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Brown to head merged BBC Resources unit
BBC Resources is to merge its post-production and graphic design business with its studio and location group in an attempt to improve efficiency.The newly merged unit will be headed by current
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BBC WORLDWIDE STRIKES DEAL WITH FINNISH YLE TV 1
BBC Worldwide has signed a two-year first-look deal with Finnish state broadcaster YLE TV 1, covering new drama and documentary output, including history and natural history programming. The deal, which runs
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OLIVER TWIST PUT UP FOR SALE BY CARLTON INTERNATIONAL
Carlton International is planning to launch Alan Bleasdale's ITV adaptation of Dickens' classic Oliver Twist internationally at the London Programme Market in November. The serial, which is being produced by Diplomat
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MIP INTERACTIVE WEBSITE RIDES A WAVE OF NET SURFERS
Reed Midem's recently enhanced Mip Interactive website notched up 48,000 page views in June, according to statistics just released. The Mip Interactive site offers 24-hour access to a database of more
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US CABLE TV NETWORKS SCOOP RECORD AD PROFITS
US cable TV networks collected a record $4 billion (£2.5 billion) in advertising revenue in the first six months of 1999, a rise of 29 per cent year-on-year, according to a
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AUSTRALIA ON COURSE FOR THE ARRIVAL OF DIGITAL TV
Preparations for the launch of digital TV in Australia from 1 January 2001 are well on track, Communications Minister Richard Alston told an industry conference in Sydney last Thursday (19 August).
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KIRCH TO RELAUNCH ANALOGUE AND DIGITAL PAY-TV SERVICES
The Kirch media group is planning to relaunch its merged German analogue and digital pay-TV services, Premiere and DF1, as Premiere World in October.Premiere World managing director Markus Tellenbach said the
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NEWS CORP PROFITS SLIDE 40 PER CENT YEAR-ON-YEAR
After exceptional charges for the year to 30 June 1999, News Corp's net profits slipped 40 per cent year-on-year, from $1.14 billion (£871 million) to $678 million (£419 million). The decline
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LUDWIG ZU SALM TO LEAVE COLUMBIA TRISTAR TELEVISION
Ludwig zu Salm, German-based president production Europe for Columbia Tristar International Television, is leaving the US studio after five years. During that time he has worked with UK producers including the
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JOINT US-EUROPEAN HOST BROADCASTING SEMINAR PLANNED
The European Broadcasting Union and the North American Broadcasters Association have joined forces to produce a seminar on host broadcasting arrangements at Sportel 1999 in Monaco next month. The seminar will
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Granada signs up Sorvino
Granada Entertainment USA (GEU) has signed Oscar-winning actress Mira Sorvino for an adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel The Great Gatsby, which will debut on cable network A&E in the
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Millionaire? set to make a mint in US
The US version of Celador Productions' smash-hit ITV gameshow Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? looks set to repeat its runaway success Stateside, after debuting strongly on ABC last week.ABC has
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New twists in Nova TV saga
US cosmetics mogul Ronald Lauder, the founder of Central European Media Enterprises (CME), is seeking damages from the Czech Republic government for allegedly failing to protect CME's investment in Nova TV, write Jason Deans and Scott Macmillan.
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Bids in for DT cable TV
Bidders including German media giant Bertelsmann and cable group United Pan-European Communications have sub-mitted offers for Deutsche Telekom's (DT) extensive cable TV interests.The closing date for initial bids for DT's nine
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Knockout blow
Alan Nixon has proved himself a risk-taker as controller of entertainment at C5, but will he come up trumps with It's A Knockout? Tina Mistry reports.
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Jonathan Davies
On how Richard Eyre will use his MacTaggart lecture to recast the debate of public service broadcasting.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Nicking the talented
With top stars demanding - and getting - huge pay deals, the BBC, in particular, is feeling the strain. Can it stem the flow of stars like Harry Enfield and Des Lynam to other channels? Tim Dams reports.
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OPINION - Time to make the fat cats squeal
[PP] 21 [PL] UK The Edinburgh Television Festival was originally conceived as a talking shop that enabled the industry's infantry to mix on equal terms with the officer class. It was
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EDINBURGH: WHAT'S ON - The good, the bad and the worthy
Too many sessions, too little time. But which events will be worth leaving the comfort of The George bar for? Broadcast assesses the pulling power and star quality of key speakers at this weekend's TV gabfest.
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EDINBURGH: NEXT GENERATION - A WHO'S WHO OF THE TELEVISION INDUSTRY'S RISING TWENTY-SOMETHING STARS
DRAMA DIRECTORTOM HOOPER, 26Hooper's directing career got off to a flying start when his short film Painted Faces was broadcast on C4 when he was just 18. Spotted by EastEnders executive