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A&E SNARES US VIDEO AND DVD RIGHTS TO FLYING CIRCUS
A&E Home Video has bought US video and DVD rights to Monty Python's Flying Circus, which first aired in the UK 30 years ago. A&E will launch a newly remastered video
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DISCOVERY CLAIMS 30 MILLION AUDIENCE FOR CLEOPATRA
Discovery Communications said its much-hyped documentary, Cleopatra's Palace: In Search of a Legend - the first same-day global broadcast of a show on Discovery Channels - will have been watched by
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HIT HIRES TELESCREEN FOR BENELUX BUSINESS
Hit Consumer Productions, a division of distributor Hit Entertainment, has appointed Telescreen Licensing to handle its business in Benelux. Telescreen will oversee all licensing, merchandising and promotional rights and certain publishing
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HOWDEN TO BE HONOURED AT MIP-TV DINNER
BBC Broadcast controller of programme acquisition Alan Howden will be honoured at a dinner at Mip-TV, to be held on 15 April. Howden has led programme buying for the BBC since
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Model silence
After his sudden exit from Ginger, Michael Foster has re-emerged as a drama producer. Has he quit talent-broking for good, asks David Wood.
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Dawn Airey
On how Channel 5, in its two years on air, has given British broadcasting a much-needed wake-up call.
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Queering the pitch
Beck's decision last week to pull its sponsorship from Channel 4 drama Queer as Folk highlights the often fraught relationship between programme-makers and sponsors. Nicola Methven reports.
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OPINION - Chance for BBC to come out fighting
The BBC's spin doctors will consider themselves well-pleased with the headlines following Monday's launch of the television service's spring and summer schedules. 'BBC schedule signals end of ratings war' opined The
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BBC RESTRUCTURE - Learning to live with the split
Two years ago next week, the BBC created its Broadcast and Production directorates, aiming to create a 'production powerhouse'. But was the pain of separation worth it? And what's the Discovery joint-venture done for BBC Production?
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INTERVIEW - Kicking up a storm
Documentary veteran Paul Watson will be training the next generation of film-makers when he joins United in May, but he'll still have time to make the signature controversial programmes that have made his name.
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RATINGS ANALYSIS - As good as it gets?
Last autumn Channel 5 achieved a 5 per cent audience share, but has slipped back since. As the station approaches its second birthday, has it hit the ratings ceiling already?
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OFF THE RECORD - Put a sock in it!
Off The Record is no stranger to receiving unusual presents in the post - not long ago it was sent a pair of melons to celebrate the return to our (satellite
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OFF THE RECORD - Life's a beach
Readers who haven't tuned into ITV2 (OTR understands there are still a few) will have missed this intriguing trailer (right) for the digital and cable channel's re-runs of Baywatch. Those who
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OFF THE RECORD - Wales of a laugh
With a brief extending from Mark and Lard to Mahler and Liszt, BBC Radio head honcho Jenny Abramsky is naturally very broad-minded. But her tolerance was stretched to breaking point last
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OFF THE RECORD - Charm offensive
It's damage limitation time at Channel 4, where indies are reportedly unhappy that a larger and larger part of the C4 marketing budget appears to be being splashed out on fewer
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OFF THE RECORD - This is a low
A specially invited audience was treated to a one-off concert by hip young pop things Blur at the BBC Hippodrome in Golders Green last week.The band performed a set for BBC
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OFF THE RECORD - All Talked out
Talk Radio boss Kelvin MacKenzie was hopping mad when the BBC's very own listings mag, the Radio Times, refused to carry details of his station's schedule. Desperate to see their listings
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BBC mulls revamp of commissioning
BBC Broadcast chief executive Will Wyatt is considering a radical overhaul of the TV commissioning system, which could introduce a layer of genre commissioning editors below the BBC 1 and 2
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Darling Buds team to drive Reed vehicle
The team behind ITV's top-rating drama, The Darling Buds of May, is to make another HE Bates adaptation for the network, this time starring Oliver Reed, writes Nicola Methven.
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C4 swaps unloved circles for new identity
Channel 4's unloved circles logo will disappear on Good Friday (2 April), to be replaced by a new identity based on moving bands of colour.The on-screen look will feature vertical bands