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with the judge ruling that it had "failed to extract sufficient written guarantees". The league then filed a negligence claim against its own lawyers for failing to press for a written guarantee at the time of the deal with ITV Digital. From this, in June 2006, it was awarded a paltry £4 in damages of the £150m it was seeking. The collapse put in doubt the government's ambition to switch off analogue terrestrial TV signals by 2010.
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obtained by the BBC, and an interview with Lee
Gibling, the operator of a hacking website, who claimed he was paid up to £60,000 per year by Ray Adams, NDS's head of security. This would mean that Murdoch used computer hacking to directly undermine rival ITV Digital. Lawyers for News Corporation claimed that these accusations of illegal activities against a rival business are "false and libellous". In June 2013 the
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January 2001, whereas Sky Digital had 5.7 million. Granada reported £69 million in losses in the first six months of 2001, leading some investors to urge it to close or sell ONdigital/ITV Digital. ITV Digital was unable to make a deal to put the ITV Sport
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was announced. This would be a premium sport channel, and would broadcast
English football games as per the company's deal with the Football League in 2000, as well as ATP tennis games and Champions League games previously covered by ONsport 1 and ONsport 2. The channel launched on 11 August of that
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Carlton and Granada. SMG and UTV initially refused to carry the advertising campaign for ITV Digital and did not allow the ITV Sport Channel space on their multiplex, thus it was not available at launch in most of Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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Football League. Later, as chances of its survival remained bleak, the Football League sued Carlton and Granada, claiming that the firms had breached their contract in failing to deliver the guaranteed income. On 1 August the league lost the case,
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In 1999, Sky started to give away their digiboxes for free whilst the customer subscribed. This was a problem for ONdigital, as they had no choice but to sell prepaid set top boxes to win customers back from rival services. Even when they decided to sell prepaid set top boxes (under the ONprepaid
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Christmas sales and retailers had to wait several months for the customers to receive their boxes. Meanwhile, aggressive marketing by BSkyB for Sky Digital made the
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Scotland and the Channel Islands and later still in Northern Ireland, allowing ITV Sport to launch in the non-Carlton and Granada regions, although it was never made available in the Channel Islands, where there was no DTT or cable, and it never appeared on Sky Digital.
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Other services were also rebranded, such as ONnet to ITV Active. A rebranding campaign was launched, with customers being sent ITV Digital stickers to place over the ONdigital logos on their remote controls and set top boxes. The software running on the receivers was not changed, however, and
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broadcasters. The other three multiplexes were auctioned off. ONdigital was given one year from the award of the licence to launch the first DTT service. In addition to launching audio and video services, it also led the specification of an industry-wide advanced interactive engine, based on
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also entered administration in October 2002, despite the club making a profit for the twelve years prior to the collapse of ITV Digital. Barnsley had budgeted on the basis that the money from the ITV Digital deal would be received, leaving a £2.5 million shortfall in their accounts when the
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system that Sky Digital used. ONdigital did not update this system, therefore it was possible to produce and sell counterfeit subscription cards which would give access to all the channels. About 100,000 pirate cards were in circulation by 2002, and these played a role in the demise of the
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ONdigital's growth slowed throughout 2000, and by the start of 2001 the number of subscribers was no longer increasing; meanwhile, its competitor Sky Digital oversaw a dramatic increase in subscribers, spearheaded by the launch of interactive services, such as
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football matches for four years, which would partly be broadcast through ONdigital. Two sports channels were added to the platform, Champions ON 28 and Champions ON 99 (later renamed ONsport 1 and ONsport 2 when it secured the rights to
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for £95 million for the next four years compared to £315 million over three years from ITV Digital, leading to a reduction from £2 million per season to £700,000 in broadcasting revenue for First Division clubs.
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2563:"Freeview's 'fresh start' for digital TV"
2413:"ITV Digital faces closure 'within days'"
2284:"ITV Digital football contract 'binding'"
1345:Known as ONrequest until 22 August 2001.
