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RAGDOLL SETTLES US TELETUBBIES COPYRIGHT CLAIM
Ragdoll Productions, which makes Teletubbies (right), and the show's US distributor, Itsy Bitsy Entertainment, have reached a settlement with Wal-Mart over alleged copyright infringement relating to Bubbly Chubbies dolls sold by
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TF1 'DEFINITELY INTERESTED' IN TAKING STAKE IN CLT-UFA
Sources at leading French commercial TV outfit TF1 have indicated that the broadcaster is 'definitely interested' in acquiring a stake in CLT-Ufa, which is 50/50 jointly owned by Audio-fina and Bertelsmann.TF1
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KIRBY TO OVERSEE NELVANA'S LATIN AMERICA SALES
Nelvana's sales to Latin America will be overseen by Gillian Kirby, following her promotion to sales executive at the feature film, TV production and distribution outfit. Based in the Canadian company's
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BKN EXPANDS NARDONNET'S RESPONSIBILITIES
New York-based children's programming network BKN has expanded Nadia Nardonnet's position to include control of international co-productions. She is elevated from president international TV sales and world merchandising, to head of
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EUTELSAT VOTES TO SUSPEND SERBIAN TV TRANSMISSIONS
European satellite consortium Eutelsat has voted to suspend its transmission of Serbian TV and radio broadcasts under pressure from Nato, according to a report in the Washington Post. The Post reported
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PERFORMANCE TO LAUNCH IN DENMARK ON TELEDANMARK
Performance, the Daily Mail & General Trust-owned performing arts channel, is to launch in Denmark on cable operator TeleDanmark's digital bouquet next month. The channel is already available in 150,000 analogue
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UNIVERSAL MOVES SCHOENFELD TO STRATEGIC ROLE
Universal Television & Networks Group (UTNG) chairman Blair Westlake has promoted Peter Schoenfeld to executive vice-president and group strategic director. Schoenfeld will be responsible for growing Universal's TV sales, production and
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A past master
Now that history is a major TV battleground Channel 4 has recruited a self-confessed history fan to lead the charge. David Wood reports.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Network prize fighters
In the gladiatorial battleground of digital TV, On Digital's key weapon against Sky has been its exclusive access to ITV shows. But, as Alice Macandrew reports, ITV licensees are beginning to break ranks.
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BBC DIRECTOR GENERAL - Head-to-head for BBC top spot
It's 'the top job in television' and it's up for grabs. As the BBC governors keep everyone guessing, Martin Jackson and Lucy Rouse weigh up the chances of those most likely to succeed John Birt as director general.
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ANIMATION - Toon planning
The UK animation sector is witnessing a surge in production but pressure on funding heralds problems ahead.
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LA SCREENINGS - California dreamin'
What is on offer this year as UK broadcasters again flock west to the LA Screenings? Claire Atkinson reports on the pilots making waves while Jeff Ford, C5's controller of acquisitions, gives us the benefit of experience.
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INTERVIEW - In-house heretic
Can it really be true that the BBC is a challenging place to work or that British sitcoms are actually quality product? The corporation's Jon Plowman thinks so - but then he does like to challenge conventional wisdom
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OFF THE RECORD - Catastrophe
Tearful reunions are the sort of thing more usually associated with Cilla Black than Peter Bazalgette (below right). But it was Baz's daytime show, Pet Rescue, which reunited a Surrey dinnerlady
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OFF THE RECORD - Resourceful Resources
Never let it be said that those good people at BBC Resources aren't game for a laugh. Take their latest brochure featuring some 30 members of its costume and wigs department
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OFF THE RECORD - Bum bongs
Tits and bums channel Television X - The Fantasy Channel has succumbed to the inevitable and announced plans to launch its very own news show, Nudes at Ten (geddit?). Station chief
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OFF THE RECORD - Don't panic!
Readers will be familiar with Liberty Radio, the London station relaunched more often than owner Mohammed Al-Fayed has applied for a UK passport.In a bid to boost the profile of the
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OFF THE RECORD - Digital double-take
Pop quiz. Can you name the smartly dressed chap (above right) who gave the following evidence to the National Heritage Select Committee in 1996?'(A digital TV licence) is a matter which
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OPINION - Backlash begins over News at Ten
The knives are out for ITV's revamped weekday peaktime schedule.Less than three months after the Network Centre's Big Bang on 8 March, those with a dinosaur tendency in British TV are
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Celador attacks 'rip-off' of Millionaire by Danes
UK independent Celador Productions is attempting to block transmission of a Danish show that managing director Paul Smith claims is a 'blatant rip-off' of the outfit's Who Wants To Be A