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CLT-UFA TEAMS UP WITH M6 TO BUY BORDEAUX SOCCER CLUB
CLT-UFA and French channel M6 have bought the Girondins de Bordeaux football club for FFr120 million (£12 million). The deal has sparked speculation that a new football channel could launch on
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Fact or fiction?
Can Wall to Wall drama chief Gina Cronk make a name for herself in an outfit better known for its factual credentials? Alice Macandrew reports.
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Patricia Hodgson
On why the BBC needs to maintain its broad remit - for the sake of both its audiences and its rivals.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Winning the news war
When Nato planes bombed Serbia, ratings for news bulletins soared. But as the conflict drags on, the cost of coverage is rising and broadcasters are beginning to feel the strain. John Plunkett reports.
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OPINION - Britcom makes the world laugh
There is a dangerous new orthodoxy at large in British television.Already it has led us into a questionable alliance with the US and to shift priorities from entertainment to factual programme-making.
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DEMOGRAPHICS - Television's tribal gatherings
As society changes TV stations are adopting more touchy-feely approaches to keeping track of their audiences. David Wood and Peter Keighron report on the BBC's 100 Tribes of Britain and on how other broadcasters are coping.
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ONLINE MARKETS - Just browsing
Internet technology is encroaching on international programme sales. But can it change the face of Cannes?
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NewsBlog: Coming in out of the cold
In a blog especially for TV producers that are baffled by Bebo and foxed by Facebook, Jens Bachem explains how people can succeed in a digital world full of penguins, pokes and PMs. [ALL]
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INTERVIEW - Business class
From her first ambition to work as an air hostess, Sally Miles' career has really taken off. As managing director of September Films, she runs the business side of an indie currently flying high on terrestrial and satellite TV.
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RATINGS ANALYSIS - Slight entertainer
Last year's ratings figures show BBC 2 has been tenacious in holding on to its audience despite the slow rise of Channel 5, but it is still faring badly in the field of entertainment.
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OFF THE RECORD - Open plan, open mind
Is there no stopping Carlton Communications chief executive Steven Cain?Not content with masterminding the acquisition of groovetastic indie Planet 24, Cain has now embarked on stage two of his masterplan -
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OFF THE RECORD - A matter of life or death
The makers of Cold Feet got rather more than they bargained for when filming an episode of the second series in a multi-storey car park in Manchester. Producer Christine Langan and
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OFF THE RECORD - Going for a gong
And so to Switzerland for the annual telly schmoozefest which is the Golden Rose of Montreux, where no-one was having more fun than the good people of Tiger Aspect.The award-winning indie
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OFF THE RECORD - Lost in translation
Still at Montreux, OTR happened upon one reason why UK TV isn't selling more shows abroad. The press jury, during one of its marathon viewing sessions, found itself in stitches at
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OFF THE RECORD - Bob the image-builder
Animated kiddies' favourite Bob the Builder isn't just doing good business for producer Hit Entertainment - he's also doing wonders for the building industry. Fed up with being stereotyped as lazy,
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OFF THE RECORD - Keep your hair on
OTR can't wait to find out if the Beeb is going to reorder its favourite sitcom, Mrs Merton and Malcolm. But one person who won't be overly disappointed if it doesn't
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TV producers lament fall in quality and standards
An overwhelming majority of production staff believes the quality of television programmes has deteriorated during the past four years.There is also widespread concern over what many programme-makers perceive as a fall
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BBC team follows in Mallory's footsteps
A BBC features production team has been filming the search for the body of English mountaineer George Mallory, which was found on Mount Everest last week, for a BBC 2 documentary, writes Liz Shackleton.
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NewsRichards gets top programming job at LBC
LBC 97.3 FM has lined up editorial news director Jonathan Richards to become its new programme director. [ALL]
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BBC to pay SDN to carry Knowledge
The BBC is planning to pay digital terrestrial (DTT) operator S4C Digital Networks (SDN) for carriage of its licence fee-funded education channel, BBC Knowledge.BBC sources have confirmed that the corporation is