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Sky Sports secures women’s golf

BSkyB’s Sky Sports unit has secured rights to women’s golf for a further two years…

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Pace outperforms expectations with strong 2013

Set-top provider Pace performed above expectations in 2013, delivering increased operating profits through top-line growth…

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Discovery buys Raw

Discovery Communications has acquired Raw, the UK production firm that makes Discovery’s hit series Gold…

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TV ratings startup TVbeat raises US$2 million

London-based TV ratings startup Iptvbeat has raised US$2 million (€1.45 million) in funding and changed…

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BBC Trust approves online store plan

The BBC’s governing body, the BBC Trust, has approved plans by the corporation to launch…

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UK culture secretary calls for clearer web video standards

The online and media industries should work with regulators to make the “age appropriateness” of…

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Virgin Media to add My Nick Jr app to TiVo

Virgin Media is to make Nickelodeon’s My Nick Jr app available in the UK for…

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BBC’s Hall defends licence fee, calls for extension to iPlayer

BBC director-general Tony Hall has delivered a robust defence of the UK licence fee that…

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Competition Commission approves Ericsson’s Red Bee acquisition

The UK Competition Commission has provisionally approved the acquisition of Red Bee Media by Ericsson….

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BT adds new HD channels

BT has added HD channels Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, British Eurosport and British Eurosport…

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BT extends Bundesliga deal

BT Sport has secured the rights to German Bundesliga football until 2017. The new two-year…

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Amazon resurrects Ripper Street

Amazon’s UK streaming service is resurrecting Ripper Street, the period crime drama that UK public…

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ITV posts strong results with boost from online and pay

UK commercial broadcaster has posted strong full-year results, with reveues up 9% to £2.389 billion…

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BT launches smaller YouView+ box

BT has launched a new smaller version of its YouView+ DVR set-top. The box will…

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Arqiva names satellite chief

UK media services provider Arqiva has named David Crawford as managing director for satellite. Crawford…

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Amazon Prime Instant Video launches with Alpha House promo

Amazon Prime Instant Video will launch under its new brand – replacing Lovefilm – in…

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Discovery, BSkyB could make Channel 5 bid

US-based Discovery Communications and British satcaster BSkyB may table a joint bid for for-sale UK…

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Amazon cuts UK TV content deal with Warner Bros.

Amazon Prime Instant Video has sealed a deal with Warner Bros. for UK rights to…

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Amazon drops Lovefilm brand for SVoD

Amazon is replicating its US SVoD offering in the UK and Germany, rebranding Lovefilm to…

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European Sky platforms in first coproduction

BSkyB-owned UK channel Sky 1, Germany’s Sky Deutschland and Sky Italia are collaborating to develop…

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Brit Awards hit record Twitter traffic despite ratings slump

This week’s Brit Awards generated what Twitter said was a “record breaking” amount of traffic…

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Channel 5 boss Desmond steps down

UK terrestrial broadcaster Channel 5’s owner, Richard Desmond, has quietly stepped down as a director…

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Wuaki.tv joins Samsung WatchON app

Over-the-top video service Wuaki.tv has joined Samsung’s WatchON platform, making its entire catalogue available on the…

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Six Nations YouTube channel sees strong take-up

YouTube has recorded a large increase in the number of viewers to the RBS 6…

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TalkTalk makes new movies offer ahead of Oscars

UK service provider TalkTalk is to add the Sky Movies Oscars channel to its line-up…

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Motors TV destined for Freeview via Arqiva’s Connect TV

Motorsport channel Motors TV has signed up for carriage as part of Arqiva’s Connect TV…

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Ofcom renews commercial TV licences

UK regulator Ofcom has renewed the broadcasting licenses for Channel 3 – comprising ITV, Scotland’s…

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Demand 5 launches on Sony smart TVs

UK broadcaster Channel 5’s Demand 5 app is now available on 2012 and 2013 models…

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Sky suffers reversal as Court of Appeal sends sports channel case back to CAT

BSkyB has suffered a reversal in its legal battle over the terms under which it…

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Motive Television plans Freeview tablet service by World Cup

TV technology firm Motive Television said that it expects to launch a UK tablet service that…