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    Itel seals Irish programming deals

    1999-06-11T00:00:00Z

    Itel has concluded licensing deals with Republic of Ireland public service broadcaster RTE and commercial rival TV3 for more than 55 hours of programming.RTE has bought a package including 10 x

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    World's End reworks making of South Park for US

    1999-06-11T00:00:00Z

    UK indie World's End Productions is reversioning its Channel 4 documentary, The Making of South Park, for US cable channel Comedy Central. The 30-minute documentary, which features an interview with South

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    Minotaur sells on Dineen's Halliwell portrait

    1999-06-11T00:00:00Z

    Minotaur International has sold Molly Dineen's portrait of ex-Spice Girl Geri Halliwell to RTE in Eire, MuchMusic in Canada, the Holland Media Group in the Netherlands, New Zealand's TV3 and Portugal's

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    Animal Planet blazes into Brazil

    1999-06-11T00:00:00Z

    BBC/Discovery Communications joint-venture pay-TV channel Animal Planet will launch on cable and satellite platforms in Brazil later this month.The service will be available to around 685,000 new subscribers via Net Brazil,

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    ITEL poaches Mooty from BBC Worldwide

    1999-06-11T00:00:00Z

    Itel has recruited BBC Worldwide head of finance and investment Frank Mooty as its finance director. Mooty will work closely with Itel chief executive Andrew Macbean and his deputy, Paul Sowerbutts,

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    Broadcasters snap up Royal Wedding coverage

    1999-06-11T00:00:00Z

    BBC Worldwide has sold coverage of the wedding of Prince Edward and Sophie Rhys-Jones to overseas broadcasters including ABC in Australia, Discovery and PBS in the US, France's TF1 and France

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    World view - Jason Deans in Los Angeles

    1999-06-11T00:00:00Z

    The general consensus among UK buyers was that the 1999 LA Screenings produced no new ER, Millennium or Sex and the City. No must-have, buzz show that had foreign TV executives

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    Mersey beat

    1999-06-11T00:00:00Z

    As well as minding its Mersey TV shows, Jonathan Young has been asked to develop returning drama series for Channel 4. Alice Macandrew reports.

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    Trouble at the Mill

    1999-06-11T00:00:00Z

    The past year has seen more than 100 jobs axed at Pebble Mill. Can new chief Kate Marsh restore BBC's Birmingham fortunes? Tim Dams trains his binoculars on HQ.

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    OPINION - What is to be done with Channel 5?

    1999-06-11T00:00:00Z

    The hand-wringing continues about whether or not a man who's donated up to£50,000 to a political party (which now happens to be in power) should be allowed to become the

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    WAR ZONE: SATURDAY NIGHT - Benchmark battle

    1999-06-11T00:00:00Z

    Saturday nights have long been a major combat zone for the major broadcasters. Peter Fiddick examines the front line.

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    CONVERGENCE - Techno wars

    1999-06-11T00:00:00Z

    Can traditional TV viewing survive the onslaught of the internet or are the integrationists winning the battle?

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    INTERVIEW - Looking for Kudos

    1999-06-11T00:00:00Z

    Although Kudos Productions has 10 projects in development and a feature film about to go on general release, predicting the future to a bank manager is still like staring into the abyss for the growing indie.

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    OFF THE RECORD - We woz robbed

    1999-06-11T00:00:00Z

    The highlight of this year's LA Screenings, the annual Stateside TV jamboree, was not some dodgy pilot but the first ever footie match between the US studios and the pride of

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    OFF THE RECORD - LA woman

    1999-06-11T00:00:00Z

    Still in LA, Channel 5 head honcho Dawn Airey lived up to her actionwoman image when she went bungee-jumping in a scene straight out of her favourite C5 show, Fort Boyard.

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    OFF THE RECORD - Ross uncovered

    1999-06-11T00:00:00Z

    Stung by accusations that Off The Record has featured too many naked ladies, the good news is we can bring you an (almost) naked chap this week. The bad news is

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    OFF THE RECORD - A Whale of a time

    1999-06-11T00:00:00Z

    Staying with Talk, its late-night presenter James Whale had this on-air message for listeners who had complained to the Broadcasting Standards Council (sic) over his allegedly gratuitous use of the word

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    OFF THE RECORD - Make my Day

    1999-06-11T00:00:00Z

    An unexpected side effect of the race to be the next DG is the number of people phoning Channel 5 spinmeister Greg Day's mobile phone - and thinking they've rung Greg

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    OFF THE RECORD - Hall plays a blinder

    1999-06-11T00:00:00Z

    The Beeb was at pains to point out that it hadn't actually lost any football rights as a result of Talk Radio's deal with the Football Association last week. So much

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    OFF THE RECORD - News you can't use

    1999-06-11T00:00:00Z

    A key part of BBC 1's new-look Nine O'Clock News (or whatever it's called these days) is the groovy 20.00 'taster' presented from the very heart of the TV Centre newsroom.