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BUENA VISTA PICKS UP FKE/SABAN LIBRARY.
Disney distributor Buena Vista International Television is set to distribute the Fox Kids Europe (FKE) Saban library. The arrangement, which covers 6,300 episodes of programming such as Power Rangers and X-Men,
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SKY NEWS RADIO AGREES DISTRIBUTION DEAL.
Global Radio News (GRN) has signed a deal to distribute Sky News Radio content outside the UK. The agreement, which excludes South Africa, started this week. Stations around the world will
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EXTREME BUYS EINSTEIN'S PROGRAMME LIBRARY.
Extreme International has signed an exclusive three-year deal with Einstein.tv for its entire programming library. Under the terms of the arrangement, Extreme will have access to Einstein's existing 100-hour science and
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CLARIFICATION: ELECTRONIC MEDIA SYSTEMS.
Electronic Media Systems (EMS) - a company specialising in broadcast systems consultancy and systems integration - has asked Broadcast to point out that it has no connection to Eurasia Management Services
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BBC/Discovery deal extended.
The future of high-cost landmark factual programming on the BBC was effectively secured for another decade this week after the corporation extended its co-production deal with Discovery until 2012.The deal is
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MacKenzie slams Rajar ratings.
The Wireless Group chief executive Kelvin MacKenzie has sparked controversy in the radio sector once again, this time criticising the Rajar audience measurement system as misleading and inaccurate, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Indie move goes against the tide.
Wild Dream Films is bucking the trend of indies moving out to the regions by moving from Wales to Brighton to be closer to London commissioning editors, writes Penny Hughes.
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SIR PAUL LENDS VOICE TO GMG.
Musician Paul McCartney this week launched Guardian Media Group Radio's new analogue radio station in Yorkshire, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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PROGRAMMING - ITV to hunt for sexiest Britons.
Carlton controller of entertainment Mark Wells has picked up a scoop of new orders from ITV controller of entertainment Claudia Rosencrantz, including a Popstars-style hunt for Britain's sexiest man and woman.Britain's
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PROGRAMMING - Play UK looks at music biz.
Play UK channel editor Matthew Littleford has commissioned a brace of new series examining aspects of the music business, writes Jon Rogers.
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PROGRAMMING - C4 probes Queen's finances.
Channel 4 has ordered a clutch of factual commissions focusing on Queen Elizabeth II's financial affairs, beauty queens in India and school reunions, writes Penny Hughes.
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PROGRAMMING - LOUIS ON THE HORIZON.
UK Horizons is to dedicate an entire weekend to Louis Theroux, writes Jon Rogers.
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PROGRAMMING - ITV SENDS JOHN McCARTHY GLOBETROTTING.
ITV controller of news, current affairs, arts and religion Steve Anderson has commissioned CTVC to produce a show for ITV 1 exploring the relationship between politics and religion. The 6 x
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PROGRAMMING - FOX KIDS UK WINS OLSEN TWINS SERIES RIGHTS.
Fox Kids UK has secured exclusive cable and satellite rights to the live-action series So Little Time produced by Dualstar Productions, the outfit owned by 15-year-old twins Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.
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PROGRAMMING - BBC ORDERS CLASSIC ENTERTAINERS SHOW.
The BBC has commissioned an eight-part observational documentary series featuring quintessential British entertainers from the 1970s and 1980s that may include Tony Blackburn, Bernard Manning (right) and Leo Sayer. The Entertainers
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PROGRAMMING - SMG LOOKS BACK AT CHARGE OF LIGHT BRIGADE.
SMG TV Productions has been commissioned by Channel 4 commissioning editor, history Hamish Mykura, to produce a 60-minute documentary recreating the events of the Charge of the Light Brigade. The Charge
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PROGRAMMING - ITN FACTUAL TO MAKE SUZY LAMPLUGH FILM.
ITV controller of news, current affairs, art and religion Steve Anderson has commissioned ITN Factual to produce a documentary for its Real Crime strand, based on the disappearance of estate agent
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Quantel launches generationQ range.
Quantel has unveiled a completely redesigned 'generationQ' range of production, post, broadcast graphics and news systems, all based around Windows 2000.At its heart is a new generation of scaleable Quantel software
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Open and Liberate in court battle.
Rival US interactive TV companies Liberate and OpenTV are embroiled in a patent infringement lawsuit in the Californian courts, writes Barbara Marshall.
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - ENTRY-LEVEL HOUDINI APPEARS.
Side Effects, whose 3D software Houdini has been used on films such as Lord of the Rings and The Time Machine, has launched an entry-level version called Houdini Select, writes Barbara Marshall.