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INTERNATIONAL NEWS - ZONE VISION STRIKES ROMANIAN CHANNEL DEAL
UK-based channel producer Zone Vision has struck carriage deals for three channels in Romania this month. Agreements have been signed with UPC networks fto carry factual channel Reality TV and entertainment
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS - Fraser chosen for key Granada role
Granada is making final preparations for its planned expansion of production and broadcasting activities overseas by appointing David Fraser to the new post of director of international production.Reporting to Granada Creative
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS - Just Group expands in US
Children's specialist producer Just Group has made its first major strike on the US by hiring a chief executive officer for the country and selling 150 hours of programming to the
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS - Former APTN man launches Mercury
Former APTN programmes and entertainment executive Tim Sparke has set up a new distribution and production company, Mercury Media, which has already tied up a deal to represent APTN's programming and
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS - Postcard from ... Dieter Brockmeyer in Dusseldorf
The trend in contemporary German television programming stood out for all to see at this year's TeleMesse in Dusseldorf when advertisers and their respective agencies gathered to see what commercial channels
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TRADE TALK - On his bike
Harley-Davidson fan Julian Turner is to head the BBC's Beeb Ventures. But will it be the right stage for his commercial nous?
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Brotherly concerns
Endemol is setting up Gem Talent Management on the back of Big Brother and its stars' unproven appeal. Is this the start of a US-style 'talent-before-idea' system in the UK?
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OPINION - More drama is not the answer
It's a brave broadcaster that commissions a new soap. But while the price of failure is high, the rewards of a successful new regular drama could be huge.Soaps such as Coronation
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ENTERTAINMENT - Goodbye mainstream, hello niche programming
Tim Ewington lays out the challenges for the major broadcasters as they are increasingly forced to choose between new niche viewers and the heavy-viewing, but gradually disappearing, older audiences.
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ENTERTAINMENT: PARAMOUNT - Mountain to climb
In the first of a series analysing niche channels Ed Shelton considers whether the Paramount Comedy Channel will be outflanked by British newcomers like E4.
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INTERVIEW - GMTV's dawn raider
As editor of GMTV, journalist and former presenter Martin Frizell has big plans. He wants to give the show a harder news edge and lure audiences from BBC 1. But he faces a major battle against falling figures.
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OFF THE RECORD - On the hair
There was a time when Disney Channel pontiff Paul Robinson, formerly of Talk Radio, was satisfied with having a face for radio. But telly does funny things to a man and
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OFF THE RECORD - Money troubles
The response to Broadcast's Rich List has spoken volumes: some of those featured have been daft enough to suggest they are even more loaded, while others - particularly in those special
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OFF THE RECORD - Cleaning up
Another reason Brand has become so rich may lie in the hard work of his staff. Last week some of them were locked in their office by the cleaners, who clearly
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OFF THE RECORD - No news is bad news
OTR is considering organising a benefit concert for the poor, news-hungry families at Channel 4. Not to be outdone by the thriftiness of Greg 'Read my lips: no new taxis' Dyke,
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OFF THE RECORD - Networking know-how
Did Channel 5 supremos Dawn Airey and David Elstein know quite how worth their while it would be to buy Home and Away from Australia's Seven Network?As a special thank you
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OFF THE RECORD - Norway BB no-no
Word reaches us that Norwegian indie Rubicon has refused to produce Big Brother on ethical grounds, arguing that not enough research has been done on the long-term damage this kind of
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OFF THE RECORD - Lookalikes - soaperstar revival
People who don't get out much just can't stop marvelling at the similarities between Carlton Communications chairman Michael Green and the debonair Crossroads' motel owner, David Hunter, played by the late