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LOUGH HOUSE TO BUILD FILM STUDIOS ON ISLE OF MAN
Isle of Man media company Lough House Group is planning to construct a film studio complex on the island. Expected to be finished next spring, the complex is being built on
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ITK HAILS FIRST EURO ORDER FOR MILLENNIUM MACHINE
Innovation TK (ITK) has announced the first European order for its new high-end telecine Millennium Machine from Amsterdam facility Valkieser.Delivery of the machine, which will include a 4k option, is expected
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PRIX ITALIA AND RAI PLAN NEW PROGRAMME SALES MARKET
The Prix Italia and RAI are planning to launch a new programme sales market next year specialising in quality television and radio shows. The market will be held alongside the Prix
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CARLTON INTERNATIONAL UNVEILS MIPCOM LINE-UP
Carlton International's Mipcom line-up will include new ITV Sean Bean action vehicle Extremely Dangerous (4 x 60-minutes), along with new John Thaw dramas Monsignor Renard (4 x 90-minutes) and The Waiting
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PEAKVIEWING TAKES KIDS' TRIO TO MARKET
UK indie distributor Peakviewing Transatlantic will debut three new 26 x 11-minute pre-school children's series, Let's Go, Let's Make and Let's See, in the south of France next week. The educational
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GERI HEADS MINOTAUR SLATE FOR CANNES
Minotaur International's new programming slate to be unveiled at Mipcom next week will include Molly Dineen's Channel 4 documentary about former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell, Geri (90-minutes). In association with La
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NVC ARTS TAKES OZ HISTORY TO MIPCOM
Specialist music and arts distributor NVC Arts will take new programming including Oxford Television Company documentary series Beyond The Fatal Shore (right) (6 x 60-minutes), a landmark BBC series about Australia
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MTE TO PREMIERE BRUCE CHATWIN DOCUMENTARY
Documentary In The Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin (2 x 60-minutes) is among the new titles UK distributor Mayfair Television Entertainment (MTE) will be taking to Cannes. Other new MTE programming for
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WORLDWIDE EXTENDS RUGBY LEAGUE EXPORT DEAL
BBC Worldwide has agreed a new five-year deal, 2000-2004, for overseas distribution of the rugby league Silk Cut Challenge Cup. As part of the new deal, the coverage will be distributed
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ELECTRIC SKY UNWRAPS MOB DOCUMENTARY
Electric Sky will be launching documentary series Mafia Empire (3 x 60-minutes) - which is co-produced by the distributor, ORTV and Discovery Communications - at the 1999 Mipcom market next week.
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UPCTV PAIR DOUBLE DUTCH DISTRIBUTION
United Pan-Europe Communications Television (UPCtv) services Extreme Sports and Film1 will double their distribution in Holland from 1.6 to more than 3.2 million subscribers, following a carriage deal with seven cable
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Cold Feet opens to cool US reaction
NBC looks set to come out on top in the ratings battle in the first week of the 1999-2000 season in the US, though the broadcaster's version of UK comedy drama
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Target Distribution seals Sky One deal
UK indie Target Distribution has finalised a deal with BSkyB to become its preferred distributor for all Sky One commissions until the end of 2000, writes Jason Deans.
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Itel will be launching four new BBC 1 dramas internationally in Cannes next week, including Lucy Gannon's tale of sexual obsession and adultery, Pure Wickedness (above, (4 x 60-minutes). Another Ganno
Itel will be launching four new BBC 1 dramas internationally in Cannes next week, including Lucy Gannon's tale of sexual obsession and adultery, Pure Wickedness (above, (4 x 60-minutes). Another Gannon-scripted
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Toons bag UK orders after Cordoba
Three of the 21 new UK ani-mation projects taken to last week's Cartoon Forum in Cordoba have secured commitments from domestic broadcasters, writes Tim Westcott.
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Aussie producers in public row
A public row broke out between representatives of Australian and UK-owned companies about what should qualify as domestic production at last week's AGM of the country's indie producers' trade body.Richard Becker,
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Free Wheeler
ITN Radio's Nicholas Wheeler is facing his toughest test yet - relaunching LBC and News Direct. John Plunkett reports on the ex-biker's chances.
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Hard cheese for indies?
The collapse of Transmedia Productions has cast doubt over independents' ability to make money from low-cost programming such as Crazy about Cheese. Wale Azeez investigates.
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OPINION - Export or die? Not necessarily
Producers and broadcasters heading down to Cannes this weekend for yet another dose of liver-threatening networking face an interesting choice: to internationalise or not.A schism is appearing between those (David Graham,
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DIGITAL TV - Digital: the producers' view
One year on from launch, how has digital TV performed? Action Time's Stephen Leahy and Lion's Paul Wooding explain what it has meant for the indie sector, while below Cap Gemini asks whether take-up has matched projections.