1116:Learn how and when to remove this message
972:as Al and a knitted monkey simply called
674:channels were encrypted using a system –
76:Learn how and when to remove this message
4637:Digital television in the United Kingdom
4622:Mass media companies established in 1998
4617:British companies disestablished in 2002
2139:"ONdigital plans premium sports channel"
1982:. 12 June 2002. 19 minutes in. BBC Two.
1633:. 12 June 2002. 14 minutes in. BBC Two.
558:service. A deal with multiplex operator
532:launched on the platform. The exclusive
4394:United Kingdom Independent Broadcasting
2650:"Bradford City put into administration"
2394:"ITV Digital staggers towards collapse"
1560:
899:On 31 March 2002, French cable company
738:year, and was also carried on cable by
2952:"NDS accused of ITV Digital card hack"
2599:"ITV Digital viewers 'can keep' boxes"
2581:"Viewers told to return set-top boxes"
1671:"BBC News – UK – D-day for digital TV"
524:. Throughout 1999, channels including
282:in 1998, the service was rebranded as
4612:British companies established in 1998
4352:ITV Emergency National Service (1968)
3056:ITV Monkey funds TV shopping start-up
2728:"Football League agrees £95m TV deal"
2663:Staff and agencies (3 October 2002).
2095:"Ondigital relaunches as ITV Digital"
2077:"Ondigital relaunches as ITV Digital"
2009:"ONdigital reports 34% rise in sales"
2007:Macalister, Terry (12 January 2000).
274:, owners of multiple licences of the
7:
1882:"Discovery channels boost ONdigital"
1094:adding citations to reliable sources
895:News Corporation hacking allegations
4181:Thames & Associated-Rediffusion
3149:Set-top box offers low-cost digital
3095:"Vegas 'owed money for Monkey ads'"
2616:Litterick, David (7 October 2003).
2411:Trefgarne, George (25 April 2002).
2375:"Football League loses damages bid"
2357:"League loses football cash battle"
2248:"ITV Digital in crisis, owners say"
2113:"ITV Digital gets support from SMG"
1880:McIntosh, Bill (22 December 1999).
1835:Bufton, Jonathan (1 January 2001).
434:Crystal Palace transmitting station
375:digital multiplex licences to BDB.
2618:"ITV cleared for a united kingdom"
2545:"BBC wins ex-ITV digital licences"
2451:"Race to find digital broadcaster"
2153:"Granada urged to ditch ONdigital"
1645:"UK Digital turn on for ONdigital"
1425:Joint venture between Granada and
1407:Joint venture between Granada and
14:
2972:"Murdoch firm accused of hacking"
2665:"Barnsley go into administration"
2321:"Football chiefs reject ITV deal"
2266:"ITV Digital's flickering future"
2027:"Tempting the digital refuseniks"
801:Independent Television Commission
581:matches from the 2001–02 season.
369:Independent Television Commission
4432:
4431:
2897:"Pay-TV piracy flap intensifies"
2868:Tryhorn, Chris (30 April 2002).
2807:"ITV Digital set to sue Murdoch"
2500:Gibson, Owen (21 January 2003).
2303:"ITV's expensive miscalculation"
1066:
424:ONdigital logo from 1998 to 2001
96:
30:
2992:. Panorama. BBC. Archived from
2805:Bennett, Neil (31 March 2002).
2180:"A cold climate for digital TV"
570:TV service ONnet was launched.
359:, and applied to operate three
248:Footnotes / references
228:Pay TV services and programming
3474:Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television
3434:Video Collection International
3077:"ITV Monkey in custody battle"
3018:Leigh, David (26 March 2012).
