BSkyB axes Current TV from its pay-TV lineup
Al Gore’s Current TV channel in the UK is facing closure after BSkyB – part owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation – axed it from its pay-TV lineup.
The satellite broadcaster took a “commercial decision” to let go of the news and documentary channel from its subscription service, which launched in a blaze of publicity in 2007 but has since struggled for ratings.
The decision comes months after Current TV’s Italian network was dropped by Murdoch’s Sky Italia, prompting accusations from the channel that it was taken off air for political reasons.
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