20 Dec 2001
| by Gordon MacMillan,
politicians have attacked the deal, saying it will harm satellite TV viewers and reduce their service....-competitive, anti-consumer and would create a prima facie monopoly in the satellite TV industry. If consummated, this merger would eliminate consumer choice for satellite TV and would raise costs and reduce the quality ...
, following the launch of its takeover bid for its US satellite TV rival.
The deal is now opposed by a ...
19 Dec 2001
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - Sky News has finally made it to terrestrial television in the UK, albeit on the morning...The contract, which begins on January 7, realises a long-held aim of BSkyB-owner Rupert Murdoch to get Sky content aired on terrestrial TV. The deal will see Sky News's morning news programme Sunrise simultaneously broadcast on the UK's fifth terrestrial broadcaster.
The show will be broadcast between 6.30am ...
18 Dec 2001
| by Claire Billings,
taste of the US market.
The move also reunites Universal Studios with the TV assets that its ...
film rights.
The deal sees the creation of a new film and television unit called Vivendi ...
multibillion-dollar entertainment business.
Diller, whose TV career began at ABC, is credited ...
18 Dec 2001
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
on matters of UK public policy in relation to Disney's film and television businesses, and the future ...
Company UK and Ireland, and also with David Hulbert, president of Walt Disney Television International ...
17 Dec 2001
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
that it has acted anti-competitively in its digital television practices.
17 Dec 2001
| by Gordon MacMillan,
arm of USA Networks, which will create a new movie and television business for the Franco...to take over the running of Universal Studios' film, television and theme park businesses.
The acquisition gives Vivendi chairman Jean-Marie Messier control of film and TV assets including the USA and Sci-Fi Channel cable networks, and film and television production units. They will be combined with Universal ...
17 Dec 2001
| by Gordon MacMillan,
The paper will close for two weeks over Christmas and will be relaunched on January 6 as The Business , backed by a television, press and poster advertising campaign.
The paper is to lose its colour supplement and will instead be reduced from a three-section to a single-section 36-page newspaper ...
14 Dec 2001
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO and Capita have won the 500m BBC licence-fee marketing and collection business.
14 Dec 2001
| by Staff,
with Motorola will allow the technology company to market across AOL media, including television, magazines ...
will also become a "prominent advertiser" on Univision's television networks, and Univision ...
14 Dec 2001
| by Claire Billings,
, argued that the merger, which will see the combined company control 90% of the US satellite television market, should be judged in the context of the entire pay-TV market. This includes cable operators and providers of satellite TV using much bigger satellite dishes than those supplied by DirecTV and EchoStar ...