All Multiplatform articles – Page 233
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NewsReality TV stocks up
Reality TV, the channel run by Zone Vision Networks, has signed up five new series' including Flame TV's Cage Combat.
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NewsKids channels hit back over child obesity
Turner Broadcasting's UK chief Richard Kilgarriff has challenged the government to put its money where its mouth is on childhood obesity - and invest in health education campaigns on children's television.
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NewsBaker plots 'edgy' Sky One
Sky One controller James Baker is looking to transform BSkyB's flagship channel into a US-style cable network offering with 'attitude and edge'.
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NewsGSB programme chief joins Celador
Granada Sky Broadcasting (GSB) director of programming Gary Shoefield has joined Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?owner Celador.
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NewsPsychic TV channel grows reach
TV Commerce, the interactive TV operator that floated on the AIM Stock Exchange this week, has secured a daytime slot for its psychic TV service, Your Destiny.
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NewsHallmark UK chief quits
Hallmark UK chief executive Jeff Henry has quit the company following this week's $242m takeover of Hallmark International by an investor team led by David Elstein.
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NTL/Flextech deal
NTL Broadcast has won the contract to distribute three Flextech Television channels. Ftn, Challenge +1 and Trouble Reload will be uplinked to NTL Broadcast's Eurobird transponder which will beam the channels to the Sky Digital platform. Ftn reaches 1 million viewers a month while games entertainment channel Challenge +1 has ...
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NewsElstein takes over Hallmark Channel
Former Channel Five chief executive David Elstein has bought the international business of the Hallmark Channel for $242m (£127m).
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NewsITV and C4 favourites to get Freeview slot
The race to secure the vacant Freeview slot has narrowed down to two companies - ITV and Channel 4.
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Sky moves away from rolling news
Sky News is planning a revamp that will move the channel away from rolling news and introduce more 'appointment to view' programmes into its schedule.
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Challenge TV to show daily draw
Challenge has signed a major new deal with National Lottery operator Camelot to broadcast the Daily Play draw live for the first time.
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NewsAl Murray inks 3 year Paramount deal
Al Murray has signed a three-year deal with Paramount Comedy to front a new series featuring the best stand-up talent from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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NewsElstein buys Hallmark International
Former Channel Five chief executive David Elstein has bought the international business of the Hallmark Channel in a deal worth around£128m.
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NewsExpress Group axes BBC and ITV digital listings
The Daily Express and Daily Star have axed listings for channels including BBC3 and ITV2 after broadcasters refused to pay thousands of pounds demanded by the newspaper group for the service.
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Switch-off debate
Sky Networks chief executive Dawn Airey, former Five chief David Elstein, film-maker Roger Graef and former Carlton director of programmes Steve Hewlett have been signed up by the Media Society for a debate on analogue switch-off. They will discuss whether the switchover will be easy for broadcasters or ' lead ...
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Shennan brought in to Asian Network
Bob Shennan, controller of BBC Radio Five Live, has been handed responsibility for the digital station Asian Network, following recommendations that the channel should strengthen its news coverage. Vijay Sharma, manager of Asian Network, will continue to oversee daily operations but Shennan will represent the station at controller meetings.
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Musicians Channel goes 24 hours a day
The Musicians Channel, the digital channel dedicated to music education, has moved to a 24-hour service on Sky Digital. The new hours will include new content such as footage of live festivals, new unsigned acts, studio shows and 'character-driven factual programmes' every Sunday night. The channel has ...
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NewsITV pulls plug on Manchester unit
ITV is closing its low-cost multichannel production arm in Manchester, threatening up to 20 jobs.
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ITV revives Office Monkey
ITV2 is to bring back Princess Productions' Office Monkeyafter axing it over a year ago.
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NewsDiscovery's Abraham joins TLC
Discovery Networks UK general manager David Abraham has been appointed to run TLC in the US in a bid to turn round the struggling channel.