2843:"Vivendi settles row with NDS"
394:British Satellite Broadcasting
361:digital terrestrial television
261:digital terrestrial television
1:
2870:"Murdoch lines up Sky Italia"
2198:"ITV Digital to cut 550 jobs"
1195:. Replaced by a timeshare of
1167:. Replaced by a timeshare of
468:; premium channels including
3127:ITV Digital / PG Tips Monkey
3037:Sweney, Mark (7 June 2013).
2216:"Viewers desert ITV Digital"
2059:"Ondigital 'faces relaunch'"
1429:. Replaced ONoffer service.
1027:DTX 6370, DTX 6371, DTX 6372
474:Sky Premier and Sky MovieMax
150:British Digital Broadcasting
4372:Journalists and newsreaders
3118:Information for subscribers
2301:Fox, Paul (26 March 2002).
1571:. BBC News. 18 October 2002
1128:Carlton and Granada (later
102:Logo used from 2001 to 2002
56:the claims made and adding
4668:
4565:Carlton Screen Advertising
4399:ITV advertising operations
4073:ITV Tyne Tees & Border
4041:Kemsley-Winnick Television
3454:Carlton Screen Advertising
3419:Carlton Communications plc
3075:Cassy, John (2 May 2002).
1053:Sony VTX-D500U Set Top Box
628:electronic programme guide
336:
268:Carlton Communications plc
192:(terrestrial broadcaster)
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3449:General Film Distributors
3065:silicon.com, 11 July 2002
476:; and the newly launched
432:and fireworks around the
246:
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4517:Carlton digital channels
3116:ONdigital in liquidation
2339:"ITV Digital goes broke"
1963:"ITV Digital goes broke"
1130:ITV Digital Channels Ltd
846:Effect on football clubs
353:British Sky Broadcasting
3544:Oxford Scientific Films
3152:BBC News, 29 March 2002
3144:BBC News, 27 March 2002
879:matches were resold to
869:broadcaster collapsed.
686:broadcaster that year.
511:secured the rights for
181:Bankruptcy, liquidation
4479:Carlton Communications
3141:ITV Digital goes broke
3122:ONdigital history site
3061:9 October 2008 at the
2990:"Murdoch's TV Pirates"
2469:"Top man at ITV quits"
1539:History of Freeview UK
1054:
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855:
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799:By 30 April 2002, the
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161:; 21 years ago
139:; 27 years ago
4046:North West Television
3514:ITV Studios Australia
3444:The Rank Organisation
3132:12 March 2009 at the
2978:. BBC. 27 March 2012.
2753:twohundredpercent.net
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513:UEFA Champions League
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278:network. Starting as
4529:Carlton Food Network
4245:ITV Digital Channels
3524:Big Talk Productions
3439:Pickwick Video Group
3245:ITV Digital Channels
2849:. London. 2 May 2003
2605:. 19 September 2018.
1511:Still broadcasting.
1221:Carlton Food Network
1090:improve this section
502:Cable & Wireless
343:On 31 January 1997,
159:18 October 2002
137:15 January 1997
21:ITV Digital Channels
4508:Carlton Westcountry
2811:The Daily Telegraph
2622:The Daily Telegraph
2587:. 10 December 2002.
2549:The Daily Telegraph
2417:The Daily Telegraph
2307:The Daily Telegraph
2254:. 27 February 2002.
2222:. 12 February 2002.
2204:. 14 December 2001.
2186:. 11 December 2001.
1979:The Money Programme
1976:"Monkey Business".
1824:. 25 February 2003.
1630:The Money Programme
1627:"Monkey Business".
950:Metropolitan Police
887:In total, fourteen
875:The rights to show
719:Grampian Television
715:Scottish Television
309:were taken over by
92:
4186:TSW & Westward
3464:Trident Television
2996:on 9 December 2014
2759:on 1 December 2020
2569:. 30 October 2002.
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2931:Multichannel News
2431:"ITV Digital RIP"
1861:Wiseman, Andrew.
1515:
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1384:ITV Sport Select
1377:ITV Sport Channel
1351:ITV Sport Channel
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