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NewsSky hit by City fears
BSkyB's share price took another battering yesterday - dropping 14p - after rumours that the satellite giant has signed up just 15,000 new customers in the last quarter.
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NewsRacing UK goes broadband
Racing UK, the horseracing channel constructed out of the ashes of Attheraces, is launching a broadband service.
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NewsSky 'on target' to hit 8 million subs
New research has revealed that Sky chief James Murdoch's plans to have eight million customers by 2005 is on track.
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Bravo ties up with Men's Health for series
Bravo has teamed up with magazine publisher Rodale to air a masthead series based on fitness title Men's Health.
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Discovery signs up ex-Sky music chief
Lester Mordue, Sky's former music channels chief who left after only six months in the job, has resurfaced with a new job at Discovery.
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NewsDigital TV now in 55% of homes
Digital TV is now in 55% of UK homes, with almost 4 million people taking Freeview.
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NewsC4 books space for 14 new channels
Channel 4 has signed a£55m deal with satellite operator SES that will enable it to launch around 14 new channels.
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Talksport to launch TV channel on Sky
Radio station TalkSport is planning to launch its own TV channel and will begin broadcasting next month on Sky. A daily six-hour programming block featuring footage of Talksport presenters will air on Sky channel 235 from 4 October and owner TWG hopes to launch a full channel next year. The ...
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Racing UK on cable
Horse-racing channel Racing UK has increased its reach to a further 1 million homes after signing a deal with cable operator Telewest Broadband. Racing UK is already available in BSkyB's 7.4 million homes.
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Shake-up at BSkyB music
BSkyB has handed the running of its three music channels to a rival company in a move that leaves 13 staff facing redundancy.
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Casanova for BBC3
Casanova, the upcoming period drama about the legendary womaniser from writer Russell T Davies, is to debut on BBC3 before airing on BBC1. The three-parter, originally developed by Michele Buck, Damien Timmer and Julie Gardner for ITV, will air next year.
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NewsTWG trials Talksport TV
Radio station TalkSport is planning to launch its own TV channel and will begin broadcasting programmes next month on Sky.
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NewsHorse of the Year rides to Sky
Sky Sports is to broadcast the Horse of the Year Show next month - giving the event its first TV slot for five years.
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NewsJobs go as Sky hands music channels to rival
The running of BSkyB's three music channels are to be handed over to a rival company in a bid to make them more profitable, leaving 13 staff redundant.
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NewsLeague of Gentlemen writer pens BBC comedy
BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy has commissioned a new long-running comedy drama about a set of weird characters in Blackpool from the award-winning writer of the League of Gentlemen.
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NewsITV confirms ITV3 line-up
ITV has unveiled a line-up full of domestic and imported drama for its over-35s digital channel, ITV3, which is set to on 1 November.
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NewsLittlejohn producer joins al-Jazeera
Steve Clarke, the executive producer of Richard Littlejohn's former Sky News show, is to join al-Jazeera's planned English language channel.
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When the firing started
CNN reporter Ryan Chilcote writes frankly about the horrific task of reporting for hours from the streets of Beslan
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Jetix signs toon co-pro
Jetix Europe, the recently rebranded Fox Kids Europe service, has signed a co-production deal with French production company SIP Animation for an animated action series. The 26 x 30-minute The Insiders (working title) will follow the exploits of a team of rebellious action heroes. It ...
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CNN poaches staff
CNN has increased its London newsgathering team by poaching two editorial staff from Sky News and one from ITV. Sky News' Roger Clark and Katie Turner have been appointed as assignment editors. Clark was editor of Sky News at Ten, while Turner was night programme editor. At the same time, ...