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NewsPay-TV operators urged to cut content costs
Pay-TV operators such as BSkyB will be forced to slash the amount they pay for content as more and more consumers opt for free to air or cheap digital TV packages, a new report has warned.
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NewsE4 exhibits The Gallery
E4 has resurrected Tony Hart's classic BBC kids feature The Gallery , with a new scheme that gives viewers a chance to have their artwork shown on air.
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Initial stages The Match for Sky
Initial is to put 18 celebrities through their paces in training with Newcastle United football club for a reality show for Sky One.
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NTL and Sky make up
Cable operator NTL has resolved its dispute with BSkyB over the cost of carrying the satellite operator's portfolio of premium channels. The two companies have reached an agreement in principle. Once the details of the deal are worked out, the companies will seek the approval of the Office of Fair ...
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BBC opens archive
The BBC has launched a website which will allow people to use its archive to make their own one-minute-long movies. The site - at bbc.co.uk/films/oneminutemovies - will let film-makers download BBC archive soundtrack music for free and showcase their films on the BBC website. It will also include tips on ...
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Murdoch vetoes launching Channel 6
BSkyB chief executive James Murdoch has halted plans to set up a 'Channel 6' entertainment channel on the Freeview platform.
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NewsMurdoch ?dumps' Channel 6 plan
BSkyB chief executive James Murdoch has halted plans to launch 'Channel 6', a proposed new free-to-air offering, according to reports.
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NewsNTL settles Sky carriage dispute
Cable operator NTL has resolved its dispute with BSkyB over the costs of carrying the satellite operator's portfolio of premium channels.
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Optimistic move
The Optimistic Network, the multichannel company run by former Channel 4 strategy and development director David Brook, has appointed Jasper Smith as its new executive chairman of the company. Smith has founded and developed a number of successful businesses, including Static 2358, owner of Play Jam, and design agency Static ...
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Multichannel body boosted
The Satellite and Cable Broadcasters Group - a little known but established trade body representing multichannel broadcasters - has made two appointments as it gears up to play a more active role in the sector.
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BBC debuts Glasto on broadband
The Glastonbury music festival and the Athens Olympics are to be the first events broadcast via broadband by the BBC.
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Top-Up TV wins battle over EPG
Top-Up TV, the company launching a pay-TV service on DTT, has won its battle to have its new channels carried in the same section of the Freeview EPG as the free-to-air services.
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BSkyB sells QVC share back to us parent
BSkyB has sold its 20% stake in QVC (UK) to the shopping channel's US owner, Liberty Media, for£49m. Liberty now owns 100% of QVC in both territories. Sky took a stake in QVC UK 10 years ago, but has decided to sell its share as the venture was not core ...
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Sky confirms Milligan appointment
Five deputy chief executive Nick Milligan will join BSkyB in June in the new role of Sky Media managing director, the company has confirmed. He will report to Sky Networks managing director Dawn Airey and be charged with growing the company's advertising revenue across TV and interactive services. Sky's current ...
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Sky hires Segal to work with America
Sky has hired former BBC senior vice-president of programme acquisition Rebecca Segal as senior vice-president of Sky Networks. The new LA-based role will see Segal identify programme trends and develop relationships with US networks, cable operators and production companies. She will take up the position in April and report to ...
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NewsGlastonbury festival goes broadband
The Glastonbury music festival and the Athens Olympics are to be the first events broadcast via broadband by the BBC.
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NewsBBC drops objections to Top Up TV
The BBC has dropped its objections to sharing the Freeview electronic programme guide (EPG) with pay-lite operator Top Up TV.
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NewsMilligan to join Sky in summer
Five deputy chief executive Nick Milligan will join BSkyB in the summer in the newly-created role of Sky Media managing director, the company has confirmed.
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Telewest MD leaves
Telewest managing director Charles Burdick has left the company to 'pursue other opportunities'. He will be replaced by US cable veteran Barry Elson who becomes acting chief executive. Elson joined the company last November as chairman in waiting, but now Cob Stenham will remain in the chairman role. Burdick will ...
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3 Mills to be sold and used for Olympic bid
East London facility 3 Mills Studios is being sold to the London Development Agency (LDA), which plans to use it as a media centre if Britain's bid to host the 2012 Olympics is successful, writes Farah Jifri.