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REGENCY, TF1 AND FILMFOUR STRIKE FILM FINANCE DEAL
FilmFour, TF1 and Regency Enterprises have struck a joint-venture deal to finance a minimum of three feature films a year. Based at FilmFour's London offices, the partnership will focus on low
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SUMMIT TV TAKES NEWS FROM FT AND ASSOCIATED PRESS
London-based Associated Press Television News (APTN) and the Financial Times are supplying international input for South Africa's first business news television channel, Summit TV. The service is to be supplied by
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FOXTEL IMPROVES OZ ACCESS WITH SATELLITE PLATFORM
Australian pay-TV cable channel provider Foxtel has launched a satellite platform that will give it potential access to an extra two million Australian TV homes. The move follows a deal with
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TALENT AIMS TO SCORE WITH SCRABBLE GAMESHOW
UK indie Talent Television will be taking a new TV gameshow format based on the Spears boardgame Scrabble to Mip-TV next month. A pilot for the 30-minute show, presented by Mary
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BBC TRIUMPHS AT MONTE CARLO TV FESTIVAL
The BBC picked up five awards at the 39th Monte Carlo Television Festival last month. Tony Doyle won a Silver Nymph for best actor in a mini-series, for BBC Northern Ireland's
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TRADE TALK - Doing the biz
By concentrating on feuds and crises Robert Thirkell has made business programmes sexy - and he's won awards too, reports David Wood.
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TRADE TALK - Steven Barnett
On how the Stephen Lawrence inquiry revealed glaring inadequacies in TV investigative journalism.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - End of the line for Live?
Three years and£25 million later, Mirror Group has said it is open to offers for Live TV. But what does the channel that invented topless darts have to tempt potential buyers, asks Alice Macandrew.
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OPINION - Hussey takes his revenge on Birt
It is an open secret that during the final years of his 10-year reign chairing the BBC board of governors, Duke Hussey became increasingly disenchanted with the man he had appointed
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BEHIND-THE-SCENES - Comic Relief comes of age
Comic Relief has raised more than£139 million for charity since it began a decade ago. Viewers have also switched on in their millions. David Collins talks to the people putting together this year's event.
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INTERVIEW - Talk of the devil
Four months after joining Talk Radio, Kelvin MacKenzie has reworked its schedule and sacked star presenters. Will his radical tactics turn around the fortunes of the station in the face of stiff resistance from Radio 5 Live?
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RATINGS ANALYSIS - Ups and downs
Average viewing times were up last autumn compared with 1997, despite doom-mongering about the growing impact of the internet. But not all channels benefited from this increase.
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OFF THE RECORD - Giving a toss
Colleagues of Channel 4 News newcomer Mark Easton may know the up-and-coming reporter rather better than they think. Especially if they watched an edition of Channel 5's Perfect Babies, when the
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OFF THE RECORD - No armistice at Beeb
As abusive farewells go, it's hard to beat Chris Morris' infamous parting shot at the then Channel 4 chief executive Michael Grade. But Armando Iannucci, Morris' one-time sidekick on BBC 2's
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OFF THE RECORD - Nagging doubts
Regular visitors to this column will remember how Chrysalis Visual Entertainment supremo Mick Pilsworth agreed to quit smoking in a wager with Chrysalis chairman Chris Wright. In return for kicking the
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OFF THE RECORD - Poor reception
OTR is sick and tired of people spreading rumours about On Digital's dodgy reception. Why, just last week TV's great and good were treated to a demonstration of the digital outfit's
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OFF THE RECORD - Net scrapes
C4 proved its cutting-edge credentials by hosting a web chat following last week's edition of Queer as Folk. Hosted by its creators, fans were treated to the behind-the-scenes secrets of the
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OFF THE RECORD - The awful truth
OTR is shocked to receive reports of ugly scenes at a C4 'master class' last week with uber-director Michael Moore. One audience member was far from happy and accused the Moorester,
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OFF THE RECORD - Birt gets shock result
OTR is proud to announce the chance of a lifetime - to hear John Birt reading the footie results on Saturday. Comic Relief is holding a phone poll to find out
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OFF THE RECORD - Charting the musings of Paul Watson's critics
Let's hope that documentary controversy-magnet Paul Watson's move from Granada to United doesn't stifle his talent for generating column inches...1993 - Sylvania Waters on BBC 1 earns him a reputation for