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QUANTEL LAUNCHES ARTIST AWARD AT PROMAX AND BDA
Quantel is to launch a new artist of the year award at Promax and BDA in New Orleans next week (14-17 June). Open to all users of Quantel kit, the competition
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VTR to be third TV4C partner
Post-production house VTR is to become third equal partner in TV4C, the children's animation production and licensing house formed by Chatsworth Television and Flicks Films last October (Broadcast, 8.10.00), writes Barbara
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Montreux: 'adopt HDTV or lose out'
Europe will have to adopt high definition television (HDTV) in production and post-production, if it wants to continue selling its high-value programmes worldwide - that was the message coming from the
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Channel 4 has created a package of 22 short promotions for its England v West Indies test cricket series coverage this summer. The promos were shot on location in Trinidad and
Channel 4 has created a package of 22 short promotions for its England v West Indies test cricket series coverage this summer. The promos were shot on location in Trinidad and
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BT plans live-action Euro 2000 broadcast
BT Broadcast Services is to distribute live action from Euro 2000 to four major European broadcasters plus the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), writes Barbara Marshall.
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Pepper's Ghost adds 12 people
Pepper's Ghost Productions (PGP) is seeking to hire 12 more animators, after the opening of its new animation studio, writes Barbara Marshall.
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International news - Plantin nets global entertainment role
Granada Creative is to hand new genre-based international roles to a number of its top programming executives, with LWT director of programmes Marcus Plantin taking the first dual job.Plantin adds the
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International news - Pearson in international move
Pearson TV is considering plans to export its UK 'production village' model across the globe in a bid to expand into new territories and develop its production slate into new genres,
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International news - Endemol to launch new creative unit at Mip-TV
Outgoing Endemol Entertainment Holding chief executive John de Mol is to set up an ideas unit within the media giant when he takes over as a group chief creative officer later
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National Geographic Television has commissioned UK indie Flat Dog Films to make 6 x 26-minute series India Diaries, writes Simon Ellery.Commissioned by Nat Geo programme enterprises group executive producer Christine Weber
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International news - Postcard from ... Sandy George in Sydney
Oh what a headache it must be to run a public service broadcaster - what with the public's demand for accountability and involvement and the inconsistency of government intervention.The public firmly
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS - EUROSPORT HOLDS VIEWING LEAD AMONG TOP EARNERS,
Eurosport has maintained its status as the most watched international TV channel by European upscale consumers and corporate decision-makers, according to the latest European Media and Marketing survey. The research looks
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS - INTL HERALD TRIBUNE TAKES STAKE IN FACT BASED COMMS
The International Herald Tribune (IHT) is to take a stake in London-based multimedia group Fact Based Communications (FBC). The IHT is taking a minority stake in the company for an undisclosed
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS - EURO COMMISSION TO REVIEW CANAL+/LAGARDERE ALLIANCE
The European Commission has confirmed it is to review the proposed alliance led by Canal+-backed Canal Satellite and TV content producer The Lagardere Group. EC competition gurus are expected to report
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS - BRITT ALLCROFT TO MAKE ART ATTACK FOR SOUTH AMERICA
The Britt Allcroft Company has been commissioned to produce an extra 104 x 20-minute episodes of children's show Art Attack (right) for Latin America. Ordered by the programme's international distributor Walt
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS - CHINESE MINISTER LAUNCHES MEDIA INITIATIVE IN LONDON
China's minister of television Tian Cong Ming launched a special China Media Initiative at the University of Westminster last week, that brings together UK, European and Chinese media professionals. As part
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS - TURNER PROMOTES MAGLIONE TO RUN CNN WEB SITES
Turner Broadcasting has promoted Paul Maglione to the new post of senior vice-president and commercial director for CNN's web properties in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Working from CNN's London
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Trade talk - Dramatic coup
Tessa Ross made acclaimed dramas such as Births, Marriages and Deaths at the BBC, but can she repeat her success at C4. Ashley Davies reports.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Wrangling on the web
The battle for new media rights has pitched broadcasters against indies in an increasingly bitter dispute, all the more intractable because neither side wants to set a precedent. Tara Conlan reports.
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OPINION - Diversity is key to relevant TV
Summer looked like it had crept over the horizon a couple of weeks ago, although it has since retreated in several clouds of rain. Traditionally, summer brings a downturn in the