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    Tektronix keeps hold of loss-making VND

    1999-05-28T00:00:00Z

    Tektronix is understood to have shelved plans to sell off its loss-making Video & Networking Division (VND) despite calls from some shareholders for its disposal.Sources within the company said VND, which

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    Resources signs Novocom's Poole

    1999-05-28T00:00:00Z

    Novocom Europe managing director Martin Poole has been poached by BBC Resources Ltd to become account director for its post-production and graphic design business.Poole, who is expected to arrive at Resources

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    Share plummet leads to Gearhouse review

    1999-05-28T00:00:00Z

    Gearhouse Group is implementing a strategic review of its operations following last week's share price collapse, which wiped more than 50 per cent off the value of the company and claimed

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    Miramax to co-pro Austen adaptation

    1999-05-28T00:00:00Z

    LWT and Granada Film have joined forces with Miramax Films to co-produce a feature film adaptation of Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey.Pride and Prejudice and Vanity Fair adaptor Andrew Davies was originally

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    BBC tamed in tiger park

    1999-05-28T00:00:00Z

    A BBC crew has been forced to stop filming in a restricted area of the Ranthambor Tiger Project in India after complaints that park users were being denied access, writes Bhuvan

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    UK distributor Itel has sold high-profile ITV costume drama Hornblower to Japan's public service broadcaster NHK, writes Annie Dare. The 4 x 120-minute nautical epic, produced by United Productions in

    1999-05-28T00:00:00Z

    UK distributor Itel has sold high-profile ITV costume drama Hornblower to Japan's public service broadcaster NHK, writes Annie Dare. The 4 x 120-minute nautical epic, produced by United Productions in association

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    France to get extra terrestrial station

    1999-05-28T00:00:00Z

    France's right-wing opposition has surprisingly given its blessing to the creation of a fifth terrestrial channel, which would be formed by merging daytime educational station La Cinquieme with primetime cultural channel

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    Three's Company to air on Nick

    1999-05-28T00:00:00Z

    The creators of Man About the House are set to reap additional royalties from the US version of the sitcom, Three's Company, in a new deal to air re-runs on Nickelodeon.US

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    BERTELSMANN CONFIRMS MICROSOFT TALKS OVER DT

    1999-05-28T00:00:00Z

    German media group Bertelsmann has confirmed that it is in talks with Microsoft about buying a joint stake in Deutsche Telekom's (DT) cable TV network. Up to 20 potential investors have

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    RAGDOLL SETTLES US TELETUBBIES COPYRIGHT CLAIM

    1999-05-28T00:00:00Z

    Ragdoll Productions, which makes Teletubbies (right), and the show's US distributor, Itsy Bitsy Entertainment, have reached a settlement with Wal-Mart over alleged copyright infringement relating to Bubbly Chubbies dolls sold by

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    TF1 'DEFINITELY INTERESTED' IN TAKING STAKE IN CLT-UFA

    1999-05-28T00:00:00Z

    Sources at leading French commercial TV outfit TF1 have indicated that the broadcaster is 'definitely interested' in acquiring a stake in CLT-Ufa, which is 50/50 jointly owned by Audio-fina and Bertelsmann.TF1

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    KIRBY TO OVERSEE NELVANA'S LATIN AMERICA SALES

    1999-05-28T00:00:00Z

    Nelvana's sales to Latin America will be overseen by Gillian Kirby, following her promotion to sales executive at the feature film, TV production and distribution outfit. Based in the Canadian company's

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    BKN EXPANDS NARDONNET'S RESPONSIBILITIES

    1999-05-28T00:00:00Z

    New York-based children's programming network BKN has expanded Nadia Nardonnet's position to include control of international co-productions. She is elevated from president international TV sales and world merchandising, to head of

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    EUTELSAT VOTES TO SUSPEND SERBIAN TV TRANSMISSIONS

    1999-05-28T00:00:00Z

    European satellite consortium Eutelsat has voted to suspend its transmission of Serbian TV and radio broadcasts under pressure from Nato, according to a report in the Washington Post. The Post reported

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    PERFORMANCE TO LAUNCH IN DENMARK ON TELEDANMARK

    1999-05-28T00:00:00Z

    Performance, the Daily Mail & General Trust-owned performing arts channel, is to launch in Denmark on cable operator TeleDanmark's digital bouquet next month. The channel is already available in 150,000 analogue

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    UNIVERSAL MOVES SCHOENFELD TO STRATEGIC ROLE

    1999-05-28T00:00:00Z

    Universal Television & Networks Group (UTNG) chairman Blair Westlake has promoted Peter Schoenfeld to executive vice-president and group strategic director. Schoenfeld will be responsible for growing Universal's TV sales, production and

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    A past master

    1999-05-28T00:00:00Z

    Now that history is a major TV battleground Channel 4 has recruited a self-confessed history fan to lead the charge. David Wood reports.

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    NEWS ANALYSIS - Network prize fighters

    1999-05-28T00:00:00Z

    In the gladiatorial battleground of digital TV, On Digital's key weapon against Sky has been its exclusive access to ITV shows. But, as Alice Macandrew reports, ITV licensees are beginning to break ranks.

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    BBC DIRECTOR GENERAL - Head-to-head for BBC top spot

    1999-05-28T00:00:00Z

    It's 'the top job in television' and it's up for grabs. As the BBC governors keep everyone guessing, Martin Jackson and Lucy Rouse weigh up the chances of those most likely to succeed John Birt as director general.

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    ANIMATION - Toon planning

    1999-05-28T00:00:00Z

    The UK animation sector is witnessing a surge in production but pressure on funding heralds problems ahead.