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BT buys ESPN’s UK and Irish channels
BT Group has agreed to buy ESPN’s UK and Ireland channels business, in a move…
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Dailymotion eyes new territories for SVOD following Turkish deal
Video sharing site Dailymotion plans to expand its premium offerings to other territories following its…
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Nickelodeon launches iPad app
Viacom-owned kids network Nickelodeon is launching a branded TV Everywhere iPad app. The Nick App…
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Rippon named new BBC Online archive editor
The BBC has named Peter Rippon as editor of its new BBC Online archive. As…
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Sky signs deal with Disney to launch dedicated pay TV channel
UK pay TV platform BSkyB and Hollywood Studio Disney are launching a pay TV channel…
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Virgin Media adds YouTube to channel listings
Virgin Media has created a channel for YouTube in its EPG, enabling Virgin Media TiVo…
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Sky inks sports news channel deal with Viasat
UK pay TV platform BSkyB has inked a deal with its Scandinavian counterpart Viasat for…
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BBC launches sports app for Android
UK broadcaster the BBC has launched a version of its sport app for Android devices….
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Ofcom awards local TV licence for Liverpool
UK regulator Ofcom has awarded the new local TV licence for Liverpool to Bay TV…
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PayWizard launches TV payment system
Micro-payment and subscriber management specialist PayWizard has launched a complete payment and subscription system designed…
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Freeview targets pay TV subs in latest ad campaign
UK digital-terrestrial service Freeview is to target pay TV customers with its latest advertising campaign…
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Five take UK 4G spectrum
UK regulator Ofcom has awarded 4G mobile spectrum to five companies – Everything Everywhere, Hutchison…
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Turner reshapes CNN International’s commercial division
Turner has rejigged the commercial and ad-sales operation at news operation CNN International. Amid wide-ranging…
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BBC Two to launch in HD
The BBC is to launch an HD version of its BBC Two channel on March…
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Channel 4 taps Kit Digital for Windows 8 app
UK broadcaster Channel 4 is using technology supplied by Kit Digital to deliver its 4oD…
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Linear TV still “bedrock” as UK timeshifted viewing remains steady
New data reveals that viewers in the UK watched an average of four hours, one…
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Ofcom awards Leeds local TV licence to Ian West’s Made Television
UK media regulator Ofcom has awarded a local TV licence for the Northern city of…
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LGI sees strong Horizon sales in Switzerland; Ireland and Germany next
Liberty Global has sold 20,000 Horizon subscriptions in Switzerland since the advanced set-top launched in…
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Blinkbox takes James Bond catalogue in MGM deal
Blinkbox has inked a deal with MGM for the catalogue of James Bond movies. The…
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Investors sue Virgin Media for “unfair price” of Liberty Global deal
Virgin Media shareholders led by investor Jeff Grimsley have launched a class action against Virgin…
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Purnell to rejoin BBC; Davie to take over at Worldwide
Former UK Labour government culture secretary James Purnell is to re-join the BBC as director…
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Tesco begins Club Card TV rollout
Tesco, the UK’’s largest retailer, has started testing its Club Card TV streaming service and…
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Humax launches new YouView box
Humax has launched a new YouView set-top box for the UK market. The Humax DTR-T1010,…
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Lovefilm extends BBC Worldwide deal
Amazon-owned streaming service Lovefilm has inked a new, extended, content deal with BBC Worldwide, the…
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Liam Keelan opts for BBC Worldwide over Sky
Liam Keelan has opted to take a new role at BBC Worldwide over the position…
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Benefits from Virgin Media acquisition will be limited, say analysts
While Liberty Global’s acquisition of Virgin Media will create scale and moderately improve the cable…
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BBC to launch programming on iPlayer before TV
The BBC has approved plans to launch a raft of programming online before it hits…
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YourTV wins Manchester local TV licence
YourTV, backed by former BBC chairman Michael Lyons among others, has secured UK regulator Ofcom’s…
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Virgin Media signs new deal with FilmFlex
UK cabler Virgin Media has inked a new video-on-demand deal with FilmFlex, the video-on-demand provider…
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BBC Trust to carry out wide-ranging reviews
The BBC Trust, the UK public broadcaster’s governing body, is to carry out reviews of…