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IGEL Media nets wildlife programming from Itel
UK distributor Itel has sold a package of wildlife programming to German documentary and family entertainment producer/distributor IGEL Media.The deal - for 16 hours of programming from Itel's United Broadcasting &
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PBS NAMES NEVILLE AS UK REPRESENTATIVE
US public service TV network PBS has named Stephanie Neville, formerly of Granada Media, as its UK representative. Based in London, Neville will work with broadcasters, distributors and independent producers to
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BRAVO TAKES THIRD RUN OF THEROUX'S WEIRD WEEKENDS
The BBC Sales Company, the BBC/Discovery joint-venture that sells the corporation's programmes into the US and Canada, has licensed the third series of BBC 2 show Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends to
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REPORT HIGHLIGHTS LACK OF UK FICTION CO-PRODUCTIONS
The UK co-produces 10 per cent of its first-run fiction, making it a country hostile to co-productions, according to Eurofiction Television fiction in Europe, a report by Strasbourg-based European Audiovisual Observatory
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TWEENIES BAGS FIRST INTERNATIONAL LICENCES
BBC Worldwide has sold the first international licences for the Tweenies less than a month after the series was launched in the UK. South African E-TV and STV12 in Singapore will
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ARDENT TEAMS UP WITH E! FOR DEVELOPMENT DEAL
Independent Ardent Productions has signed a development deal with US cable broadcaster E! Entertainment for a 13 x 60-minute documentary series.The deal was brokered by the William Morris Agency and announced
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WORLDWIDE EXTENDS OZ FIRST OPTION AGREEMENT
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has renewed a first option deal with BBC Worldwide for a further five years. The agreement covers series such as The Human Body, The Planets, Teletubbies, The
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X-DREAM TO SELL (.TV) PROGRAMMES ABROAD
Sky TV's (.tv) computer channel has signed production and distribution hybrid X-Dream International to manage international sales of its programmes.X-Dream will take charge of the sale and distribution of up to
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Holme rule
Will liberal Lord Holme's appointment as BSC chairman end the hardline rulings such as that handed down to Psychos last week, asks Tim Dams.
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Jana Bennett
On Mipcom, misunderstandings and how the Yanks are already way ahead when it comes to convergence.
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Life support for toons
Does the UK animation industry need a lifeline in the shape of government subsidies to stem the flow of productions, such as Hilltop Hospital, overseas? David Wood investigates.
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OPINION - C4 regains some of its old confidence
Dawn Airey did not get where she is today by being shy and retiring. But even by her own pugnacious standards, her attack on Channel 4 at last week's Royal Television
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MILLENNIUM COMPLIANCE - How we fought the bug
Although it is unlikely that we will face broadcasting Armageddon at midnight on 31 December, the industry has had to guard against complacency and put together New Year contingency plans, as Ed Shelton discovers.
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MEDIA REGULATION - Seattle soundings
Damian Tambini argues that uncertainty over the development of new media means that negotiators should leave plenty of room for manoeuvre at next month's World Trade Organisation talks to be held in Seattle.
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INTERVIEW - Facts and figures
Set up as a one-man band in 1992, RDF Productions has built up its reputation from a string of factual hits and now boasts a staff of 130. But the indie isn't standing still and plans to become a force in other genres.
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TX - MILLENNIUM - A THOUSAND YEARS OF HISTORY
Producer: Jeremy Isaacs ProductionsBroadcaster: BBC 2/CNNStart: 19.10, 18 OctoberLength: 10 x 60-minutesCommissioned by: Ted Turner (CNN)Executive producers: Jeremy Isaacs, Pat Mitchell (CNN)Like natural history epics of recent years, packaged with sweeping
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Off the Record - Puppet masters
There's only one sensible way to get to Mipcom, taking place in Cannes this week, and that's by plane. But Carlton International grand fromage Rupert Dilnott-Cooper (above right) appears to have
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Off the Record - X-Dream measures
Also at Mipcom, there was unfortunate news from the good people of young person's sports channel X-Dream International. Assorted grands fromages from the station - which specialises in snowboarding and other
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Off the Record - Kilroy's cabs
Ever wondered how BBC 1's daytime talk show Kilroy finds so many saddos willing to vent their spleen on every subject under the sun? Why, it simply electronically mail-drops London cabbies,
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Off the Record - Mind blowing
In the clearest example yet of what ITV big kahuna Richard Eyre meant by 'public interest TV', those purveyors of quality television at LWT bring us Demolition, an explosive look behind