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SMITH MOVES UP AT UNIVERSAL INTERNATIONAL TV
Universal International Television has promoted Robb Smith to the new position of vice-president, sales operations. Smith will report to executive vice-president and co-head Steven Jarmus and will liaise with suppliers and
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BBC PRIME WINS HOT BIRD EUTELSAT AWARD
BBC's 24-hour entertainment channel BBC Prime has won the Eutelsat Award for its contribution to the satellite broadcasting industry and high-quality programming. The award was made at the Hot Bird TV
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OZ ABC PROMOTES MCGRATH TO EUROPEAN SALES JOB
Australian broadcaster ABC has poached RM Associates senior sales executive Anne McGrath to become its new European sales manager. Reporting to ABC programme sales manager Kaye Warren, McGrath will be based
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Carlton considers joining GB TV in LA
Granada Media and the BBC's US format joint-venture GB TV is set to be overhauled in a move which could pave the way for Carlton International to join the Los Angeles-based
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Mergers predicted to rise
A number of global broadcasting companies are planning mergers and acquisitions in the coming year but have admitted they have no policy for integration after the deals are signed, according to research from consultant Arthur Andersen, writes Ashley Davie
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Static to launch PlayJam in Japan
Interactive TV outfit Static has signed a carriage deal with News Corporation to launch its channel PlayJam in Japan, writes Simon Ellery.
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Postcard from ... Nick Radlo in Berlin
The Prix Europa in Berlin added a current affairs category for the first time this year - and not before time it turned out.The unique feature of the competition was that
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Romaine rule
Michele Romaine is now BBC director of production modernisation but is the role enough to keep her champing at the bit? Georgina Lipscomb finds out.
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Tony Stoller
On how the Radio Authority is happy to carry on awarding digital multiplex licences - for the present.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Taking on the dragon
Granada's sale of HTV last week leaves new owner Carlton with a few problems to solve - not least the balance of the franchise's regional needs with its corporate ambitions.
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OPINION - The mass media need regulation
This week's autumn symposium provided the focus for increasingly consensual debate about the future of television as it faces both the end of the old analogue order and the more immediate
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INDIE BUSINESS - Why they think it's all over
With a number of independents losing indie status by selling out to larger outfits, is it time to overhaul the quota system, whereby broadcasters must commission 25 per cent of their programming from indie sources?
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PROMAX - Getting the fit right
The ITC's relaxation of the rules governing sponsorship will lead to rapid growth in the sector, but great care must be taken in matching sponsors with series if viewers are not to be alienated.
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INTERVIEW - Harries goes large
Andy Harries, new controller of drama and comedy at Granada and the man behind The Royle Family and Cold Feet is determined to build up a team of drama writers and producers to lay claim to the 21.00 battle zone.
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OFF THE RECORD - On the balearic beat
So, BBC pocket rocket Lorraine Heggessey is on holiday in Ibiza. What is she doing there, we wonder? Is she throwin' shapes and largin' it down Manumission to pick up inspiring
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OFF THE RECORD - Poison Isaacs
Is there any link between the following facts or is it merely a coincidence, highlighting the small-mindedness of observers? 1) At the Sheffield documentary festival, Channel 4 founding father Jeremy Isaacs
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OFF THE RECORD - Lumbering into work
Oooh, how they love their cricket down Sky Sports way. On Monday, when many of us chose to take a duvet day and blame the weather, cricket presenter Charles Colvile had
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OFF THE RECORD - Seen but not Hird
Is it just us or does this ITC Bulletin layout suggest the commission's overlady Patricia Hodgson is the one in the picture doing a Thora Hird? Sat on the sofa of
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OFF THE RECORD - Business affair
Now that Carlton has assumed control of HTV, OTR is reminded of a comment attributed to Carlton chief Clive Jones years ago when TVS lost its franchise to Meridian and Lord
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OFF THE RECORD - Gone but not forgotten
Many sharp intakes of breath following last week's news that Channel 5 overlord David Elstein was making a rapid exit. Introducing an RTS session called Surviving the Future, which he had