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RTL Group says farewell to Five

July 23, 2010 18.12 Europe/London By Robert Briel

WATCH VIDEO. RTL Group has announced that it has signed an agreement for the sale of Five Group (“Five”) to the Northern & Shell company owned by British publisher Richard Desmond. The deal has been closed with immediate effect.

Filed Under: Newsline Tagged With: Five, RTL Group Edited: July 24, 2010 15:34

Virgin TV sale “as early as next week”

May 27, 2010 07.35 Europe/London By Julian Clover

Virgin Media’s exit from the content business looks set to conclude in the next few days with the £160 million (€188 million) sale channel brands including Living TV, Challenge and to BSkyB. At the same time RTL finally looks ready to sell its interest in the terrestrial network Five.

Filed Under: Channels, Finance, Newsline Tagged With: Five, Virgin Media, VMTV Edited: May 28, 2010 11:16

Five HD in surprise Sky launch

March 17, 2010 09.22 Europe/London By Julian Clover

Five and Sky have jointly announced the launch of Five HD this summer, less than 48-hours after the regulator Ofcom said it would return terrestrial capacity to the BBC after failing to reach agreement with the RTL-owned broadcaster.

Filed Under: HDTV, Newsline, Satellite, Top Story Tagged With: Five, Sky+ HD Edited: March 18, 2010 09:22

Five unable to meet Ofcom HD deadline

March 15, 2010 14.30 Europe/London By Julian Clover

Ofcom is to return terrestrial capacity to the BBC after it was unable to resolve issues with Five for the launch of an HD service.

Filed Under: HDTV, Newsline Tagged With: BBC HD, Five, Freeview HD, Ofcom Edited: March 17, 2010 08:44

Five follows Four on YouTube

December 3, 2009 13.49 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Following in the footsteps of Channel 4, the UK commercial broadcaster Five has signed an agreement with YouTube to show videos that will go live ‘shortly’ after being aired. The offer will include not only programmes such as The Gadget Show and Hotel Inspector, but also famed Aussie soaps Neighbours and Home and Away.

Filed Under: Newsline, Web TV Tagged With: Five, YouTube Edited: December 3, 2009 13:53

Five to join Sony internet TV platform

September 4, 2009 10.35 Europe/London By Julian Clover

Five has become the first British broadcaster to agree to have its TV programmes carried on an internet TV platform operated by a receiver manufacturer.

Filed Under: Newsline, Web TV Tagged With: Five, Sony Edited: September 4, 2009 10:56

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