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BSkyB adds seven HD channels (Variety.com)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:17:40 GMT

TV News: More expected to be unveiled later this year -- Europe’s biggest pay box, BSkyB, is beefing up its HD offering, which from the fall will include six genre-themed movie channels.

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Seven new HD channels from Sky (MaldivianDigital® :: Forum)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:24:39 GMT

BSkyB is boosting its HD channel line up with seven new high-def services, which will go live during September. Sky will then be transmitting 26 channels, and more are expected this side of...

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THE KNOWLEDGE: Sir Alan Sugar (Red Orbit )

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:00:21 GMT

By Anonymous 1 He's got more time on his hands after stepping down as chairman of Amstrad, the company he founded in 1968, and which he sold to British Sky Broadcasting for Pounds 25m last year. 2 He attributed the success of his 1980s home computer to its simple set-up.

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Sky finds Arts HD success (MaldivianDigital® :: Forum)

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:56:51 GMT

BSkyB is launching a second Arts Channel in order to boost its contemporary as well as classical programming. It seems Sky has discovered a useful niche in bringing in more up-scale viewers. It...

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Euro HDTV builds momentum (MaldivianDigital® :: Forum)

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:21:59 GMT

Elsewhere in this issue we report on how SES Astra is now beaming more than 40 HD channels over Europe for various clients. That number will increase dramatically towards the end of this year. BSkyB...

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BSkyB to bow arts channel (Variety.com)

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:00:00 GMT

Film News: Network to kick off on Oct. 20 -- In what some may regard as a challenge to the BBC, Blighty's dominant paybox BSkyB is launching a second arts channel as it attempts to move upscale and win kudos from politicians and other opinion formers.

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Sky Forging Ahead In Broadband Market As Downturn Hits Rivals (paidContent:UK)

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:48:46 GMT

BskyB already dominates the pay-TV market with Sky, but now it looks like it's scoring impressive gains in broadband access as well, having now amassed 1.6 million customers since its launch two years ago, making in the UK's fifth largest broadband provider. Sky is confident it will reach its own goal of 3 million broadband customers by 2010, having led the market it customer sign-ups in the...

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Screen star BSkyB still under scrutiny (FT.com)

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:00:00 GMT

Unlike most newspapers and terrestrial television stations, BSkyB is actually gaining customers. The satellite broadcaster recently revealed that 92,000 new...

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'Rocky Horror' remake finds funds (Variety.com)

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:22:41 GMT

TV News: Pic will premiere on Sky Movies -- U.K. satcaster BSkyB’s Sky Movies web has confirmed it will co-finance MTV’s remake of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.”

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'Rocky' remake finds funds (Variety.com)

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:11:22 GMT

Film News: Pic will premiere on Sky Movies -- U.K. satcaster BSkyB’s Sky Movies web has confirmed it will co-finance MTV’s remake of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.”

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Cat is out of the bag on BSkyB's new subscribers (The Irish Times)

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:47:26 GMT

HAVING DECIDED last week not to release Irish subscribers’ numbers as part of its first quarter results, BSkyB’s finance chief let the cat out of the bag at a subsequent meeting with analysts in London.

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CryptoLogic Limited: CryptoLogic's Casino Software Soars With BSkyB Group plc (Market Wire - Telecom: Wireless)

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 06:00:00 GMT

DUBLIN, IRELAND (MARKET WIRE) CryptoLogic Limited (TSX: CRY)(TSX: CXY)(NASDAQ: CRYP)(LSE: CRP), a leading software developer to the global Internet gaming market, has announced a three-year casino licensing contract with Sky Betting & Gaming, part of BSkyB Group plc (BSkyB), the UK's leading entertainment brand. Under the agreement, made through CryptoLogic subsidiary WagerLogic Ltd.,...

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ITV melts down (MaldivianDigital® :: Forum)

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 04:01:53 GMT

The UK stock market is in its summer doldrums and there's an uncertain 17.9% shareholding overhang in ITV owned by BSkyB (and awaiting an Appeal Court decision). Neither fact is helping ITV out of...

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Sky One cuts deal for 'Fringe' (Variety.com)

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:38:39 GMT

TV News: J.J. Abrams drama to pair with 'Lost' -- Satcaster BSkyB's general entertainment web Sky One has acquired the TV rights to J.J. Abrams' drama series "Fringe" from Warner Bros. Intl. TV Distribution.

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English Cricket Board Attacks BBC for Failing to Bid for Television Rights (Net News Publisher)

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:00:52 GMT

So what’s the real reason behind the English Cricket Board moaning about the BBC’s refusal to bid for terrestrial TV cricket rights? Perhaps it’s because both Channel 4 and Setanta also refused to place bids, which resulted in both Channel Five and BSkyB winning the rights for another four years almost by default. No resultant bidding [...]

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Pieterson interview (World A-Team Cricket Forum)

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:00:06 GMT

During the early Lunch break at The Oval BSkyB showed a pre-recorded interview with Nasser Hussain interviewing Kevin Pieterson. There were no hesitations to any question Nasser asked. Pieterson seemed enthusiastic and positive about the challenges that lay ahead as captain. He did acknowledge that the team had discussed the issue of playing without fear and, as captain, he'll be trying to encourage...

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Industry Moves: Sky Mobile Head, Yomego New MD, Bauer's New Digi Director (paidContent:UK)

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:31:21 GMT

-- Sky: BSkyB ( NYSE: BSY ) has moved quickly to replace outgoing mobile head Tim Satchell, today appointing biz dev director Emma Lloyd in his place. Before Sky, Lloyd was MD of BT's ( NYSE: BT ) Movio mobile TV trial and founded mobile data venture Livetime. She will now take charge of Sky's active mobile offerings, which include the 24-7 Football update service, Sky Mobile TV broadcasts,...

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BSkyB beats BBC to cricket rights (Financial Time)

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 02:00:00 GMT

BSkyB has retained the rights to broadcast Test cricket in England for 2010-2013 in a deal worth about £300m. But the announcement was overshadowed by remarks by...

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That SKY cricket deal (Turbulent Cleric)

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:44:00 GMT

So once again the rights to live Test Match and indeed any live cricket have been awarded to BSkyB . This mean that the only way to follow this sport is to subsidise Rupert Murdoch's bulging bank balance. Once again the less affluent are blocked out of England's greatest sport - an all of this under a Labour Government. Unfair point you may say but wait. It was a Labour Government who took Test...

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England cricket: ECB attacks BBC for failing to bid for television rights (The Guardian)

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:33:37 GMT

The England and Wales Cricket board has sledged the BBC for failing to bid for TV rights, after BSkyB retained all England home Test matches. By Mark Sweney

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