Satellite broadcaster clashes with US TV networks over a set-top box that strips ads out of recorded programmes

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Lawsuits over ad-skipping TV box

BBC agrees a new deal to broadcast Premier League highlights on Match of the Day until the end of the 2015-16 season.

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Every year at this time, Manhattan’s army of bedbugs roll up their sleeves and whole nations of shrimp prepare to meet their maker as hordes of advertising and TV execs head to concert halls in the Big Apple, where they will watch broadcast networks unveil prime-time plans for next season. Read full article > >

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Broadcast TV Upfront Week: Prime time to pump up fall hits (or flops)

The “Power Players” editions of “Jeopardy!” — taped in D.C. last month — will be broadcast Monday night through Friday at 7:30 on WJLA ABC 7. To warm up, read my behind-the-scenes profile of host Alex Trebek , take our quiz on the 28-year-old show and view the following photo gallery of Trebek through the years. The lineup of celebrity contestants, plus outtakes from my interview with Trebek, are after the jump. Read full article > >

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A granddaughter of the couple that founded the Trinity Broadcasting Network has gone public with accusations of financial impropriety and excess, which TBN denies.

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TBN Fight Offers Glimpse Inside Lavish TV Ministry

Thursday was a big day at Fox. In the morning, the network got word from Nielsen that — after Wednesday night’s Top 5 performance show — “American Idol” had regained its throne as the No. 1-rated entertainment series among younger viewers, who are the currency of broadcast TV ad sales. To accomplish that, “Idol” had to edge past NBC’s singing competition, “The Voice.” Read full article > >

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A high note for ‘American Idol’: Fox gets a win over ‘The Voice’ in reality ratings war

Ofcom will not be “rushed into a knee-jerk reaction” in considering whether BSkyB is “fit and proper” to hold a broadcasting licence, the BBC understands.

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A day after a British parliamentary panel castigated Rupert Murdoch, BSkYB insisted on Wednesday that it was a “fit and proper” company to hold a broadcasting license.

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British Satellite Broadcaster Defends Record

BSkyB says it is engaging with Ofcom’s investigation and believes itself to be a “fit and proper” holder of a broadcast licence.

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The company said that foreign ownership had risen to 36 percent, higher than the 25 percent limit for broadcasters that is allowed under U.S. law.

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Media Decoder Blog: News Corporation Acknowledges Breach of Foreign Ownership Rule

A convicted murderer whose sentencing at the High Court in Edinburgh is the first in Britain to be filmed for broadcast on the same day, is jailed for life.

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Gilroy jailed for Pilley murder

In their first UK broadcast interview, American band One Direction say they won’t be intimidated by Simon Cowell as they sue him over their name.

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Former broadcaster Mike Nesbitt is elected the new leader of the Ulster Unionist Party.

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Mike Nesbitt is new leader of UUP

Profits at commercial broadcaster ITV rose by 14% last year thanks to strong advertising on Downton Abbey and the X Factor.

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Downton Abbey boosts ITV profits

A huge day in television: 1. Madonna announced she would not allow her wardrobe to malfunction during NBC’s broadcast of her Super Bowl halftime show Sunday. 2. “Celebrity Apprentice” star Donald Trump endorsed GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney on the eve of his reality-competition show’s season debut. Read full article > >

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Column: Madonna promises ‘no flashing’ at Super Bowl