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SBS AND UPC IN JOINT BID FOR DUTCH SOCCER RIGHTS
Europe's largest broadcaster, SBS, is mounting a joint bid for Dutch football TV rights with its new pan-European partner, cable company UPC. SBS chief executive Harry Sloan said the two planned
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NBDTV LANDS RIGHTS TO BBC 1'S WICKED WOMEN
UK indie distributor NBDtv has secured the international rights to the Wicked Women concert, which went out on BBC 1 last Saturday (24 July).The charity concert to promote breast cancer awareness
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WORLD SERVICE JOINS US DIGITAL SATELLITE PLATFORM
BBC World Service is to be included in a digital satellite radio platform that will start broadcasting to the US in 2001. XM Satellite, a subsidiary of American Mobile Satellite Corporation,
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King of comedy
If anyone can crack the US market, it's Hat Trick founder Jimmy Mulville, who last week unveiled plans to open an LA office. David Wood reports.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - NTL's boat comes in
NTL's announcement that it has lined up an£8.2 billion takeover of Cable & Wireless took everyone by surprise, not least digital TV rivals BSkyB and On Digital. Alice Macandrew on the repercussions.
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CORPORATE JOLLIES - Junkets, jollies and journos
Whether it's white water rafting in the Rockies, a trip on Concorde or just a team-building weekend in Windsor, the corporate jolly is now an established part of the broadcasting calendar. Ed Shelton goes in search of a free lunch.
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INTERVIEW - Kings of the jungle
Since launching two years ago, Lion Television has expanded production beyond its staple docu-soap output into classic documentaries. Now the indie is stalking some new prey: drama and the overseas markets.
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RATINGS ANALYSIS - Back of the nets
Over the last decade, the Big Three US networks - ABC, CBS and NBC - have seen their audience share plummet from 66 to 43 per cent and the decline shows no sign of abating.
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NewsSave Storyville - Is there a twist in the tale?
Can the digital channels step into the void being made by the proposed cuts to Storyville?
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OFF THE RECORD - Four play
If only England's cricketers were as good at their jobs as Channel 4, which broadcast its first live coverage of a Test match last week. The hand of marketing supremo David
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OFF THE RECORD - Countdown hit for six
On a similar note, Channel 4's decision to axe Countdown for last week's cricket didn't go unnoticed. Presenter Richie Benaud told viewers that 'only about three or four thousand people' had
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OFF THE RECORD - Starstruck
There is, it appears, no limit to the number of BBC execs desperate to get on the telly. Regular readers will remember how Alan Yentob, Paul Jackson and Geoffrey Perkins sneaked
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OFF THE RECORD - Back page splash
Cheesy snap of the week comes courtesy of the Radio Festival, held in Cardiff earlier this month. Off The Record was amazed when it heard that this Loaded-style woman-in-bikini stunt (below)
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OFF THE RECORD - Campaign for quality food
The angry debate in the letters page of the BBC's in-house rag, Ariel, reached fever pitch this week. No, nothing to do with the programmes, silly, but the quality (or lack
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OFF THE RECORD - C5: The Next Generation
OTR's warmest congratulations go out to bewhiskered Channel 5 spinmeister Paul Leather and his girlfriend, Shelly Walker, who are expecting their first child. It is of particular interest to OTR because
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NewsSMPTE plans standard for ultra-HDTV
The Society for Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) has launched an initiative to develop a standard for Ultra HDTV as demonstrated by Japanese broadcaster NHK at last year's IBC.
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Everett to move on as Choice revamps
BBC Choice head of programming Katherine Everett is leaving in October to take up a new position in the corporation after overseeing a revamp of the digital channel's schedule.Everett, a member
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Davies report to back digital fee
The Gavyn Davies committee will unveil a detailed case in favour of a digital licence fee on Thursday (5 August), vigorously rejecting claims that a 'poll tax' will damage the take-up
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BBC mulls options for London rejig
The BBC has completed a wide-ranging review of its entire regional television and radio output in London, writes John Plunkett.Options that have been put before BBC governors are understood to include