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China will switch over from analogue to digital TV by 2015. That’s the pronouncement of the State Administration of Radio, Film and TV.  The country currently offers both digital and analogue programming. Digital TV reaches around 40 million homes in major conurbations such as Beijing and Shanghai, in which there’s a choice of 80 channels.  […]

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This year’s technical Emmy’s have proved good news for the team’s behind genre shows, with the announcement of a brace of awards. Battlestar Galactica scored an Emmy for the special effects work on the season four opener He That Believeth In Me. Its spin-off TV movie Razor was also honoured.
Other genre wins this year include […]

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When rock station Kerrang Radio lined up an interview with the distinguished ex-astronaut Dr Edgar Mitchell, it was unaware of the internet feeding frenzy it was about to create. Mitchell, a veteran of the 1971 Apollo 14 mission and the last man to walk on the surface of the moon (allegedly, conspiracy theorists permitting) calmly […]

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The UK broadcast landscape changes again today with the official unveiling of Freesat, the BBC/ITV joint venture that aims to bring redefine standard and high definition TV services. Unlike Sky, once installed Freesat viewers will have unlimited access to around 80 free-to-air channels. This number is expected to double by the end of the year.
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Sky now claims to have nine million subscribers. And according to new figures released by the satcaster, viewer churn is at a four year low at 10.5 per cent. Churn is the number one adversary of Pay TV operators. During its third quarter, BSkyB signed up 289,000 new customers, but after churn it was left […]

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