All Multiplatform articles – Page 267

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    Pressure grows on ITV chiefs to quit.

    2002-08-08T16:51:58Z

    Pressure is mounting on Granada and Carlton to placate City investors with senior management sacrifices in

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    Rajar rules out digital survey for now

    2002-08-08T11:32:21Z

    At least 100,000 digital radio receivers will need to be sold before radio measurement board Rajar will even consider launching research into digital radio listening, writes Georgina Lipscomb

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    New broom sweeps BBCi

    2002-08-08T11:26:45Z

    BBC director of new media and technology Ashley Highfield is to rejig his management team in a bid to make the department more transparent and accountable, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    Refinancing is key to Telewest merger

    2002-08-08T10:52:51Z

    Telewest's new managing director, Charles Burdick, has indicated that the cable business will be forced to enter into an NTL-style debt-for-equity restructuring before a merger with NTL is possible, writes David Wood

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    ITV Digital meltdown 'will not scupper E4'

    2002-08-08T09:35:52Z

    The collapse of ITV Digital and Channel 4's subsequent failure to take control of the DTT platform has had little effect on the company's entertainment channel E4, despite speculation that losing access to around 1 million homes could force the channel off air, writes Penny ...

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    Harris and Burns ousted

    2002-08-06T11:59:26Z

    The ITV Digital fiasco has claimed the heads of Football League chairman Keith Harris and chief executive David Burns, the men who fronted the league's failed£178.5 million High Court action against Carlton and Granada, writes David Wood

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    UKTV LAUNCHES OWN EPG.

    2002-08-02T07:17:32Z

    The Flextech/BBC UKTV joint-venture has launched its own electronic programme guide (EPG) within Sky's standard digital

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    DTT BOXES 'MUST BE 50P'.

    2002-08-02T07:17:32Z

    The government will have no alternative but to subsidise free set-top boxes if it is to

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    UKTV drafts DIY channel plans.

    2002-08-02T07:17:31Z

    Executives at UKTV are seeking planning permission from shareholders BBC Worldwide and Flextech to build a new pay-TV channel for do-it-yourself enthusiasts, writes Paul Revoir

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    League 'set to lose High Court action'.

    2002-08-02T07:17:31Z

    The Football League looked set to lose its High Court case against ITV Digital shareholders Carlton

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    ITV Digital demise boosts Sky subs

    2002-08-01T11:57:21Z

    BSkyB claimed this week it had signed up 'tens of thousands' of former ITV Digital customers, as it revealed it had added 214,000 new subscribers in the three months to 30 June, writes Paul Revoir

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    Telewest's Singer falls on his sword

    2002-07-31T16:57:58Z

    The continuing turmoil at beleaguered cable operator Telewest has claimed the head of chief executive Adam Singer, writes Colin Robertson

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    Analogue switch-off dependent on free set-top boxes

    2002-07-30T14:08:19Z

    The government will have no alternative but to subsidise free set top boxes if it is to meet its analogue switch off target according to a new report to be published tomorrow, writes David Wood

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    Football League's case falters

    2002-07-30T10:20:08Z

    The Football League's case against ITV Digital shareholders Carlton and Granada over money it claims it is still owed following the collapse of its£315m Nationwide League rights deal has 'run into the sand', the high court heard yesterday, writes Paul Revoir

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    Rivals hit out at BBC school plan.

    2002-07-25T15:16:50Z

    The BBC's plan to create an online digital curriculum has received an overwhelming thumbs down from

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    NTL postpones iTV.

    2002-07-25T15:16:49Z

    NTL has delayed the relaunch of its much-vaunted interactive service amid fears that ongoing technical problems would lead to customer complaints, writes Paul Revoir

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    NTL postpones iTV

    2002-07-24T17:20:50Z

    NTL has delayed the relaunch of its much-vaunted interactive service amid fears that ongoing technical problems would lead to customer complaints, writes Paul Revoir

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    Rivals hit out at BBC school plan

    2002-07-24T16:01:53Z

    The BBC's plan to create an online digital curriculum has received an overwhelming thumbs down from commercial rivals, which claimed the initiative could put them out of business, writes Leigh Holmwood

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    YOUNG SOAP FOR DIGITAL.

    2002-07-19T11:38:06Z

    Young Asian people in Bradford taking part in a BBC-sponsored writing initiative are to see 2

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    NTL DEAL WITH GRANADA.

    2002-07-19T11:38:06Z

    Granada Sky Broadcasting has secured a new long-term deal for carriage of its Plus and Men