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Film4

Zara — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 02:30:20 -0500

As first reported here , Film Four will be relaunching as Film4 on July 23rd on Freeview and Satellite TV.

Channel 4's film channel will no longer be on a subscription basis, and films will be interrupted by advertisement breaks.

Five to Launch Two New Channels

Zara — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 07:52:19 -0500

Five confirmed today its plans to launch two new television channels on Freeview this Autumn.

Five US will be mainly dedicated to American shows, film and sports, whilst Five Life will broadcast women orientated programs.

BBC's "Creative Future"; a film buff's question

LL — Tue, 02 May 2006 07:14:14 -0500

Director General Mark Thompson's RTS speech on Tuesday is well worth reading in full. If you'd rather bleed, here's a summary: digital's impact on the future will be "disruptive" but ultimately brilliant.

C4 signs landmark Video on Demand deal

Jack — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 13:05:54 -0500

Channel 4 has agreed an exclusive deal with Buena Vista International Television (BVITV) for video-on-demand rights to Lost and Desperate Housewives in the UK.

Read the rest here on C21Media

Intelligent Television Festival

LL — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 07:06:53 -0500

Aimed at documentary filmmakers and based at BAFTA and Soho venues on 9th and 10th May, this is a series of panels, seminars, master classes, screenings and production workshops.

Industry experts (from all the major broadcasters, indies and bodies such as the UK Film Council) will discuss emerging production techniques and their impact on creativity.

Visit their site

Five Bites

LL — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 06:13:06 -0500

Urgent - deadline 18th April, 5.00pm

Five has announced a new scheme, FIVE BITES, to enable emerging film-makers to produce a documentary short to air on the main evening news bulletin. There will be 5 × 3-minute films on topical domestic news subjects.

Like A Virgin

Zara — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 03:00:38 -0500

NTL have been successful in their takeover bid for Virgin Mobile. The deal, reportedly worth £962.4m, would mean that NTL would be re-branded as Virgin, making it the first quadruple-play service provider of TV, internet, phone and mobile telephony in the UK.

BSkyB Goes HD

Zara — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 15:10:51 -0600

BSkyB will launch its new High Definition service in May.

Sky One, Artsworld, National Geographic, Discovery, Sky Box Office and Sky Sports are among the nine which will be broadcasting a mirrored HD channel.

ITV Rejects £1.5bn Private Equity Bid

LL — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 04:37:03 -0600

This morning ITV turned down a £1.5bn bid by a private equity consortium looking to take a stake in the broadcaster. They claim that the deal undervalued the company.

New TV Channel for Ireland

Zara — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 04:50:59 -0600

Ireland will have a new national television station for the first time since 1998. Channel 6 will be available on NTL and Chorus as of March 30.

The station has sourced My Name Is Earl, Prison Break, How I Met Your Mother, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and The Inside from Fox International TV Distribution, as well as older Fox shows Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dharma & Greg, Family Guy, American Dad and NYPD Blue.