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With BBC Three facing a difficult future, ITV has picked up the rights to air Family Guy and American Dad in the new multi-year deal.

It is understood the service, likely to be formally announced mid-week, will be called BT Mobile and will only be on offer to the company’s 7.6 million broadband subscribers at launch.

The price of a sports TV package set to rise by £1 to £47 a month whilst the family bundle service will rise by £3 a month to £36.

Under the terms of the extended deal, Channel 5 will continue to broadcast two series of Celebrity Big Brother and one series of Big Brother each year, as well as associated programming.

Viacom has appointed Kerry Taylor as its first ever chief marketing officer for its operations managed out of the UK, with an immediate brief to oversee a “creative rebranding” for Channel 5 during 2015.

This is the year for transmedia, writes Cedar’s Kim Willis – where making an impact means giving people a deep, sensory and immersive experience.

Channel 4 has signed Dentsu Aegis Network as the first agency group to buy advertising programmatically on its soon-to-launch digital TV service, All 4, which replaces 4oD this year.

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Apple looks set to expand its portfolio of products with the launch of an online television service, according to reports.

Leeds’ new local TV station has come under fire from Ofcom after breaching broadcasting rules during its debut show.