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Ian Burrell: A question of sport in the British pay television market
London :: United Kingdom | 10 days ago
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The resignation of Sir Alex Ferguson feels like a symbolic moment, not just in football but also in the British pay television market which is so closely aligned with the national sport. When the Premier League began in 1992, the start of a journey
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C4 switches off profits and makes a loss
London :: United Kingdom | 11 days ago
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Suggested Topics Channel 4 is set to announce its first annual loss in a decade after the state-owned corporation used some of its cash reserves to fund new programming such as the Paralympics...C4 made a bumper profit of £44m in 2011, thanks to the
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Telecom towers
London :: United Kingdom | 12 days ago
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2 hrs ago BT geared up for its showdown with SKY yesterday by revealing its best results since the credit crunch. Ian Livingston unveiled annual profits of £2.7billion way above City forecasts. A spike in customers taking superfast fibre broadband
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BT reports rise in annual profits
Livingston :: United Kingdom | 12 days ago
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The telecoms firm said pre-tax profits rose 2% to £2.5bn for the year to 31 March, but revenues fell 5% to £18bn. The results come a day after BT said it would offer free Premier League football to its broadband customers, in a challenge to BSkyB's
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Virgin nabs ex-Sky man Tom Mockridge as Malone takes on Murdoch
London :: United Kingdom | 14 days ago
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Virgin Media's new owner John Malone today pulled off a coup by recruiting a boss who used to work for his arch-rival Rupert Murdoch in a sign that the war between Britain's pay-TV and telecom providers is hotting up. Tom Mockridge will take over
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Virgin Media Announces Notice of Change of Control and Offer to Purchase Relating to Certain Outstanding Notes
New York City :: NY :: USA | 19 days ago
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Notes and, together with the 2022 Notes, the Notes) that a Change of Control, as defined in each of the indentures governing the Notes, is expected to occur upon the consummation of the transactions (the Change of Control Transaction) contemplated by
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Weekend pay TV: May 4
Berlin :: Germany | 20 days ago
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The Art of Germany, BBC World News, 2.10pm British art historian Andrew Graham-Dixon brings eye-opening insights to breathtaking works of art in this three-part series. In this first episode he covers a millennium or so, viewing works from different
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Weekend pay TV: April 27
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 26 days ago
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Life After Life, National Geographic, 8.30pm Like most mystery-mongering shows, Paranatural affects a sceptical approach...Sure, this episode about near-death experiences gives a neurologist the chance to say he thinks the bright lights, long tunnels
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Virgin Media apologises after late payment fee bill sent to deceased customer goes viral on Twitter and Facebook
London :: United Kingdom | 27 days ago
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A Virgin Media broadband bill sent to a deceased customer with a late payment fee added has gone viral on Facebook. The bill, which was posted on Facebook by the man's son-in-law, Jim Boyden, has been shared more than 85,000 times since it was posted
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Channel 5 sale talks denied by Richard Desmond
London :: United Kingdom | 28 days ago
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Richard Desmond's company Northern & Shell has denied Channel 5 is for sale. Photograph: Ian Gavan/Getty Images Richard Desmond is understood to have quietly made soundings about whether there is any appetite to potentially sell Channel 5 to rivals
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