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NewsOn air with: Mark Browning
Mark Browning's first job in radio was as head of news at Gemini Radio in Devon. He started at Heart in 2001 and has been programme director for the past four years.
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Disney to make nature films
Disney has unveiled plans for a new subsidiary studio specialising in environmental and nature films.
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Ent Rights makes sales
Entertainment Rights has secured several sales of its kids shows and has begun talks on a raft of other deals following MipTV.
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CITV buys US's Four Eyes
Digital channel CITV has acquired a new animated series Four Eyes from the US.
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Speech: Peter Bazalgette, RTS
Peter Bazalgette's speech at a Royal Television Society dinner, 22 April 2008.
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NewsHeroes creator: US will take shorter UK drama
British drama producers are set to benefit from an increasing appetite among US broadcasters for shorter seasons, according to the creator of Heroes.
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One Foot star Wilson hits the road for BBC4
Twofour has signed One Foot in the Grave actor Richard Wilson to front a BBC4 series showcasing Britain's best-loved drives.
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Marr to study Darwin for BBC2 series
Bafta-winner Andrew Marr's next big project will be a series on Charles Darwin's theories for BBC2.
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Cold Feet opens to cool US reaction
NBC looks set to come out on top in the ratings battle in the first week of the 1999-2000 season in the US, though the broadcaster's version of UK comedy drama
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Target Distribution seals Sky One deal
UK indie Target Distribution has finalised a deal with BSkyB to become its preferred distributor for all Sky One commissions until the end of 2000, writes Jason Deans.
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Itel will be launching four new BBC 1 dramas internationally in Cannes next week, including Lucy Gannon's tale of sexual obsession and adultery, Pure Wickedness (above, (4 x 60-minutes). Another Ganno
Itel will be launching four new BBC 1 dramas internationally in Cannes next week, including Lucy Gannon's tale of sexual obsession and adultery, Pure Wickedness (above, (4 x 60-minutes). Another Gannon-scripted
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Toons bag UK orders after Cordoba
Three of the 21 new UK ani-mation projects taken to last week's Cartoon Forum in Cordoba have secured commitments from domestic broadcasters, writes Tim Westcott.
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Aussie producers in public row
A public row broke out between representatives of Australian and UK-owned companies about what should qualify as domestic production at last week's AGM of the country's indie producers' trade body.Richard Becker,
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Free Wheeler
ITN Radio's Nicholas Wheeler is facing his toughest test yet - relaunching LBC and News Direct. John Plunkett reports on the ex-biker's chances.
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Hard cheese for indies?
The collapse of Transmedia Productions has cast doubt over independents' ability to make money from low-cost programming such as Crazy about Cheese. Wale Azeez investigates.
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OPINION - Export or die? Not necessarily
Producers and broadcasters heading down to Cannes this weekend for yet another dose of liver-threatening networking face an interesting choice: to internationalise or not.A schism is appearing between those (David Graham,
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DIGITAL TV - Digital: the producers' view
One year on from launch, how has digital TV performed? Action Time's Stephen Leahy and Lion's Paul Wooding explain what it has meant for the indie sector, while below Cap Gemini asks whether take-up has matched projections.
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INTERVIEW - Export strength
David Graham is no stranger to controversy. At Diverse he hit the headlines with a provocative current affairs show for Channel 4 and his company's report on selling programmes abroad has put him in the firing line again.
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RATINGS ANALYSIS - Summertime blues
Summer 1999 was the first full season for ITV without the 'burden' of News at Ten in its schedules. Despite this, the network saw peaktime ratings falling faster than BBC 1's.
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TX - Ratings
DEAF CENTURYProducer: First Circle FilmsBroadcaster: Channel 4Start: 19.00, 2 OctoberLength: 3 x 60-minutesCommissioning editor: Richard McKerrowExecutive producer: Daniel WolfProducer/director: Mark GallowayFew stones have been left unturned by documentary film-m