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    Fountain TV Graphics department recently completed a mammoth nine-month 2D and 3D animation project for When Dinosaurs Ruled. Work on the Wall to Wall and The Learning Channel production included anim

    1999-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Fountain TV Graphics department recently completed a mammoth nine-month 2D and 3D animation project for When Dinosaurs Ruled. Work on the Wall to Wall and The Learning Channel production included animating,

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    Deluxe buys out DVD outfit Electric Switch

    1999-06-04T00:00:00Z

    DVD authoring and production company Electric Switch has been acquired by Rank Group subsidiary Deluxe Video Services for an undisclosed sum.Deluxe Video Services managing director Luis Urbano said the acquisition represented

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    Heyes unveils design consultancy

    1999-06-04T00:00:00Z

    FrameStore Design's creative director Bernard Heyes is leaving the company to set up his own design consultancy.Heyes, who co-founded the commercial facility's design arm less than 18 months ago, is expected

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    Blue to open commercials floor

    1999-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Blue is committing close to£1.5 million in a bid to attract more high-end commercials work as predicted in Broadcast (26.6.98).Blue managing director Dave Cadle said the facility was building a

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    New cartoon award started

    1999-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Nickelodeon International has launched a new global animation competition in a bid to develop new talent for its kids' TV channels, writes Alice Macandrew.

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    Danish Millionaire 'imitator' blocked

    1999-06-04T00:00:00Z

    UK indie Celador Productions has successfully blocked transmission of a Danmarks Radio Television (DRTV) show which Celador claims is a copy of its Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? format.DRTV was

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    News Corp takes 35% Stream stake

    1999-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Rupert Murdoch has entered the Italian pay-TV market in a deal giving News Corp Europe 35 per cent of Telecom Italia subsidiary Stream, writes Lucy Rouse.

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    PARAMOUNT SNAPS UP US SYNDICATION FIRM RYSHER

    1999-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Rysher, the US syndication specialist which last year sold Sex and the City (left) to Channel 4, has been taken over by Paramount Television Group. Following the deal, Paramount will distribute

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    TESSIER TAKES OVER AT FRANCE TELEVISION

    1999-06-04T00:00:00Z

    France Television, the holding group for France 2 and France 3, will be headed by Marc Tessier, formerly managing director of French film group CNC. Tessier replaces Xavier Gouyou-Beauchamp, whose chairmanship

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    EUTELSAT PULLS SERB BROADCASTER FOR 'PROPAGANDA'

    1999-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Serbian broadcaster RTS has been pulled off air by satellite organisation Eutelsat, which decided some programming aired by RTS included 'propaganda inciting genocide and racial hatred'. Transmission was suspended following an

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    CBS HAS HIGHEST OVERALL AUDIENCE IN MAY SWEEPS

    1999-06-04T00:00:00Z

    CBS claimed the largest overall audience of the May sweeps, the period when the US networks set advertising rates for the coming season. CBS had a 9.0 rating and 15 share,

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    McCONNELL NAMED MD OF HEBREW-LANGUAGE CHANNEL

    1999-06-04T00:00:00Z

    National Geographic Channel Europe managing director Jerry Glover has named Kirsten McConnell managing director of the group's new Israeli Hebrew-language channel, launched at the start of May. McConnell will oversee the

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    ZEE TV AND CANAL+ TO LAUNCH INDIAN SATELLITE SERVICE

    1999-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Zee TV has signed up to a joint-venture with Canal+ to launch a 100-channel satellite service in India later this year. The deal will see Canal+ providing set-top box technology and

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    EUROPEAN NATIONS TAKE RIGHTS TO WOMEN'S WORLD CUP

    1999-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Sports marketing agency Prisma has sold rights to air the women's World Cup matches to broadcasters in Germany, Italy, Norway, Denmark and Russia.Pan-European channel Eurosport is also televising at least 11

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    World view - Mary Flanagan in Amsterdam

    1999-06-04T00:00:00Z

    United Pan-Europe Communications (UPC) will announce further acquisitions in Europe over the next few months.But what do we know about this aggressive broadband communications company with its headquarters in Amsterdam?Among the

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    TRADE TALK - Learning curve

    1999-06-04T00:00:00Z

    BBC Knowledge head of programming Liz Cleaver says her new channel, launched this week, will make education accessible. Jason Deans reports.

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    TRADE TALK - Lis Howell

    1999-06-04T00:00:00Z

    On how this year's LA Screenings have revealed new and unexpected depth in American television output.

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    NEWS ANALYSIS - ITV's food for thought

    1999-06-04T00:00:00Z

    A study from the Campaign for Quality Television argues that ITV's factual output is getting harder to stomach - but is the network really bringing less quality to the table? David Wood reports.

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    OPINION - Could Eyre be the Beeb's Third Way?

    1999-06-04T00:00:00Z

    When Richard Eyre delivers his Edinburgh Television Festival MacTaggart lecture this summer, will he be speaking as the BBC's new director general?His subject, how to redefine public service broadcasting for the

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    DIGITAL RADIO - Radio takes the digital plunge

    1999-06-04T00:00:00Z

    If digital TV operators think they have a tough task ahead of them, spare a thought for their counterparts in radio. With huge start-up costs and no profits for five years, the 'digital dividend' is a long way off. John Plunkett reports.