BSkyB takes reins at Open (British Sky Broadcasting acquires Open from British interactive Broadcasting)

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Direct broadcast satellite television services provider British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC, acquires Open TV from British Interactive Broadcasting Ltd.

Asset sales & divestitures, Satellite Telecommunications, Satellite TV Communications, Direct Broadcast Satellite TV Providers, Interactive CATV, Cable TV Systems Operators, Direct broadcast satellite television industry, Satellite television, Satellite television industry, Interactive television, Open TV, British Interactive Broadcasting Ltd.

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Contract killer?

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BskyB has attempted to acquire a news station before, and has assembled a consortium to again bid to acquire a news contract from ITN. The consortium must follow a rule of the 1990 Broadcasting Act that no shareholder can own more than 20 percent of the company, and ITV chiefs Charles Allen of Granada Media and Gerry Murphy of Carlton Communications have communicated to sources they prefer ITV to own ITN.

Subscription Television ex CATV, Statistical Data Included, Management, Television broadcasting, Column, Carlton Communications PLC, Television broadcasting of news, Television news, Subscription television, Granada Media PLC, Independent Television News Ltd., Independent Television

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Hallmark snaps up BBC dramas

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Hallmark C hannel is on a buying spree. It has recently acquired television programs Spooks and Hustle. These programs were hits on BBC.

United States, General services, Services information, Purchasing, Services, British Broadcasting Corp., Company acquisition/merger, Television programs, Crown Media Holdings Inc. Hallmark Channel

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