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- Channel 4 expands with Emap music TV deal
- Channel 4 has continued to expand beyond its terrestrial channels after snapping up a stake in Box TV, Emap's music television division that includes stations Kerrang! and The Hits. The [pound]28m deal to buy a 50 per cent stake in Box TV from Emap follows the broadcaster's...
- Research articles 2007-07-24
- Hulu Still Missing UK Shows, Still Dangling Equity For ITV
- Updated It’s been 10 months since we first learned NBC, News Corp (NYSE: NWS) and Disney’s U.S. TV site Hulu wanted to open up shop in Britain - but still there’s no sign of it actually being ready to pounce. The venture may have rights to show some UK...
- External links 2009-08-24
- Blinkbox signs content deal with BBC Worldwide
- Popular shows such as Top Gear, Planet Earth and Doctor Who will be available on the Blinkbox site, following a deal between BBC Worldwide and the online video platform. The deal is the latest in a string of moves in the UK video-on-demand VoD market, as a host of...
- Articles 2009-08-20
- Five joins UK’s Project Canvas
- UK broadcaster Five is joining UK IPTV scheme Project Canvas, leaving Channel 4 as the only public service broadcaster not signed up to the project. Dawn Airey, Five chairman and CEO, says: ?It’s vital for broadcasters and other industry stakeholders to form partnerships such as Canvas if they are...
- Articles 2009-07-29
- Sky outbids rivals for Virgin channels
- BSkyB is reportedly outbidding its rivals by 60% with a GBP160m (USD259m) offer forVirgin Media’s TV channels. The figure is GBP60m (USD97m) more than currently on offer from rival bidders such as Channel 4, Time Warner, RTL and NBC Universal, according to the Financial Times FT. ...
- Articles 2009-05-28
- YouTube in talks over full-length UK shows – Rumour
- YouTube is reportedly holding talks with ITV, Channel 4 and Sony Pictures about hosting full-length content in the UK. The move is the latest effort by the Google-owned site to beef up its premium content. It also signals heightening competition in the UK video on-demand VoD market, with rival...
- Articles 2009-05-20
- Getty Images set to buy ITN
- Picture agency Getty Images is in talks to take a controlling stake in news producer ITN, which makes news programmes for Channel 4 and ITV. Both broadcasters would retain minority stakes in the company if a deal with Getty goes ahead, according to the Royal Television Society's monthly journal,...
- Articles 2009-05-20
- Channel 4, Time Warner and Sky may bid for Virgin channels
- Channel 4, Time Warner and BSkyB are the only firms left in the running to acquire Virgin Media’s three vmTv channels, Virgin 1, Bravo and Living. Virgin is thought to be confident of receiving a good price for the channels. However, City analysts are pegging the likely figure at...
- Articles 2009-05-11
- Hulu rival TV.com in talks with UK broadcasters
- CBS Interactive is in talks with UK broadcasters over a plan to launch a UK version of its online video site TV.com. The VoD platform, which was acquired from CNET for USD1.8bn last year, now hosts 20,000 TV shows and is Hulu’s main rival in the US....
- Articles 2009-04-14
- Orange to buy Project Kangaroo technology – Rumour
- Orange is reportedly in talks to buy technology developed by BBC Worldwide, Channel 4 and ITV as part of their aborted video-on-demand VoD venture, Kangaroo. The broadcasters invested approximately GBP20m (USD29m) into Project Kangaroo before the Competition Commission blocked the...
- Articles 2009-04-05
- Virgin Media content chief quits amid sale reports
- Virgin Media's head of content, Malcolm Wall, will leave the company next month, sparking reports that Virgin has opted to sell its entire content division, which includes its 50% stake in UKTV. Following months of speculation about a sale, company...
- Articles 2009-03-05
- BSkyB eyes UKTV stake
- CEO of BSkyB, Jeremy Darroch, says he is interested in buying UKTV and claims BSkyB is looking broadly at acquisition targets. The comments come a week after it emerged that Virgin Media is considering selling its 50% stake in UKTV, which it co-owns with BBC Worldwide. ...
- Articles 2009-03-03
- BBC to share iPlayer with rivals
- The BBC is proposing sharing its iPlayer technology with its UK TV rivals. The plan forms part of a wider set of public service proposals, which the BBC says could benefit public service broadcasters by more than GBP120m per year by 2014. ...
- Articles 2008-12-12
- Channel 4 could merge with BBC Worldwide
- UK ministers and execs from broadcast regulator Ofcom are discussing a plan to merge the BBC’s profitable Worldwide wing with Channel 4 in a bid to save the beleaguered channel from bankruptcy. Though Channel 4 makes its money from advertising, it is publicly owned and, in the eyes of...
- Articles 2008-12-11
- BT signs VoD deal with ITV
- BT is set to offer ITV programmes on-demand as part of its digital TV service, BT Vision. The deal is the first video-on-demand VoD agreement ITV has signed witha UK TV platform. It also establishes BT as the first UK TV provider to offer VoD from all four terrestrial...
- Articles 2008-11-17
- Microsoft to ramp up non-game content on Xbox
- Microsoft is reportedly accelerating plans to turn its Xbox 360 games console into a home entertainment hub by introducing content from UK broadcasters Channel 4 and the BBC, as well as social network MySpace. The online features would join Sky TV, which appeared on the platform last month, as...
- Articles 2009-11-17
- BSkyB scoops up ad sales for MTV channels
- BSkyB is taking control of ad sales for Viacom’s MTV channels in a contract that is expected to yield USD625m in revenue for Sky over five years. Sky Media will take over from Viacom’s internal team, Viacom Brand Solutions, to sell ad space between programmes on MTV international channels,...
- Articles 2009-11-15
- YouTube officially inks VoD deal with Channel 4
- YouTube and Channel 4 are entering a three-year partnership to bring full-length TV shows from Channel 4’s video-on-demand VoD service to the Google-owned video network. Channel 4 will sell advertising on the YouTube pages that feature its content, as well as on some other YouTube pages. It will hand...
- Articles 2009-10-14
- YouTube Begins UK Long-Form TV VOD: C4 Signed, May Get ITV
- YouTube has secured its first long-form on-demand UK TV content, doing a deal that sees Channel 4 add the same shows to the service that are already carried on the broadcaster’s own 4oD service.Nearly 3,000 hours of shows - including Hollyoaks, Skins and Peep Show - will be available...
- External links 2009-10-15
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- YouTube presses play on Channel 4 top shows
- Channel 4 has signed a deal with YouTube to bring its flagship shows to the video-sharing site. The agreement will see programming from Channel 4's catch up service 4oD made available for free through YouTube. The broadcaster's best-known shows such as Skins, Hollyoaks, The Inbetweeners and Peep Show will all...
- News items 2009-10-16
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