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Bravo acquires UK rights to 'Spartacus'
From Digital Spy - TV. Posted March 8 2010, 3.47pm
Spartacus will make its UK debut on Bravo this summer. (more)

Bravo acquires UK rights to 'Spartacus'
From Digital Spy - TV. Posted March 8 2010, 3.47pm
Spartacus will make its UK debut on Bravo this summer. (more)

Bravo buys Spartacus: Blood and Sand
From Media Guardian. Posted March 8 2010, 11.36am
Virgin Media's pay-TV channel to air drama criticised in US for graphic sex and violenceVirgin Media's pay-TV channel Bravo has acquired the rights to the first two series of US drama Spartacus: Blood and Sand. (more)

Sky closes in on deal to buy Virgin Media TV channels
From Media Guardian. Posted February 15 2010, 7.07am
Satellite broadcaster would take over services including Virgin 1 and Living, leaving Virgin free to focus on core businessesVirgin Media is understood to be in the final stages of selling its wholly-owned television channels, including Virgin 1 and Living, to BSkyB after months of negotiations. (more)

Bravo channel to air White Collar series in the UK
From New Statesman. Posted February 12 2010, 10.47am
The US drama White Collar has been sold to the Bravo channel which has landed the exclusive UK rights to the series from Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution. (more)

Comcast-NBC deal faces regulatory test
From Media Guardian. Posted December 4 2009, 4.43pm
• Federal commissioner says tie-up faces 'a very steep climb'• Blow to hopes of powerful new force in American broadcastingRegulators in the US could scupper Comcast's $14bn deal to take control of NBC Universal, which the American cable ... (more)

Comcast to confirm NBC Universal deal
From Media Guardian. Posted December 3 2009, 10.17am
Move will create one of the world's largest media and entertainment companies following General Electric's Vivendi buy-upUS cable group Comcast is expected to confirm today that it is buying a controlling stake in NBC Universal, creating one of the world's largest media and entertainment companies. (more)

General Electric buys minority stake in NBC from Vivendi
From Media Guardian. Posted December 1 2009, 4.52pm
Vivendi sells its 20% slice of NBC for £3. (more)

Vivendi set to sell NBC Universal stake
From Media Guardian. Posted December 1 2009, 12.14pm
Sale of Vivendi shares could lead to $30bn joint venture deal between General Electric and US cable giant ComcastFrench conglomerate Vivendi has reportedly agreed to sell its 20% stake in NBC Universal to the US media company's majority shareholder, General Electric, for $5.8m (£3.5bn). (more)

Virgin Media rolls out VOD advertising
From Digital Spy - Digital TV. Posted November 25 2009, 4.46pm
Virgin Media rolls out targeted advertising for all Living, Virgin 1 and Bravo on-demand content. (more)

Freesat to gain iPlayer and ITV Player
From Media Guardian. Posted November 25 2009, 12.04pm
Beta version of iPlayer catch-up service promised for Freesat satellite viewers by ChristmasFreesat viewers will be able to catch up with Christmas specials including Doctor Who and Strictly Come Dancing following a deal that will see the BBC iPlayer launched on the digital TV service next month. (more)

Obituarys: Troy Kennedy Martin
From Media Guardian. Posted September 16 2009, 5.28pm
Scriptwriter behind two classics – Z Cars and The Italian JobIn 1962 Troy Kennedy Martin, who has died aged 77, created Z Cars, writing the first nine episodes of the groundbreaking realistic police series and returning in 1978 to polish off the last one. (more)

Channel 4 pulls out of Virgin Media TV auction
From The Times. Posted July 31 2009, 10.10am
Channel 4 today withdrew from the race to buy Virgin Media's £100 million-plus entertainment channels, which include Living, Challenge and Bravo as well as Virgin1. (more)

'BSkyB in £160m bid for Virgin channels'
From Media Guardian. Posted May 29 2009, 9.38am
BSkyB offer for Virgin Media digital channels said to be at least £60m more than bids from Channel 4, RTL and othersBSkyB has reportedly tabled a £160m bid to buy the rival pay-TV operator Virgin Media's seven digital TV channels – 60... (more)

Webb named Virgin Media TV executive director
From Media Guardian. Posted April 8 2009, 9.19am
Managing director Jonathan Webb promoted at Virgin Media TV in the wake of Malcolm Wall's departureJonathan Webb, the managing director of Virgin Media TV, has been promoted to the position of executive director in the wake of the departure of Malcolm Wall last month. (more)

ITV Adding VOD To Virgin Cable And Website; Something Of A Tipping Point
From paidContent:UK. Posted January 8 2009, 9.29am
It's taken a while, but ITV (LSE: ITV) is now firmly getting its video-on-demand mojo on. After getting carriage on BT (NYSE: BT) Vision recently, it's now opening up its programming on to Virgin Media's built-in VOD platform, joining the BBC (via iPlayer), Channel 4, Bravo and other channels. (more)

Daniela Neumann confirmed as Virgin Media TV director of programmes
From Media Guardian. Posted January 7 2009, 1.08pm
Former ITV2 controller Daniela Neumann has been confirmed as director of programmes for Virgin Media TV's portfolio of channels, which include Virgin1 and Bravo. (more)

Virgin to pay up to £38m a year for return of basic Sky channels
From Media Guardian. Posted November 6 2008, 9.42am
Virgin Media will pay BSkyB as much as £38m a year to return basic channels including Sky1 and Sky News to its cable TV service - but will receive an extra £24m annually for distribution of its services including Living on satellite. (more)

BBC Worldwide looks to Virgin Media
From Daily Telegraph. Posted April 19 2008, 11.01pm
The BBC's commercial arm is courting private equity firms to join a bid for the owner of digital television channels such as UKTV Drama, Bravo and UKTV Gold, writes Mark Kleinman. (more)

Daily Sport targets 'the boys' with revamp
From Media Guardian. Posted February 26 2008, 9.48am
The Daily Sport will relaunch from Monday as a cross between 'Nuts, Zoo, Bravo and Sky Sports'. (more)

Daily Sport revamp targets 'the boys'
From Media Guardian. Posted February 26 2008, 9.48am
The Daily Sport will relaunch from Monday as a cross between 'Nuts, Zoo, Bravo and Sky Sports'. (more)

Virgin 1 takes Bravo's Sky EPG slots
From Digital Spy. Posted January 31 2008, 11.05am
Virgin Media reshuffles its channel positions on Sky's EPG, with Virgin 1 pushing Bravo off page 2 of the guide. (more)

In Video: Danny Dyer's 'Football' bloopers
From Digital Spy. Posted May 21 2007, 2.28pm
Watch Danny Dyer doing a lot of swearing in bloopers from his new Bravo series. (more)

Jonathan Webb: My Life In Media
From The Independent. Posted November 20 2006, 12.00am
Jonathan Webb, 38, was this month made managing director of Flextech Television, the broadcasting company that owns the LIVINGtv, Bravo and Challenge channels. (more)

Bravo launches autumn drama strand with Life on Mars
From Brand Republic. Posted August 3 2006, 11.08am
LONDON - Flextech channel Bravo is to launch a dedicated peak-time drama strand in the autumn to further boost its male-orientated audience, which will feature the hit BBC time travel police drama 'Life on Mars', starring John Simm. (more)

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