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NewsHallmark Channel lifts subscriber base
The international arm of the American Hallmark Channel, put up for sale by owners Crown Media last month, has reported a modest growth in subscribers.
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NewsLet battle commence
In the interests of pursuing the government's digital switchover plans, the BBC is calling for a FreeSat service to rival Sky. So would the creation of ?FreeSat' lead to a new satellite war.
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Aussie soap channel to launch on Sky
Two British entrepreneurs are to launch a channel dedicated to classic and contemporary Australian soaps.
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Sky and Arena buy out C4 racing stake
BSkyB and Arena Leisure have bought out Channel 4's 33% stake in the collapsed Attheraces media rights consortium. Sky and Arena have signed up 25 race courses for a new subscription TV service they intend to launch next month. Meanwhile, in a widely expected move, the BBC has retained broadcasting ...
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NTL reports£2.2m first-quarter profit
Cable operator NTL has reported a first quarter operating profit of£2.2m to 31 March 2004, compared with a£54.1m operating loss in the first quarter of last year. Revenues in the cable giant's broadcast division increased 11% from£64.3m to£71.4m. NTL added 16,600 TV subscribers in the first three months of the ...
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Top-Up TV extends reach by 500,000
Freeview pay-TV service, Top-Up TV, is to be made available in a further 500,000 homes following a deal to allow owners of digital TV sets to access the service.
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NewsDavid Brook venture signs up R1 DJ
Former Channel 4 strategy director David Brook's channel Nation 217 has signed up BBC Radio 1 DJ Mary Ann Hobbs for a live music show showcasing new bands.
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NewsSky News kicked out of Zimbabwe
A Sky News team has been ordered out of Zimbabwe, following accusations from the country's information minister that the two-man crew had flown into the country without permission
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Lewis to oversee ITV digital channels
ITV has promoted general manager of digital channels Jonathan Lewis to be its new controller of digital channels, overseeing the commercial aspects of all of the broadcaster's digital channels. He will also oversee ITV's interests in third party channels such as Men and Motors and Plus as well as MUTV. ...
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New Freeview channel
Shopping channel Ideal World, which broadcasts on Sky and NTL digital, has launched on Freeview. Channel 22 is part of the Crown Castle multiplex, but is not the last available slot on Freeview. Meanwhile, the Digital Interactive Television Group is in talks with Telewest to launch its Avego gaming channel ...
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Report into BBC online to come out in May
Former Trinity Mirror chief executive Philip Graf is expected to hand his report on the BBC's online services to the government on Friday (30 April). Media secretary Tessa Jowell commissioned Graf to review the BBC's internet services in August last year. Jowell is expected to publish Graf's report by mid-May. ...
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BBC backs free satellite service
The BBC has called on the government to back a controversial free-to-air satellite TV service, claiming without it the government will not meet its analogue switch-off target.
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NewsBravo to scout for Euro 2004 'Three Lions'
Bravo has responded to a challenge from XFM DJ Christian O'Connell to film his search for a 'Three Lions'-style song for Euro 2004, composed by ordinary members of the public.
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NewsKlinghoffer composer starts new C4 opera
John Adams, the composer behind Channel 4's award-winning The Death Of Klinghoffer , is making another opera for the channel.
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BBC revives ?Freesat' plan
The BBC has re-asserted its commitment to the creation of a free satellite proposition in a bid to help meet the government's timetable for analogue switch-off.
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NewsAirey plans Sky News investment
BSkyB networks chief Dawn Airey is planning a significant investment in Sky News to distinguish the channel from BBC News 24.
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NewsClear Channel moves into European TV
US radio giant Clear Channel Entertainment is making its first push into European television with plans to create original music programmes and formats to sell to European broadcasters.
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Hallmark pulls out of international TV
US giant Hallmark is pulling out of all its international TV operations including the UK. Its subsidiary Crown Media, which distributes the Hallmark channel in 122 countries and sells programmes from the Hallmark library, said this week it wanted to focus on the US market only. Assets up for sale ...
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Beckhams threaten Sky over interview
Lawyers acting for David and Victoria Beckham and his former agency SFX have threatened BSkyB with legal action over its exclusive interview with the woman who claimed she had an affair with him. Sky One's heavily publicised interview with Rebecca Loos, David Beckham's former assistant at SFX, is due to ...
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NewsSky: bring BBC under Ofcom
BSkyB, has called on the government to bring the BBC fully under Ofcom and give BBC1 and BBC2 specific remits.