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Freeview leads digital TV numbers surge
Almost 60% of UK households have digital TV, according to Ofcom's latest Digital Television Update. It revealed that in the three months to 31 December 2004 the total number of digital homes grew by 914,980 to 14,773,881 (59.4% of homes). Only 55.9% of homes were digital by 30 September. Freeview ...
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Shiny Happy People: REM get own channel
Video Networks has launched a video-on-demand channel dedicated to US rock group REM. As of yesterday (31 March) subscribers to Video Networks' on-demand service Homechoice will be able to access all manner of footage relating to REM, including pop videos, documentaries and concert footage. REM on V:MX will have three ...
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ABC1 in ad deal
Disney entertainment channel ABC1 has signed its first advertising deal, teaming up with the world's largest advertiser, Procter & Gamble. From Friday (1 April) the channel, which has not taken any ads since its September 2004 launch, will feature two advertising breaks per half-hour during shows. There will, however, be ...
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NewsSky in EPG shake-up
BSkyB is planning a major overhaul of its electronic programme guide (EPG), giving greater exposure to genres such as religion and adult entertainment.
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UK's first gay channel to air from autumn
Sky Italia's outgoing programme chief David Bouchier is returning to the UK to set up a channel exclusively for gay men.
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Paice quits Sky to go solo
Sky One head of factual programmes Matthew Paice, the commissioner behind the channel's award-winning series Brainiac, has left with no job to go to.
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Ex-Sky trio launch Poker Channel.
Three former Sky executives have launched the UK's first television channel dedicated to poker, writes Susan Thompson.
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ITV and C4 win Freeview slots.
ITV and Channel 4 have bagged Crown Castle's two vacant Freeview slots, writes Susan Thompson.
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NewsSky weighs in for more Battlestar Galactica
BSkyB has signed up to co-produce a second series of US sci-fi drama Battlestar Galactica.
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NewsGovt starts analogue switch-off
The Government will tonight take its first tentative step toward analogue switch-off with the launch of a trial scheme in Wales.
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NewsFX chief takes top Fox job
Peter Ligouri, the head of the FX cable network in the US, has been promoted to president of Fox Entertainment, the broadcaster of hit shows such as The OCand 24.
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NewsJetix acquisitions chief quits
Kids channel operator Jetix is looking for a new director of acquisitions for Europe, following Henrietta Hurford-Jones' decision to quit.
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NewsABC1 takes first ads
Disney entertainment channel abc1 has signed its first advertising deal, teaming up with the world's largest advertiser, Procter & Gamble.
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Mote to step down
Community Channel controller Jane Mote is to step down at the end of June. She will return to the BBC, from where she has been on secondment since January 2003, in an as yet unspecified role. The not-for-profit channel, run by The Media Trust, has advertised for a replacement. Meanwhile, ...
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NewsITV and C4 win Freeview slots
ITV and Channel 4 have bagged Crown Castle's two vacant Freeview slots.
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Ex-Sky trio launch Poker Channel
Three former Sky executives have launched the UK's first television channel dedicated to poker.
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NewsUKTV chief joins Sci-Fi
NBC Universal has poached Nick Betts from UKTV to head up the UK Sci-Fi Channel.
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Sit-up TV to hold four-minute auctions
Sit-Up TV is to launch another live shopping channel, Speed Auction TV, this summer. The channel will stage a series of high-speed auctions lasting for a maximum of four minutes with most auctions starting at just£1. It is hoped the fast-pace format, which will be available on Sky Digital and ...
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NTL admits threat from Freeview
NTL chief executive Simon Duffy admitted this week that customers were ditching cable services and taking up Freeview and its pay-TV offering, Top Up TV.
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NewsITV and C4 look at taking UKTV stake
ITV and Channel 4 have held separate talks with UKTV's owners, the BBC and Flextech, about taking a stake in the multichannel network.