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DISCOVERY GAINS FOOTHOLD IN CROATIA
Discovery Networks Europe (DNE) has entered the Croatian market for the first time with the launch of five factual channels - Discovery, Animal Planet, Discovery Travel & Adventure, Civilisation and Sci-Trek.
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NEW CHAIR CHAIMOWITZ BIDS TO EXPAND AUCTION CHANNEL
Brilliant Digital-owned The Auction Channel has named Ron Chaimowitz as its new chairman and chief executive officer. Chaimowitz, a former co-founder, chairman and chief executive officer of GT Interactive Software, said
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MONTE CARLO TV FESTIVAL ADDS BEST TV SERIES PRIZE
The Monte Carlo Television Festival is planning to launch a new television category at its 2001 event. Festival secretary general David Tomatis confirmed this week that the event would add a
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INTERNATIONAL DOC AWARDS FESTIVAL TO LAUNCH IN 2001
Discovery Communications has joined forces with the American Film Institute (AFI) to launch a new international documentary awards festival. The AFI/Discovery Global Documentary Festival is expected to launch in the spring/summer
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FRENCH RUGBY DEFEAT BRINGS RECORD AUDIENCE FOR TF1
French broadcaster TF1 reported a record audience of more than 14 million viewers on Saturday (6 November) for the France v Australia Rugby World Cup final. Sources at TF1, who said
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Miles better?
Will Annie Miles stuff the schedules with Brit-produced shows such as Dennis & Gnasher when she takes over at Fox Kids UK, asks David Wood.
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Sarah Thane is ITC director of programmes and cable
On how we should approach the development of a media education strategy for our children.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - The eagle has landed
Liberty Media's expansive plans to make a£150 million bid for US facilities giant Four Media has sent shock waves through post-production in this country. Dominic Timms investigates.
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OPINION - Education key to public service TV
Education is the new buzz in television - at least, it will be until the end of year or whenever the Government rules on the future funding of the BBC. This
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Off message - Martin Jackson
They used to scoff that digital radio (DAB) was dead. Suddenly, however, there is a real buzz in the airwaves. It's as if Signor Marconi were reinventing the wireless all over
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The Ratings War Zone - Friday night fight
Fierce competition between BBC 2, C4 and C5 characterises Friday nights.
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GUNS ON THE STREET - Shot down in flames
The ITC has ruled that The Guardian's main allegations against C4 doc Guns on the Street were unfounded. Ray Fitzwalter, who heads Guns producer Ray Fitzwalter Associates, accuses the paper of being trigger-happy.
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INTERVIEW - First lady of lifestyle
Channel 4's new features and special projects commissioning editor, Liz Warner, explains how her experience on Granada's This Morning has given her the perfect grounding to become a top producer of lifestyle television.
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OFF THE RECORD - Football crazy
And so to the News World conference in Barcelona, where the massed ranks of international hacks were able to take a few metaphorical potshots at Hackney's most successful son, Nato spokesman
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OFF THE RECORD - Short news fuse
A case of handbags at five paces for the good chaps of ITN, who reacted to criticism of their coverage of the Kosovo conflict in much the same way as Bill
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OFF THE RECORD - Scaredy cat
To say that Michael Bloomberg's so-called keynote speech failed to capture the audience's imagination at this year's News World is something of an understatement. As CNN big kahuna Chris Cramer observed:
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OFF THE RECORD - Cheesed off
And as if CNN boss Chris Cramer (below) hadn't done enough at News World to prove that not all newshounds are as dry as pot noodles, what should land in OTR's
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OFF THE RECORD - Better never than late
OTR has an important message for all those minions who have been invited to one of those joint love-ins, sorry, presentations by John Birt and Greg Dyke: don't be tardy. We
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OFF THE RECORD - Better late than never
OTR had a thrilling time last week cogitating and digesting the responses to the Gavyn Davies report into the future funding of the BBC. Apparently Chris Smith's ministry of fun is