Sky hands running of music channels to Chart Show TV
BSkyB has handed editorial control of its three music channels to Chart Show TV's owner, with Sky's in-house music team likely to be made redundant.…
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ITV3 to launch on Freeview
ITV will launch its digital channel ITV3 on 1 November on Freeview first, with cable and Sky carriage to follow once a slot is available.…
ITV3 to be free
ITV will launch its classic-shows channel ITV3 free to air on 1 November, turning down pay-per-view revenue after a dispute over Sky taking a stake.…
Chart Show TV launches B4 music channel on Sky
The company behind Chart Show TV launches B4, a free-to-view Sky music channel that plays tracks before they are released.…
Speculation over future of Sky music channels
Sky is reviewing its three music channels, The Amp, Flaunt and Scuzz, after Jo Wallace was promoted and Chiara Cipriani appointed to replace her, with merger speculation.…
Movie soundtrack channel launches on Sky
A new movie soundtrack TV channel has launched on Sky's channel 686, combining movie music videos with celebrity and film news.…
Freeview in over 4 million homes
Freeview's free-to-air digital TV platform has reached around 4 million homes, growing by about 40,000 a week compared with Sky's 5,000.…
C4 sign new deal with Sky
Channel 4 has extended its carriage deal with Sky until the end of 2008, keeping E4 and FilmFour on the platform and adding the planned More4 channel in early 2005.…
Sky launch reality music show
Sky is launching First Up, a Pop Idol-style programme auditioning original performers in Liverpool, presented by Lisa Maffia.…
Sky launch free-to-air service
Sky plans a free-to-air satellite service offering 116 TV channels and 81 radio stations for a one-off fee, and will launch HDTV broadcasts in 2006.…
More than half of US have digital TV
Latest OfCom figures show 53% of UK homes have access to digital TV, with Sky the largest provider at 6.956 million households.…
New channel launches for budding musicians in need of some tips
The M-Channel launches on Sky, offering tuition programmes on guitar, bass, keyboards, drums and percussion, with Evelyn Glennie and Freddy Kempf involved.…