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MULTI MEDIA ARTS GROWS UP WITH KIDS' SERIES FOR BBC
Liverpool-based independent Multi Media Arts is developing a 13-part children's drama with BBC Scotland. BBC World-wide will distribute the series, under the working title Toy Patrol, at Mip next month. The
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EURONEWS ADDS TO REACH WITH MADRITEL DEAL
ITN-owned news channel Euronews is to be distributed in Madrid via cable operator Madritel. The deal takes the channel to an additional 1.7 million cable homes, building on its distribution to
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TPS WINS REPRIEVE FROM EUROPEAN COMMISSION
French digital service TPS has won a reprieve from the European Commission allowing it to continue its exclusive carriage of terrestrial channels TF1, M6, France 2 and France 3 for another
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NODDY IN TOYLAND SOLD TO TELEVISA IN MEXICO
BBC Worldwide has sold Noddy in Toyland (left), its co-production with the Enid Blyton Company and Catalyst Entertainment, to Mexico's Televisa.Sixty-five 30-minute episodes of the children's show plus a Christmas special
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MIRRORTEL DEBUTS WITH MONTE CARLO AWARDS SHOW
MirrorTel's new production arm, Mirror Productions, has won its first contract - for exclusive worldwide rights to the Monte Carlo Style Awards on 18 June. The accolades are said to be
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SONY CORP AND NBC IN TALKS OVER POSSIBLE LINK-UP
Sony Corp has confirmed it is talking to executives from the NBC network in the US in what is thought to be an exploration of a worldwide alliance between the two
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Question time?
Fresh from his triumph with ITV's new line-up, surely chief scheduler David Bergg would like to bask in the glory? Not so, writes Tim Dams.
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David Docherty
Argues the big question is not ITV's retreat from public service but the convergence of new and old media.
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New life on Planet 24
Why did Michael Green buy Planet 24? To give Carlton the production muscle to challenge Granada for ITV's crown, or to curry favour with Tony Blair via Labour peer Waheed Alli? Nicola Methven investigates.
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OPINION - Carlton needs the connection
For all his quixotic qualities and love of low profile, Michael Green remains unquestionably one of the industry's shrewdest players.So why has he forked out£15 million on Planet 24, a
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Digital rivals put the boot in
Sports rights were Sky's decisive weapon in the fight for satellite viewers. Now, as the digital landscape unfolds, they will prove just as crucial. Peter Keighron reports.
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Game over?
Football's changed and it's not all for the best. Pete Davies argues that while you can't blame Murdoch for everything, the new order, bankrolled by Sky, is pricing fans out of the game.
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GENRE AUDIT - Sports - 5 Live fights for rights
Although 5 Live has retained exclusive radio rights to Premiership football, the corporation had to pay£11.5 million due to competition from Talk Radio. Chris Horrie asks if the BBC can remain in the dominant position.
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INTERVIEW - Quiz show queen
Action Time is bringing seventies marital quiz Mr and Mrs back to TV with a nineties spin - Julian Clary is presenting. But managing director Trish Kinane says there's more to the indie's output than just gameshows.
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OFF THE RECORD - Over the top shelf
Trouble is brewing at TV Centre, where saucy lads' mags such as GQ and FHM have been removed from one of its in-house eateries. The magazines, according to a letter in
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OFF THE RECORD - No (ode to) joy for Dyke
Pearson TV head honcho Greg Dyke came out of the closet last week - as a lover of classical music. Dyke made the shock admission after Pearson's annual results, when he
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OFF THE RECORD - Waste of Resources?
Say what you like about John Birt, but you can't deny he's turned the BBC into a ruthlessly efficient organisation. Why, take this internal memo circulated by BBC Resources entitled What
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OFF THE RECORD - Love is on the air
Bit of a cock-up at Classic FM, which announced it would be playing some particularly schmoozy music this weekend to get couples in the mood to conceive for the millennium. What
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OFF THE RECORD - Pregnancy for dummies
On a similar note, those marketing chaps at Granada have gone into overdrive to publicise their own bonking bonanza, Birth Race 2000, on ITV next month. Hundreds of dummies have been
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OFF THE RECORD - Creative sparks wanted
Good to see the Beeb has finally come round to advertising the soon-to-be vacant DG-ship. Applicants, said the ad, must have 'personal resilience' and a proven track record of visionary leadership