
Dawn Airey, managing director of Sky Networks, believes that traditional commercial networks such as ITV could be heading for trouble if they don't shift to subscription-based business models.
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NewsFive grabs rights to MTV's music awards
Five has poached terrestrial rights to broadcast the MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs) from Channel 4.
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NewsNew acquisitions chief for Jetix
Kids broadcaster Jetix Europe has appointed Nathan Waddington as director of pan-European acquisitions and UK programming.
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Men & Motors in May launch on Freeview
ITV is set launch Men & Motors on Freeview next month after paying around£5m for a slot on Crown Castle's digital ...
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YooMedia in stategic deal for ViaVision
Yoomedia, the interactive group headed by former BBC executive David Docherty has paid around£1.3m for ViaVision, the owner of Game-In TV, in a bid to expand its presence in the gaming industry.
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C4 assigns more money to More4
Channel 4 has increased the annual programming budget for its new free-to-air digital service More4 from£30m to£3...
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ABC1 to introduce Kevin Hill to UK
Disney's daytime entertainment channel ABC1 has secured the UK premiere of US drama Kevin Hill. The 22-part series, which was first broadcast in the US last year, focuses on a successful lawyer whose life is turned around when he adopts a baby girl. It will begin airing this autumn on ...
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C4 ends Discovery deal
Discovery's co-production and output deal with Channel 4 for first-look multichannel rights to factual and lifestyle hits, such as Property Ladder, has ended and will not be renewed.
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NewsYooMedia buys gaming broadcaster
YooMedia, the interactive group headed by former BBC executive David Docherty has bought ViaVision, the owner of Game-In TV, for an estimated£1.4m, in a bid to expand its presence in the gaming industry.
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NewsMore4 to premiere West Wing
The West Wing, the cult US White House drama, is to be given a regular peaktime slot on Channel 4's forthcoming digital channel More4.
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NewsC4 takes new Freeview slot
Channel 4 has joined ITV in securing one of Crown Castle's two available slots on the Freeview digital television platform.
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NewsHallmark Channel dropped in Iberia
The Hallmark Channel is being pulled off air today in Spain and Portugal, just weeks before the David Elstein-led $242m buy-out of the international business is completed.
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NewsFilmFour signs up Neil Jordan film
FilmFour has teamed up with director Neil Jordan to adapt a novel about a teenage girl who claims to have seen the Virgin Mary.
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Opening at Jetix
Kids channel operator Jetix is looking for a new director of acquisitions for Europe, following Henrietta Hurford-Jones' decision to quit. Her resignation comes a month after former senior vice-president of programming and acquisitions Benoit Runel was made redundant as part of a drive to streamline the department. A spokesperson for ...
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Two Way sets up offshoot with HTI
Interactive TV specialist Two Way TV has set up a production and distribution offshoot and has picked up its first two jobs from Sky Movies and Flextech.