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LWT considers international unit
LWT director of programmes Marcus Plantin is considering creating a dedicated unit to focus solely on ideas for the international market, writes Nicola Methven.
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Russian NTV Plus sets up with 18 channels
A new Russian digital satellite pay-TV platform, NTV Plus, launched last week with a number of established international brands among its 18-channel offering, writes Szilvia Kovacs.
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GRANADA TO PRODUCE DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME FOR THE US
Granada Television has teamed up with US outfit Vin Di Bona Productions to make a US version of ITV factual entertainment show Don't Try This At Home (left) for the Fox
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WORLDWIDE SELLS TELETUBBIES TO KINDERKANAL
BBC Worldwide has sold Ragdoll Productions' hit pre-school show, Teletubbies, to Kinderkanal, the German children's channel jointly owned by public service broadcasters ARD and ZDF. Teletubbies will launch on the channel
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CBS REPORTS LOSS DESPITE REVENUE INCREASE
US network CBS has reported a small loss for the fourth quarter of 1998, despite a 22 per cent increase in revenues over the period. CBS made a net loss of
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TRISHA GOES DOWN UNDER TO CHANNEL 3 IN NEW ZEALAND
New Zealand commercial broadcaster Channel 3 has bought the first three months of Trisha (right), Anglia Television's daily daytime chat show for ITV. The deal, brokered by Trisha co-producer Universal, is
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ZEILER RINGS THE CHANGES AT RTL
RTL's new manager and programme director, Gerhard Zeiler, has announced a series of programming changes designed to target a younger audience and make the German commercial broadcaster more profitable. Zeiler has
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CINAR POSTS 69 PER CENT RISE IN NET PROFITS
Cinar, the Canadian children's and family programming producer/distributor, has posted a 69 per cent increase in net profit to $21.8 million (£13.3 million) for the 12 months to 30 November 1998.
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GRUNDY TO OVERSEE REALITY-BASED TV FOR UNIVERSAL
Annette Grundy has been appointed vice-president, European reality-based television for Universal Worldwide Television Production (UWTP). Grundy, who will be based in Amsterdam and report to UWTP president Ned Nalle, will be
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E.TV'S HEARING POSTPONED INDEFINITELY
Advocate Jules Browde, chairman of the South African Broadcasting Monitoring & Complaints Commission, has indefinitely postponed the hearing into e.tv's eight alleged transgressions of its licence conditions. The hearing, instigated by
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Pulling strings
The latest Rajars offer little comfort to Radio 3 controller Roger Wright. But John Plunkett discovers the station chief is gearing up for a fight.
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Tony Stoller
A distinguished radio commentator reckons that whenever she hears the word 'transparency' she is inclined to count the spoons. Nevertheless, the current climate in regulation and public administration is for as
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C4 stuffed by Chickens
After being caught out by Daddy's Girl and Rogue Males, Channel 4 is now facing a roasting over another suspect film. Tim Dams asks whether indie producers will bear the brunt of the backlash.
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C4 must bridge credibility gap
Channel 4 does not have a credibility problem of the kind that stalks Carlton. It is therefore tempting to regard its admission that scenes purporting to show rent boys on the
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TYPECASTING - TV Tribes
Defining demographic sub-groups is all the rage. Following on from Blair and the Beeb, now Broadcast offers its take on the 13 tribes of British TV.
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PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT - Sons of the desert
When Pearson TV was invited to bid for international rights to an adventure show set in the Jordanian desert, development executive Robin Greene ended up braving sun, scorpions and camel dung tea to clinch the deal.
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INTERVIEW - Radical departure
Adam Barker is still reeling after making the transition from running Blast! Films to heading up independent film and video at C4 in just a matter of weeks. But what exactly does his new 'department of innovation' do?
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OFF THE RECORD - Digital switch
The digital revolution has finally achieved what many of his critics have been trying to do for years - it silenced Chris Evans. The ginger whinger was in full flow on
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OFF THE RECORD - Teletubbies v tellytubby
Shock news. Vanessa 'I feel wretched' Feltz is going upmarket in the battle for daytime viewers. According to Off The Record insiders, her flailing BBC 1 show is turning its back
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OFF THE RECORD - PC plod
As former England coach Glenn Hoddle knows to his cost, sensitivity is a key requirement when referring to people with disability. Broadcast hacks found themselves in similarly hot water last week