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NewsBrook to float Nation 217 on stock market
The Optimistic Network, the interactive business set up by former Channel 4 director of strategy David Brook, is set to float on the Stock Exchange later this month at a value of£27m.
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NewsSky premieres new series of 24 on Freeview
Sky is to show the first episode of the new series of 24on its free-to-air channel Sky Travel as well as Sky One in a bid to lure Freeview viewers who get hooked on the cult series to upgrade to pay-TV.
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NewsDiscovery boosts lifestyle output
Discovery Networks Europe is to launch three lifestyle channels in the UK this year.
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NewsSky Travel to show new 24 episode
Sky is to show the first episode of the new series of 24on its Sky Travel channel as well as Sky One, allowing viewers in Freeview homes to see the beginning of the cult series.
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NewsHomeChoice launches VOD advert channel
The advertising agency that sparked a national dance craze with its Lynx ?I like to party' campaign, is backing the UK's first video-on-demand advertising channel.
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NewsAuctionworld stripped of its licence
Teleshopping channel Auctionworld, has had its broadcasting license revoked by Ofcom.
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NewsC4 beefs up FilmFour
Channel 4's movie division FilmFour has appointed a former executive from Gwyneth Paltrow's film indie to head up its development slate.
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NewsFox's Glazier joins Touchdown
Jonathan Glazier, head of production and development for Fox World UK, has quit to join New Zealand-based indie Touchdown Television.
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NewsBBC shuts more websites
The BBC is to close more websites and reduce funding to others in a bid to make£6m in savings from its new media budget, although it has said no job losses will result from the cuts.
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NewsTelewest dumps Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon is calling on viewers to drop Telewest and sign up with Sky, after the cable operator pulled its four channels off air.
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NewsSky buys DreamWorks animation
Sky One has picked up exclusive UK rights to Father Of The Pride the first CGI animation project from Shrek-producer DreamWorks.
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Gallagher to front sky showbiz series
Sky One has poached Elaine Gallagher from Channel X Productions to become series editor of Entertainment Tonight - the weekly showbiz news magazine due to premiere in the UK on 7 January. Gallagher will be based at Paramount Pictures in LA and report to Sky ...
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DRLS ready to go
Commercial terrestrial broadcasters this week accepted Ofcom's digital replacement licences (DRLs). The DRLs, which come into effect on 28 December, replace the old analogue licences. They contain various obligations related to digital switchover, including meeting the target date of 31 December 2012. Switchover will happen on ITV on a region-by-region ...
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Disney finds UK head
Disney UK finance controller Simon Bailey is to take control of the company's British TV business, including the ABC1 channel that launched earlier this year. He becomes vice-president and deputy managing director and will be responsible for the day-to-day running of the UK Disney Channel, Playhouse Disney, Toon Disney, Disney ...
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Ofcom gets Freeview box figures wrong
Ofcom has admitted that it overestimated the number of Freeview households in the UK by more than 400,000.
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DABs set for Xmas boost
Digital radio is set for a boost with retailers and broadcasters predicting DAB sets will be one of this Christmas's must-have gifts.
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NewsChannel 4 to take E4 onto Freeview
Channel 4 is planning to turn its digital entertainment network E4 into a free-to-air service and put it on Freeview.
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NewsOnly gays in the village are not for Sky One
Sky One has dropped its light-hearted reality series The Only Gays in the Village , in which four gay men were sent to work in 'gay-free' rural village, over concerns it didn't fit the channel's new image.
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NewsSky deal is not cricket, says angry MP
The government is facing renewed calls to review the 'crown jewels' sporting events that must be kept on terrestrial television after Sky this week won exclusive live rights to England's home test matches.
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NewsDisney appoints UK TV chief
Disney UK finance controller Simon Bailey is to take control of the company's British TV business, including the ABC1 channel that launched earlier this year.