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MCGOVERN QUITS NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC WORLDWIDE
National Geographic Channels Worldwide president Sandy McGovern has left to set up her own media consulting firm, McGovern Media Associates. McGovern, who has overseen the channel's aggressive development since September 1997
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NEWS CORP WINS BULGARIA'S FIRST PRIVATE TV LICENCE
Balkan News Corporation, a News Corp subsidiary, has won Bulgaria's first private national TV licence, beating SBS Broadcasting and the Modern Times Group. Balkan News Corporation will take over from the
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CLT-UFA RENEGOTIATES 20TH CENTURY FOX DEAL
European Broadcaster CLT-Ufa has replaced its first-look deal with 20th Century Fox with a five-year output agreement for the German free-TV market, worth around DM500 million (£156.5 million). The deal includes
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WORLD OF WONDER LAUNCHES SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE
US/UK indie World of Wonder has opened a new office in San Francisco to coincide with the launch of a new media arm. World of Wonder head of development Lucian James
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OSBORNE TAKES UP UNIVERSAL CHILDREN'S ROLE
Natalie Osborne has been appointed vice-president of children's programming at Universal International Television. Based in London, she will be responsible for the distribution of children's and family programming such as Masie
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CINAR ANNOUNCES MANAGEMENT SHAKE-UP
Cinar Corporation has promoted David Ferguson from vice-president to president of Cinar Europe as part of a management shake-up to separate its corporate interests from education and entertainment. Ferguson (right) will
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CARLTON AMERICA APPOINTS SACKS AS SALES HEAD
Jeri Sacks has been appointed vice-president, domestic sales at Carlton America, responsible for selling domestic broadcast rights to TV movies and the film libraries of Carlton International's catalogues. The catalogues include
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Postcard from ... Katy Elliott in New Orleans
There is no doubt that the traditional Natpe folk are feeling somewhat bombarded. And not just by the golf ball-sized hailstones that battered New Orleans on Sunday night (even blasting through
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Dyke's duo
Robin Foster and Carolyn Fairbairn are little known at the BBC but the impact of these ex-consultants could be far-reaching. Tim Dams reports.
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Steve Clarke
On how BBC 2's Newsnight has outlasted the Birt regime to celebrate its 20th birthday.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Heading for a fall?
After losing Friends and ER to Channel 4, Sky One is set to beef up its schedules with programming that had been destined for Sky Premier. But do execs need to press the panic button, asks John Plunkett.
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OPINION - Time to open up BBC's finances
Has Greg Dyke brought shame on the BBC, falling guilty to accusations of deception over his personal finances? He was certainly hounded by the national press last week with revelation upon
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BIRT'S BBC - Thirteen turbulent years
While most industry insiders regard John Birt's BBC management as a disaster, a consensus is beginning to emerge over his achievements. Steve Clarke looks back at the highs and lows of Birt's reign.
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NEWSNIGHT AT 20 - The awkward squad
This week, the BBC celebrates Newsnight's 20th birthday with a special programme featuring highlights from its first two decades. Tara Conlan looks back at the corporation's sole surviving daily current affairs show.
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INTERVIEW - Open all hours
Simon Pollock has built up Open TV's business rapidly, but it won't always have the interactive TV field to itself. Can the software supplier keep ahead of the competition?
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OFF THE RECORD - Sloping off
Senior BBC execs were in an abstemious mood at Sir John Birt's new year drinks t'other week. Director general imminent Greg Dyke bowed out early to play footie with his son.
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OFF THE RECORD - Party on down
But boozing or not, there's certainly something of a party atmosphere at the BBC these days. Even the corporation's director of technology Philip Langsdale was up for it at Sir John's
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OFF THE RECORD - The art of the matter
Just who can the BBC persuade to take on the poison chalice that the post of head of arts has become? No arts producer worth their salt will go near the
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OFF THE RECORD - Salmon grilled
And so to Rules' eaterie where everyone's favourite prankster Noel Edmonds put on a serious face last week as he puffed his indie Unique's move into pastures new media. But there