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INTERNATIONAL NEWS - BTDA OPENS WORKSHOP TO NON-MEMBERS
The British Television Distributors' Association is opening its next industry workshop to non-members. The workshop, which will focus on North America, takes place on 27 June at Pact's London offices and
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS - TFI TO SCREEN WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?
French broadcaster TF1 is set to begin screening its version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? (Qui Veut Gagner des Millions?) from the beginning of next month. Hosted by veteran
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS - BBC WORLDWIDE SELLS ITV DRAMA ROUGH TREATMENT
BBC Worldwide has secured a raft of sales for World Productions' drama Rough Treatment, which aired on ITV last month. BBC Worldwide has signed deals with Canal+ in France, SVT (Sweden),
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS - C4I POACHES BROENING FROM CARLTON INTERNATIONAL
Channel 4 International has poached Carlton International senior sales executive Sabine Broening. She joins with the same job title and will manage all sales of C4I programming to Germany, France and
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS - RICE MOVES FROM MINOTAUR TO SALES HEAD AT FIREWORKS
Fireworks International, the UK-based distribution arm of Canada's CanWest, has appointed Kathryn Rice as director of sales overseeing Europe, Australia, New Zealand, the Middle East and Africa. Formerly head of sales
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS - WORLDWIDE AND DISCOVERY STRENGTHEN PARTNERSHIP
BBC Worldwide and Discovery Channel are strengthening their partnership with the launch of BBC-branded blocks of programming on Discovery Channel in German-speaking markets. BBC natural history showcase Animal Planet will broadcast
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS - POSTCARD FROM ... TABITHA COLE IN BANFF
The surreal backdrop for the Banff TV festival makes almost anything seem normal. The annual event takes place in the Canadian Rockies, staged in a conference centre that bears more than
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TRADE TALK - PICK OF THE CROP
Greg Dyke's first big steal of his BBC tenure has been Nigel Pickard, the all-round good bloke CITV guru who just loves being on set. Tara Conlan reports.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - GOING ON THE DEFENSIVE
Recent violent events have raised questions over live reporting from trouble spots, with the onus for reducing risk falling squarely on broadcasters' shoulders. But what should they do?
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OPINION - BROADBAND HAS TO BE INTEGRATED
The love-in between the web and television is finally coming of age as the gestation period for broadband draws to a close.Although the broadcast TV industry has known for some time
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TV CRITICS - JUDGING THE CRITICAL EFFECT
For many programme-makers, there's only one thing worse than being talked about - and that's not being talked about. But can television critics really have a decisive influence on a show's performance? Meg Carter investigates.
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YOUTH TV - GOING INTO RAPTURE
After a shaky start, youth channel Rapture now has access to 6 million UK homes. But can it develop into a viable experience provider and survive a series of defections and the marriage of its main parent? Andy Fry reports.
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WHITE PAPER - ALL WHITE ON THE NIGHT
The upcoming communications white paper will incorporate the views of organisations ranging from Anglia TV to Age Concern. But will Whitehall really be bold on regulation? By parliamentary correspondent John Lewis.
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INTERVIEW - THE GRAND MASTERS
Pam Masters, BBC director of presentation and broadcasting, has been credited with changing the face of British TV with her on-air promotions, an achievement rewarded this week with the prestigious Promax Pinnacle award.
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OFF THE RECORD - HATS OFF TO CHANNEL 4
It pains Off The Record to reveal that all is not well in Channel 4's busy presentation department where there is increasing unrest about the constant stream of interruptions. Thankfully the
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OFF THE RECORD - BEARDED WONDER
As news leaked out about Nigel Pickard's move from ITV to become BBC children's supremo, the BBC's luvvie-in-chief Alan Yentob moved into top gear smoothing over ruffled feathers - both inside
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OFF THE RECORD - IT'S A GRUB'S LIFE
And so to OTR's favourite film freebie the Rushes Soho Shorts Festival 2000, which takes place from 29 July this year. According to publicity blurb this year's list of judges includes
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OFF THE RECORD - WINING AND DINING
Never a week seems to pass these days without ITV being accused of dumbing down its factual output. So we were gobsmacked to see its controller of news and current affairs
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OFF THE RECORD - NEWSNIGHT'S MYSTIC MEG
But perhaps it's BBC 2 that should be accused of dumbing down. OTR thought it must have been watching Tonight with Trevor McDonald when it stumbled across a Newsnight item last
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OFF THE RECORD - FOOTIE FEVER
ITN presenter Dermot Murnaghan was the only person who seemed pleased to be at the RTS education awards this week - scheduled on the night England threw away their opening Euro