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Postcard from ... Sandy George in Sydney
Senator Richard Alston was expertly fielding questions about communications policy issues at a pay-TV conference in Sydney, when he dropped the bombshell. As federal minister for communications, information technology and the
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CARLTON LICENSES DRAMA TO LATIN AMERICA AND SPAIN
Carlton International has licensed more than 80 hours of drama and documentaries to Latin America and Spain. The slate of programming includes Sharpe - a series of Napoleonic war films set
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RDF SELLS 'SURVIVAL' DOC TO NEW ZEALAND AND HOLLAND
RDF International has sold desert island documentary series Shipwrecked to both TVNZ in New Zealand and Holland Media Group in the Netherlands.The 7 x 30-minute series, which is currently airing on
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BBC PULLS OUT OF HONG KONG TO FOCUS ON SINGAPORE
BBC News is scaling back its Hong Kong operations and opening a new bureau in Singapore in October to cope with the change in news focus in Asia. Three of seven
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WINCHESTER SELLS PRE-SCHOOL JELLABIES TO GERMANY
Winchester Television has sold the German television rights to its 78 x 5-minutes catalogue of 3D animated series Jellabies to broadcaster Super RTL. The deal is the biggest European sale of
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BLOOMBERG FUNDS EUROPEAN SCHOLARSHIP AT NFTS
Bloomberg TV is funding a three-year scholarship for European students at the National Film and Television School (NFTS). The inaugural scholarship has been awarded to Belgrade student Zorana Gudelf. Board of
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Real Livewire
David Robey is about to rebrand GLR as London Live, taking on the station's hardcore band of loyal listeners. Colin Robertson finds out how.
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Trade Talk - Ray Fitzwalter
Despite the death of the digital tax, there are clear signs of a new era of protectionism at the BBC.
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Can TV keep the faith?
The Church of England’s General Synod this week dubbed some of the BBC’s religious shows as ‘trite drivel’. But Ashley Davies finds broadcasters wondering if there is an afterlife beyond Songs Of Praise.
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OPINION - Creativity comes at a heavy price
The production community should take heart - content is getting the recognition it needs. The Department of Trade and Industry announced on Tuesday the formation of a digital content forum -
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GENRE AUDIT: CHAT SHOWS - How to chat with attitude
The familiar chat show has become a hybrid of ingredients including the ubiquitous celebrities touting their wares, subversive acts and a presenter with attitude. What does the future hold for the chat show? Meg Carter finds out.
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REGIONAL TV - Are you local yet?
Local TV is starting to attract interest from the big players, thanks to the new four-year TV restricted service licences. Production Show speaker Philip Reevell examines what it means to go local.
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INTERVIEW - The quality of Grace
With the pursuit of quality her obsession, it's no accident that Nickelodeon UK managing director Janie Grace has helped to raise the profile of children's television, now central to the ongoing debate over public service
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OFF THE RECORD - Girls trounce TV footballers
Disturbing news reaches this desk of a footie team from Off The Record's favourite current affairs show, Tonight, being beaten by a bunch of 12-year-old girls. The sorry tale began when
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OFF THE RECORD - Talking dirty
Smooth-talking former Carlton International grand fromage Philip Jones excelled himself at a Royal Television Society dinner hosted by Janie Grace last week. Jones, taking part in a Q & A session
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OFF THE RECORD - C4 invades privacy
Word reaches OTR from the scene of Bazal's latest offering for Channel 4, a video diary-style series about flatmates called, er, Flatmates. The ground-breaking show finds flatmates with a room to
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OFF THE RECORD - Tim is nice but not dim
Congratulations to the good people of The Local Radio Company, owner of stations on the south coast, the Isle of Wight and elsewhere, who have appointed Tim Nice as regional director.
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OFF THE RECORD - Gravely inappropriate
BBC Radio 5 Live's coverage of the Worthington Cup footie final between Leicester and Tranmere was unintentionally livened up by BBC Radio 5 Live presenter Mark Pougach.Our Mark, introducing last Sunday's
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OFF THE RECORD - Festival frolics
The decision to shift the venue of the Edinburgh telly talkfest to the groovy sounding Edinburgh International Conference Centre, bemoaned in OTR last week, has failed to dampen the spirits of