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Archive for April, 2006

BSkyB wins 3 packages in UK football TV rights auction

Saturday, April 29th, 2006

UK Auction Info
British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC has won three of the six packages on offer in the auction for the right to televise live English Premiership football.
A second round of bidding has opened for the remaining three packages, said the Premier League in a statement.

PCB manufacturer Circatex for auction by Branford Group

Saturday, April 29th, 2006

UK Auction Info
The entire contents of the 250,000 square foot manufacturing site of a bankrupt printed circuit board manufacturer is being disposed of by way of webcast and on-location aution.
Circatex Group Ltd. (South Shields, England) went into administration in January 2006 and the company ceased trading in March. The company had been created by a [...]

Celebrity art going under the hammer for charity

Thursday, April 27th, 2006

A host of celebrities have put pen and paint to canvas to help raise money for a Northern Irish charity.
Former Boyzone star Stephen Gately, Dr Who’s Billie Piper, the Lord Mayor of London Ken Livingstone, actors John Hurt and Neil Morrissey and king of satire Ian Hislop are among the star-studded line-up who have put [...]

H&H Buxton Classic Car Auction

Thursday, April 27th, 2006

UK Auction Info
H&H’S automobilia sale of April 11 at Buxton was especially well attended and achieved very impressive results, with the vast majority of the lots finding new homes.
Of particular note were the battery-powered Bugatti child’s car that made over £1,900, the pre-war Exide showroom lightbox that fetched nearly £1,700, the Minerva 8-litre bonnet mascot [...]

UK awards spectrum licenses to 12 companies after auction

Thursday, April 27th, 2006

UK Auction Info
Britain’s Office of Communications said 12 companies have been provisionally awarded wireless telegraphy licenses.
The licenses are for the 1781.7-1785 MHz paired with 1876.7-1880 MHz bands, and Ofcom said they should be granted from the week starting May 1.