Dec 30 2005
The Office of Fair Trading has cleared NTL’s $6bn (£3.4bn) takeover of rival cable TV operator Telewest. It said in a statement that there was justification in referring the deal to the Competition Commission. The OFT also rubber-stamped satellite broadcaster BSkyB’s £211m purchase of internet company Easynet. The combined NTL and Telewest will have customers […]
UKTV stays on satellite until the end of the decade
CITV: Children’s TV channel will close in September
That’s TV secures licence for That’s Cinema
BBC Radio 4 begins information campaign to transition listeners from Long Wave
Sky News launches international audio service
ITVX Kids launching in Summer 2023
CNN launches new FAST channel in Europe
More organisations join crusade to protect terrestrial television and radio
Channel launches and updates on Freeview
ITV announces closure of CITV
Jan 25 2011
Sky News held hostage in Sky takeover row
Sky has repeated its threat to close Sky News if the government refuses to let News Corp’s takeover go ahead. News Corp wants to take 100 per cent control of Sky, adding it to its stable of newspapers and publishing. And it’s warned that it might not want to keep Sky News going if it […]
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By Expat • UK Media News • Tags: News Corp, Ofcom, Office of Fair Trading, Sky, Sky News