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    INTERNATIONAL NEWS - GEE QUITS C4I TO JOIN INFORMED SOURCES

    2000-09-08T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 International (C4I) director of marketing and strategy Matthew Gee has quit to become a strategic consultant with Informed Sources. Gee (left) said his resignation was not related to that

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    INTERNATIONAL NEWS - ENFOCAST TO TAKE NEWS STRAIGHT INTO THE OFFICE

    2000-09-08T00:00:00Z

    New broadband outfit Enfocast has signed deals with BBC News 24, CNBC, Euronews, CNN, Bloomberg, The Money Channel and ITN News Channel to deliver its content directly to offices via standard

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    INTERNATIONAL NEWS - VENICE UNVEILS PLANS FOR INTERNATIONAL TV FESTIVAL

    2000-09-08T00:00:00Z

    A new international television festival is to be held in Venice from 2002, with the plans due to be unveiled this week at the Venice Film Festival. The new event will

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    INTERNATIONAL NEWS - ENGLISH AND POCKETT BRAND CHANNEL NEWS ASIA ROLL-OUT

    2000-09-08T00:00:00Z

    English and Pockett has created a new branding package for the pan-Asian roll-out of Singapore service Channel News Asia. The branding consultancy has created a range of new tools, including 10

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    INTERNATIONAL NEWS - ZONE VISION STRIKES ROMANIAN CHANNEL DEAL

    2000-09-08T00:00:00Z

    UK-based channel producer Zone Vision has struck carriage deals for three channels in Romania this month. Agreements have been signed with UPC networks fto carry factual channel Reality TV and entertainment

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    INTERNATIONAL NEWS - Fraser chosen for key Granada role

    2000-09-08T00:00:00Z

    Granada is making final preparations for its planned expansion of production and broadcasting activities overseas by appointing David Fraser to the new post of director of international production.Reporting to Granada Creative

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    INTERNATIONAL NEWS - Just Group expands in US

    2000-09-08T00:00:00Z

    Children's specialist producer Just Group has made its first major strike on the US by hiring a chief executive officer for the country and selling 150 hours of programming to the

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    INTERNATIONAL NEWS - Former APTN man launches Mercury

    2000-09-08T00:00:00Z

    Former APTN programmes and entertainment executive Tim Sparke has set up a new distribution and production company, Mercury Media, which has already tied up a deal to represent APTN's programming and

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    INTERNATIONAL NEWS - Postcard from ... Dieter Brockmeyer in Dusseldorf

    2000-09-08T00:00:00Z

    The trend in contemporary German television programming stood out for all to see at this year's TeleMesse in Dusseldorf when advertisers and their respective agencies gathered to see what commercial channels

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    TRADE TALK - On his bike

    2000-09-08T00:00:00Z

    Harley-Davidson fan Julian Turner is to head the BBC's Beeb Ventures. But will it be the right stage for his commercial nous?

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    NEWS ANALYSIS - Brotherly concerns

    2000-09-08T00:00:00Z

    Endemol is setting up Gem Talent Management on the back of Big Brother and its stars' unproven appeal. Is this the start of a US-style 'talent-before-idea' system in the UK?

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    OPINION - More drama is not the answer

    2000-09-08T00:00:00Z

    It's a brave broadcaster that commissions a new soap. But while the price of failure is high, the rewards of a successful new regular drama could be huge.Soaps such as Coronation

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    ENTERTAINMENT - Goodbye mainstream, hello niche programming

    2000-09-08T00:00:00Z

    Tim Ewington lays out the challenges for the major broadcasters as they are increasingly forced to choose between new niche viewers and the heavy-viewing, but gradually disappearing, older audiences.

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    ENTERTAINMENT: PARAMOUNT - Mountain to climb

    2000-09-08T00:00:00Z

    In the first of a series analysing niche channels Ed Shelton considers whether the Paramount Comedy Channel will be outflanked by British newcomers like E4.

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    INTERVIEW - GMTV's dawn raider

    2000-09-08T00:00:00Z

    As editor of GMTV, journalist and former presenter Martin Frizell has big plans. He wants to give the show a harder news edge and lure audiences from BBC 1. But he faces a major battle against falling figures.

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    OFF THE RECORD - On the hair

    2000-09-08T00:00:00Z

    There was a time when Disney Channel pontiff Paul Robinson, formerly of Talk Radio, was satisfied with having a face for radio. But telly does funny things to a man and

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    OFF THE RECORD - Money troubles

    2000-09-08T00:00:00Z

    The response to Broadcast's Rich List has spoken volumes: some of those featured have been daft enough to suggest they are even more loaded, while others - particularly in those special

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    OFF THE RECORD - Cleaning up

    2000-09-08T00:00:00Z

    Another reason Brand has become so rich may lie in the hard work of his staff. Last week some of them were locked in their office by the cleaners, who clearly

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    OFF THE RECORD - No news is bad news

    2000-09-08T00:00:00Z

    OTR is considering organising a benefit concert for the poor, news-hungry families at Channel 4. Not to be outdone by the thriftiness of Greg 'Read my lips: no new taxis' Dyke,

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    OFF THE RECORD - Networking know-how

    2000-09-08T00:00:00Z

    Did Channel 5 supremos Dawn Airey and David Elstein know quite how worth their while it would be to buy Home and Away from Australia's Seven Network?As a special thank you