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Star shuts Primetime
Australian distributor Southern Star is to close Primetime and merge the operation into an expanded London sales office, six months after buying the British company, writes Tim Westcott.Greg Phillips, previously Southern
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US rival muscles in on Teletubbies toys
BBC Worldwide is distancing itself from a row over Teletubbies in the US, where rival toys the Bubbly Chubbies are accused of infringing the Teletubbies copyright, writes Lucy Rouse.Worldwide handles publishing,
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3DD is launching a 90-minute film about punk giants The Clash at Mip-TV next week. The film includes exclusive new interviews with former band members and rare footage shot between 1977
3DD is launching a 90-minute film about punk giants The Clash at Mip-TV next week. The film includes exclusive new interviews with former band members and rare footage shot between 1977
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3DD wins rights to Fergie testimonial
Distributor 3DD Entertainment has secured international free-to-air and pay-TV rights to the Simply Red and friends concert plus a one-off football match featuring Manchester United against an all-star Rest of the
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Super sleuths
Last year Laurie Flynn and Michael Sean Gillard exposed the fakery of The Connection - now they've turned their guns on C4. Tim Dams reports.
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Sarah Thane - On how much people believe what they watch on television and how much it really matters
The word of the month for broadcasters and broadcasting regulators appears to be 'trust'. Wherever we look, there are investigative reporters turning over stones and finding creepy-crawlies underneath. In some quarters
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Caught up in red tape?
The BBC claims the appointment of two new editorial executives will relieve pressure on BBC 1 and 2's overworked controllers. But is this just more stifling bureaucracy at the Beeb, asks Peter Keighron.
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OPINION - ITC verdict: if it's not fake, it's fluff
It's official: TV is dumbing down. At least that's the almost inevitable conclusion the Independent Television Commission has allowed to be drawn of this industry with its latest performance reviews. The
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COOKERY SHOWS - How food fad became a flood
In recent years, programmes about food have escaped their daytime ghetto and multiplied in the evening schedules, attracting huge ratings - but who's commissioning the various formats and do they constitute a new 'food' genre?
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INTERVIEW - Thinking different
Nigel Turner, who arrived to head Quantel's marketing team two months ago after 10 years with US computer giant Apple, isn't just focused on product promotion. He will have a share in running the company as well.
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BROADCAST RATINGS ANALYSIS - Time for a change
Channel 4 is set in its ways - old-timers Brookside and Countdown are still its most popular shows. Is it time for the once-innovative broadcaster to try something new?
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OFF THE RECORD - Transfer listed
Hard to believe I know, but John Birt is being touted as a possible contender for the vacant job of chairman of the football Premier League. Footie fans who have watched
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OFF THE RECORD - Lovely bubbly
Say what you like about Michael Jackson (right), but he's certainly made a difference at Channel 4.No, not the programmes, silly, but C4's champagne-soaked spring launch, a very opulent affair at
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OFF THE RECORD - Alive and kicking
OTR was astonished to receive a phone call this week from none other than legendary funnyman Benny Hill. Well, not exactly because our Benny (he was a big hit in America,
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OFF THE RECORD - Paxman's Airfix kit
There's nothing like an armed conflict to give TV news bulletins the excuse to wheel out their latest groovy computer-generated maps and graphics.Except, apparently, if you work on Newsnight (above right).
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OFF THE RECORD - Ban the bomb
And talking of the Kosovo crisis, a memo to ITV Network Centre. OTR enjoys a war film as much as the next man (and his name's Norman Schwarzkopf) but wouldn't it
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OFF THE RECORD - Toilet training
An intriguing note reaches OTR regarding a jolly jape on a recent trip abroad by ITV's Wish You Were Here ..?team. OTR is understandably reluctant to go into detail, safe to
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Indies voice anger at BBC radio proposal
Radio indies are up in arms over new contracts being drawn up by the BBC, which one producer said would 'create a whole new level of bureaucracy'.The contracts, which are currently
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Graef lambasts TV ratings obsession
Leading documentary-maker Roger Graef has publicly criticised 'suits looking at ratings' as threatening to undermine recent calls for original and innovative programmes by senior figures at Channel 4, BBC 1 and