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CANAL+ NEARING DEAL ON ITALIAN PAY-TV SUBSIDIARY
Canal+ is negotiating with Telecom Italia to acquire the Italian telecoms company's pay-TV subsidiary, Stream. The French broadcast group has bid FFr669 million (£68.6 million) to acquire Stream, which would take
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TARGET SELLS FORMATS AROUND THE WORLD AT MIP-TV
Independent distributor Target has secured a number of format deals at Mip-TV, including the sale of Tiger Aspect's light entertainment show, Beat the Crusher, to Antena 3 in Spain. Target has
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LEANING BUILDING DOC IS A TOWER OF STRENGTH FOR PILOT
Independent Pilot Productions, maker of the Lonely Planet series, has sold its newest documentary, The Riddle of the Leaning Tower, to five European broadcasters. The one-hour special on the leaning tower
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PARK'S HIGGINS MOVIES AND HUNGER 2 ARE SNAPPED UP
Park Entertainment has completed sales for the TV rights of The Hunger 2 and Jack Higgins Television Movies. The Hunger 2, hosted by David Bowie who also stars in one episode,
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ROMANIA FIRST STOP ON FOX KIDS' EAST EUROPE ROLL-OUT
Fox Kids is launching a new service in central and eastern Europe, starting with a daily 12-hour service in Romania, which kicked off on 1 April. The Romanian service will be
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WHILE KREIZ TAKES ON NEW SABAN ROLE
Fox Kids Europe president Ynon Kreiz adds the role of president, Saban Merchandising to his responsibilities as part of a management restructuring in the group, effective from 1 July. The rejig
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DENMEAD SETS UP LONDON OFFICE FOR EUROPEAN CLIENTS
Denmead Marketing, the Los Angeles-based international marketing agency for TV and film producers, is setting up a London office to deal with existing European clients and develop new business from international
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LATEST BANFF ROCKIE NOMINATIONS DOMINATED BY UK
British entries dominate the nominees for the 20th Banff Rockie Awards, with 24 of a total 81 shortlisted programmes from the UK - more than from any other country. The BBC
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Top of the docs
Hard-working, serious - even dour to some - Bill Jones is seen by most as a safe pair of hands for Granada documentaries, writes Nicola Methven.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Falling by the wayside
We may think we make the best TV in the world, but foreign buyers disagree. As the Government launches an inquiry into the issue, David Wood asks how UK TV can be made more exportable.
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OPINION - Indies must gain in Smith review
Film has had its share of the political limelight and, again in the shadow of the silver screen, it's now television's turn. A government review of the production sector - which
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WAR ZONE: MID-MORNING - Battle of the divas
Three chat show hosts are fighting it out for supremacy on mid-morning TV. Peter Fiddick figures out who's winning.
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NEW MEDIA - The real life show
As webcams have proliferated, internet broadcasting has moved on from its early days of amateur porn; now almost anyone can be a broadcaster. But how relevant is this to conventional broadcasters, asks Ed Shelton.
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INTERVIEW - Hilary fits the bill
Jane Root will be a tough act to follow as head of the BBC's independent commissioning group. Except for a few dissenting voices, most indies believe that Bill Hilary has got what it takes to move the group onwards.
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OFF THE RECORD - Submit! Submit!
Off The Record is as excited as the next man about top economist Gavyn Davies' review of the licence fee (and that next man is Gavyn Davies).So it was with heavy
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OFF THE RECORD - Wonderful schedule
Say what you like about the new ITV schedule, but you can't claim David Liddiment isn't prepared to innovate. Why, only this week the Network Centre decided to run the last
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OFF THE RECORD - X-rated fm
Some people will do anything to get on the radio. When a 19-year-old student offered to turn up starkers at London's Xfm in order to win a pair of tickets to
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OFF THE RECORD - And the winner is ... me!
Interesting times are guaranteed at the prestigious Television Sports Awards at the end of this month. OTR is particularly looking forward to the regional sports presenter/commentator award. Among the nominees are
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NewsBig Brother ends with 5.3m
The 10pm final of Big Brotheron Friday managed a moderate audience of 5.3m viewers (29%), 2.2m down on last year's final show. [ALL]