Channel 4 is caught short

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In 1994 UK television broadcaster Channel 4's share of terrestial audience figures for the daytim and evenings fell for the first time. The channel's specialities, retro-TV series and US shows, are being duplicated by the non-terrestial channels and BBC2 is competing hard for the broadcaster's late afternoon audiences. The channel, under controller Michael Grade, is operating on a tight budget and few enduring programme formats have emerged. Channel 4 must renew its efforts in order to recover the 57 million pounds sterling levy that it will pay to ITV in 1995.

Analysis, Channel Four Television Company Ltd.

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BBC's digital plans to cost over 120m pounds sterling

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The BBC has revealed plans for digital broadcasting which will include broadcasting output from BBC Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales across the UK. It predicts that its free-to-air digital channels will represent 7-8% of licence fee income after five years. This will represent 120-140 million pounds sterling based on current figures. It plans to distribute BBC1 and 2 via digital satellite, with national regions to have dedicated blocks of programming on planned side-channels.

British Broadcasting Corp., Digital television

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