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Buena Vista is to make a pilot of Ginger Television's Don't Forget Your Toothbrush (DFYT, above) for US channel Comedy Central, writes Tina Mistry. Ginger executive producer Will Macdonald will take
Buena Vista is to make a pilot of Ginger Television's Don't Forget Your Toothbrush (DFYT, above) for US channel Comedy Central, writes Tina Mistry. Ginger executive producer Will Macdonald will take
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Virgo to make drama with Australian indie
Granada Media-owned Australian indie Artist Services has signed up former BBC Pebble Mill head of drama Tony Virgo to develop co-produced dramas for international distribution, writes Ashley Davies.Virgo joins the Melbourne-based
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Sky News in documentary move
Sky News plans to produce up to 10 documentaries a year for the international market after the success of Edward and Sophie - The Making of a Modern Marriage, which sold
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WEINZWEIG ACCEPTS MTE CONSULTANCY ROLE
Former Mayfair Television Entertainment (MTE) chief executive Daniel Weinzweig has become head of foreign acquisitions for the company, working on a consultancy basis. The move comes as talks about a possible
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NEW PROMAX PRESIDENT BRAILSFORD FORESEES GROWTH
International promotion and marketing association Promax has named Glynn Brailsford (right) as its new president and CEO. Brailsford - formerly controller of creative services at Channel 5 in the UK -
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S CLUB 7 AGREEMENTS MADE WORLDWIDE BY BBC
BBC Worldwide has licensed S Club 7 in Miami - produced by Initial and known as Miami 7 in the UK - in several territories. Agreements have been made with broadcasters
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FOX TO BUY UP REST OF TVNZ NATURAL HISTORY UNIT
Twentieth Century Fox has finalised the deal to secure complete ownership of Television New Zealand's Natural History Unit. Fox has held 80 per cent of the Natural History Unit since 1998,
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ROTH JOINS PEARSON FOR GAMESHOW PUSH ..
Pearson Television is planning a push in gameshow and reality programming and has appointed JD Roth to the newly created role of executive producer to spearhead the drive. Reporting to Pearson
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... WHILE ZULUETA IS NAMED NEW MD OF IBERIAN BUSINESS
Pearson Television has appointed Eduardo Zulueta as the managing director of its business in the Iberian peninsula. Zulueta moves from Via Digital, the Spanish satellite television platform, where he had been
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Sarah Thane
On the drive to redefine public service broadcasting obligations in an era of technological change.
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Life of Brian
Film-maker Brian Hill has a knack for being ahead of his time. He made a docu-soap in 1993 and now experiments with poetry. Wale Azeez reports.
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Glum times for Scots?
Following a sharp downturn, the Scottish Media Group has made the politically sensitive decision to move its production arm to London, raising the ire of nationalist critics. Ashley Davies reports.
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OPINION - Will Prebble play his cards right?
Now you see him, now you don't. Stephen Grabiner, the marketing maestro Michael Green lured to spearhead his digital dream, has gone to pastures new. His successor, Stuart Prebble, was appointed
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INTERVIEW - The new cultural evolution
'Genuinely respected', 'a safe pair of hands', 'on top of his brief'. The broadcast industry, it seems, has a lot of time for Media Secretary Chris Smith.After more than two years
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INTERVIEW - Captain America
Since Peter Phippen took over as head of BBC Worldwide Americas, distribution of the US channel has shot from 400,000 to more than nine million, but he still has a long way to go to make the BBC a major US brand.
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RATINGS ANALYSIS - ITV's facelift sags
Although ITV has been trumpeting its ratings success following the demise of News at Ten, a closer look at the figures reveals that the great reversal of fortune has yet to materialise.
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OFF THE RECORD - When two plus two is five
As regular readers of this page will know, Off The Record was unswerving in its support for Matthew Bannister in the race to become the next DG.But after listening to his
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OFF THE RECORD - A right royal gossip
Still at the festival, it seemed to be confessional time for anyone who had met the Queen. Unique Broadcasting head honcho Tim Blackmore, who received the MBE not so long ago,
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OFF THE RECORD - We'll call you
Never let it be said that Sir Christopher 'not very' Bland doesn't look after his friends. No, not Greg Dyke, silly, but the outgoing DG Sir John Birt. OTR understands that
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OFF THE RECORD - We interrupt this broadcast ..
Those of us who have missed having our favourite films interrupted by a news programme since the demise of News at Ten need only retune to BBC 1. Take Saturday, for