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...version of the iPlayer 'on demand' service via subscription-free TV. Freesat viewers can also watch ITV's catch-up service, ITV Player, in the first half of next year. In the run-up to Christmas, about 450 hours of programming will be...

In this article: Freesat, BBC Iplayer, David Tennant, Doctor Who, Top Gear, and BBC

...to replace ITV News to begin in April Pilot schemes to replace ITV regional news services in England, Scotland and Wales could begin as early April next year, the government said yesterday. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport...

In this article: Scotland, ITV News, Wales, STV, BBC, and England

...maximise value and bring the BBC back into the fold. ITV, which wrote down the value of its GBP275m deal by GBP50m, is keen that the BBC does not pick up the rights at a knockdown price. Digger understands that one other bone of contention...

In this article: BBC, BBC One, Football Association, and ESPN

...also need a broadband connection of at least 1Mb/s. iPlayer will initially appear in the BBC's 'red button' menu. The BBC online catch-up offering will be joined on Freesat by its ITV equivalent sometime during H1 2010, it was revealed. ®...

In this article: Freesat, BBC Iplayer, and BBC

...Corporation, parent company of The Times. ITV has largely dropped out of screening sport apart from football, which it regards as an audience winner, while the Five channel does not have the resources. ESPN has taken over as the major...

In this article: Sky Sports, ESPN, The Open Championship, News Corporation, UK, and BBC

...make Taggart for delivery in 2010," it said. It is understood that, should ITV fail to commission new Taggart shows, STV is open to "different possibilities of working in a partnership". A spokeswoman said it would not be appropriate to...

In this article: Taggart, STV, History Channel, Sky, BBC, Revenue, Robert Carlyle, Alex Norton, and Ken Stott

...to the inquiry. There are fears that Channel 4, ITV and Channel Five may find it difficult to bid for major sporting events in the future, meaning the BBC could in many cases be the only significant bidder. There is pressure for the...

In this article: World Cup, BBC, England and Wales Cricket Board, England, and UK

...recognise them. The BBC's Strictly Come Dancing is suffering this series from creaky casting. There were fears ITV had made the same error. To paraphrase the popular football cliche, however, reality TV isn't a game played on paper, it's...

In this article: Katie Price, I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!, Jordan, Stuart Manning, Les Dawson, Seasonal affective disorder, Panic attack, and Gino D'Acampo

...'seriously consider its salary structure'. He revealed he preferred ITV's X Factor to the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing and said X Factor judge Simon Cowell 'deserves' to make tens of millions. When asked 'is it right that someone like...

In this article: Gordon Brown, Piers Morgan, X Factor, Strictly Come Dancing, Jonathan Ross, Labour, Simon Cowell, GQ Magazine, and BBC