16 Nov 2010
| by Maisie McCabe
Johnny Webb, managing director of the Living TV Group, is to step down after four years in the role...the company Living TV Group but was unable to integrate the businesses before getting regulatory clearance ...
in 1994. In 1996 Webb re-launched TFC as Challenge TV and then assumed responsibility for UK Living ...
creative and commercial culture that has grown Living into one of the UK s pay-TV powerbrands ...
07 Jan 2011
| by Maisie McCabe
The Living TV Group has confirmed its director of television Claudia Rosencrantz will leave her...plans to close the pay-TV channel Bravo and free-to-air Channel One, formerly Virgin1, and entered into redundancy consultation with staff.
In November, Living TV Group, as it was renamed by Sky, announced its ...
, Living2 and FTN. She became director of television in May 2007, when she assumed overall responsibility ...
08 Aug 2011
| by Sarah Shearman
The BBC has launched a new version of the iPlayer, designed specifically for use on living room...iPlayer in its most natural home: right on the living room TV.
"By creating a product that s as simple and intuitive as flicking through TV channels, the BBC is bringing on demand television to mainstream audiences ...
on the living room TV," said Danker.
Last week, Ofcom published research showing that 10% (one million ...
27 Aug 2010
| by Maisie McCabe
driver for pay-TV, according to Claudia Rosencrantz, director of television at Living TV Group....will be a huge driver for pay. It's highly likely that they will invest in [the Living TV Group] channels which are hugely important for pay-TV." Although Sky bought Virgin Media Television since renamed the Living TV Group from Virgin Media in June for 160m, and although the sale has been completed, Sky ...
27 Jan 2011
| by Maisie McCabe
The acquisition of Living TV boosted Sky's ad revenue by £45m in the second half of 2010...According to Sky Living TV contributed 60m in revenue between 12 July (when Sky took ownership ...
in "other revenue". Living TV s revenue represents a decline of 30.5% from the six months to 31 December ...
by Virgin Media to Virgin Media TV, while Sky has not included carriage fee payments it made to Living ...
13 Jul 2010
| by Maisie McCabe
in the Republic of Ireland and renamed the business the Living TV Group....for selling advertising for Living TV Group from Virgin Media-owned Ids from January 2011.
Since the Sky ...
In completing the acquisition, which includes channels Bravo and Living, Sky has paid Virgin Media ...
after over a year of speculation and includes all VMtv channels, Living, Livingit, Living Loves ...
21 May 2010
| by Staff
SAN FRANCISCO - Google has unveiled its Google TV offering, which transports internet services...to wirelessly connect video from their phone to Google TV, and use their phones as a remote control. Broadcast through a television set, Google TV uses search, not dissimilar to the company s online offering, to navigate television channels, websites, apps, shows and movies. It will initially be incorporated ...
24 Jun 2010
| by Maisie McCabe
Virgin Media Television is to launch a new channel, Living Loves, showing drama and comedy...Living Loves will replace Living+2 on pay-TV platforms Virgin Media and Sky. It will broadcast between 3pm and 2am and the channel's on-air look and feel will complement the current VMtv brands Living ...
Rosencrantz, director of television at VMtv, said: "Living Loves will be 'series-link' heaven for viewers who ...
25 Jan 2012
| by Mike Fletcher
Television broadcasters are working hard to offer advertiser solutions that go beyond the mainstay...mechanics for both VoD and TV. These include live overlay ads, currently used by companies such as Bet365 ...
It's going to be an exciting year for television. The completion of analogue switch-off will send ...
will eventually transform the way we watch terrestrial TV, greater integration will see an increase in second ...
14 Sep 2010
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
Television to the Competition Commission....on completion and 55m once it had secured regulatory clearance.
Sky renamed the company the Living TV Group ...
included in the deal were Bravo, Bravo 2, Challenge, Challenge Jackpot, Living, LivingIt and Virgin 1 ...