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This is an archive of news about Channel Television. Some links may no longer work, due to the transient nature of the internet.

Amy Alexander to present Television X
From Digital Spy. Posted November 14 2007, 12.41pm
Amy Alexander signs up to appear as a presenter on adult TV channel Television X. (more)

Freeview ascent puts it above Sky in digital race
From Media Guardian. Posted April 19 2007, 1.00am
Freeview has overtaken Sky to become the most popular way of watching multichannel television in the UK. By Owen Gibson. (more)

New Christian and family TV package launched across Canada
From Media Network Weblog. Posted January 22 2007, 1.56pm
Sky Angel, the leading US direct broadcast satellite (DBS) provider of Christian TV and radio channels plus family programming, and ShifTV Inc. of Toronto, Canada, a pioneer in providing Broadband TV (or IPTV, Internet Protocol Television) which can be watched on any television via a set-top box, have launched the Sky Angel multi-channel television service [...] (more)

Desmond to chair Channel TV
From Media Guardian. Posted September 20 2006, 1.00am
3pm: Former ITV Broadcasting boss Mick Desmond is joining Channel Television, the ITV Channel Islands franchise holder, as executive chairman. By Jason Deans. (more)

Lebanon: Al-Manar official says no casualties from bombing of station
From Media Network Weblog. Posted July 17 2006, 10.53am
Doha-based Al-Jazeera Satellite Channel Television in Arabic at 0822 gmt on 16 July carried a live interview with Ibrahim Farahat, director of public relations of the Hezbollah TV channel, Al-Manar. Asked about the temporary suspension of the channel’s transmission, Farahat said: “Transmission stopped a short while ago for purely technical reasons. The transmission has been resumed. [...] (more)

Freeview's set-top box sales hit 10m
From Media Guardian. Posted March 1 2006, 7.57am
Sales of Freeview set-top boxes have hit 10m, bringing the digital TV service closer to overtaking Sky as the largest multi-channel television platform in Britain. (more)