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Squaring up to television's future

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James Murdoch, Charles Allen and Mark Thompson, Chief executives of Sky television, Independent Television (ITV) and British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), express different opinions on digitalizing the television channels at the Royal Television Society (RTO) Cambridge Convention. James Murdoch's rude behavior created controversial issues. Chief of Yahoo! Terry Semel conforms that yahoo will not enter the broadcasting field. On the final day of the conference executives of BBC and Channel4 television channels expressed mixed opinion on idea of top slicing.

Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Cable Television Systems, Industry forecasts

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Selling family values

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Jeff Henry, Hallmark Channel's managing director of Europe, talks about how the Hallmark Channel has grown in market share and ad revenue. Henry discusses his views on the channel's position, his perception of the audience, and the future of the Hallmark Channel.

Interview, Henry, Jeff

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Miles better?

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This article discusses the appointment of Annie Miles as the managing director of Fox Kids UK. She is considered very strong at problem solving and getting things going.

United States, Jetix Europe Ltd.

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