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News World launch for war zone code
CNN, BBC, ITN, Reuters and APTN have unveiled their joint code of practice for journalists working in war zones at annual global international broadcast news conference News World.The guidelines were announced
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BBC World is key influence
BBC World has overtaken BBC World Service as a key source for foreign viewers to find out about the United Kingdom, according to research by the British Council, writes Georgina Lipscomb.The
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Capital plans Euro move
Commercial radio operator Capital Radio is to expand into Europe by developing key partnerships abroad, writes Georgina Lipscomb.Speaking at the NAB European radio conference in Berlin last week, Capital Radio chief
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Spirit Dance hires Insanally
FilmFour's UK collaboration with US actor and director Forest Whitaker, Spirit Dance, has hired Johann Insanally as its producer in charge of development, writes Ashley Davies.His role includes seeking new film-makers,
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Postcard from ... Dieter Brockmeyer in Dusseldorf
At first sight it doesn't look too spectacular - just a change in management, one may say. Markus Tellenbach, chief executive of Kirch Pay TV and Premiere World is being replaced
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ABC RENEWS WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? DEAL
Walt Disney-owned US broadcaster ABC has renewed a deal for Hat Trick Productions' improvisation show Whose Line Is It Anyway? with Warner Bros Television. The deal extends ABC's current agreement to
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ABRAMS PROMOTED TO PEARSON INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT
Pearson TV has promoted executive vice-president Joe Abrams to the position of Pearson Television International president. Abrams will remain at Pearson's London headquarters and will take on some of the responsibilities
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CARLTON AMERICA SELLS LAST DANCE AROUND THE GLOBE
Carlton America's new 120-minute TV movie The Last Dance has been sold to a number of territories around the world. They include Tele Munchen in Germany, Antena 3 in Spain, Eagle
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CARTOON SELLS DAILY TOONS TO SWEDISH KANAL 5
Swedish broadcaster Kanal 5 is to take a 60-minute daily block from Cartoon Network. The branded slot will be called Cartoon Cartoons and will run weekdays and Saturday mornings, featuring new
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PETER WILLIAMS TO MAKE BRITISH ROBESON TRIBUTE
PBS has commissioned Maidstone indie Peter Williams Television to make the British contribution to a Tribute to Paul Robeson concert, which is being filmed in New Jersey. Robeson, a black base
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IWANCZYSZYN LEAVES SKY FOR CROWN ENTERTAINMENT
Crown Entertainment has poached BSkyB international distribution executive Audrey Iwanczyszyn to the new position of executive director of distribution and network development. The move comes as Crown Entertainment steps up the
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TRADE TALK - Gunn's culture
Want to convince the television industry to travel to Pinewood's new facility in darkest Bucks? Steve Gunn is your man.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Setting an example
As lethargy continues to dog digital take-up, Meg Carter asks whether the government should now step in and clarify the benefits, push sets and promote switchover to a confused, suspicious public.
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Time to focus on the creative core
Greg Dyke has been at his desk at Broadcasting House for more than a year - although this time last year Sir John Birt was still sitting opposite him - and,
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FUTURE OF ITV - Vision of a unified state
As the federalist ITV moves inexorably towards becoming one harmonised body, Colin Robertson asks what kind of future the respective chiefs of Carlton and Granada, Michael Green and Charles Allen, plan for the Network Centre.
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HORSE-RACING - Down to the wire
The look and feel of TV racing coverage is set to be revolutionised and given broader appeal, despite the debacle over bids to secure global media rights to the UK's 59 race courses.
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INTERVIEW - A moveable feast
Dick Emery, head of UKTV - the BBC/Flextech joint-venture - wants it to be all things to all viewers, and with new sport, music, comedy and drama output planned, he may be about to get the recognition he is chasing.
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OFF THE RECORD - Double vision
Off The Record is tearing other people's hair out in desperation to know what's going on in the editing room at So Graham Norton (below). Two weeks ago one of our
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OFF THE RECORD - Emotional rescue
Emotions are the new Harvard MBAs, it seems. The new touchy-feely BBC is eschewing the old hard-arsed training techniques which rely too heavily on those overrated qualities: logic, rational thought and
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OFF THE RECORD - A dinosaur rears its head
Talking of which, please tell us Channel 4 overlord Michael Jackson was joking when, at a Media Society do this week, he asked King of Leisure Baz whether he thought television