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Postcard from ... Denis Seguin in Toronto
This July three events changed the face of Canadian television broadcasting.Since anyone cares to remember, there have been two national television networks: CBC and CTV, representing the public and private sectors
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CANWEST DOUBLES PROGRAMME LIBRARY IN ENDEMOL DEAL
CanWest Entertainment has announced two deals this week. One is an agreement with Endemol Entertainment to acquire its international distribution subsidiary Endemol International Distribution (Endemol). The deal, valued at more than
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TONG MOVES UP TO HEAD MINOTAUR SALES TEAM
Flextech distribution company Minotaur International has promoted senior sales executive Sarah Tong to head of sales. She reports to Minotaur International managing director Jane Lighting and will lead an 18-strong sales
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BT LAUNCHES PARIS/LONDON FIBREOPTIC CABLE LINK
BT Broadcast Services is hoping to strike deals with French broadcasters after launching a new fibreoptic cable link between Paris and London.The link means French companies can gain access to BT's
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FRENCH LAP UP MILLIONAIRE QUIZ SHOW
French broadcaster TF1 is considering a primetime slot this autumn for its version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? (right), after saying the recent airing of the show was a
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CINAR FACES ACTION OVER ACQUISITION LOSSES
Canadian-based producer Cinar Corporation has had an action filed against it by the former owners of its subsidiary, Carsol-Dellosa Publishing.The move is to recover alleged losses related to a stock purchase
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MEDIA MOGULS LAUNCH CHANNEL FOR BRITTANY
Rupert Murdoch, Silvio Berlusconi and TF1 have together launched a new French channel dedicated to Brittany and the Breton language. The service, which will broadcast magazine series, drama and news for
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Taking control
Northern Ireland controller is a tough role, but those who have worked with her are sure Anna Carragher is up to the job. Tara Conlan reports.
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Trade Talk - Jana Bennett
On the wealth and diversity of new programming being enjoyed by US audiences this summer.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - And divided they fall
As Granada moves to take over United's TV franchises, Colin Robertson asks what consolidation means for the future of the new ITV behemoth's production activities.
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OPINION - ITV's battles are far from over
So Granada has emerged as the winner in the ITV consolidation game, as we always suspected it would. It survived three consecutive weeks of jousting with its other ITV shareholders without
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HALF-YEAR REPORT - Seconds out, round two
It's six months since Greg Dyke entered the ring at the BBC. He may have secured round one, but will the pugilist win the fight or end up on the ropes in the trickier second round? Four industry observers measure his form.
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NewsEndemol COO steps down
Endemol chief operating officer Tom Barnicoat has left the production company with immediate effect.
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INTERVIEW - A rare species?
The latest major indie to lose independent status, Talkback is not about to flog its indie culture and values too. But managing director Peter Fincham warns against being too precious about the magic of the indie sector.
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RATINGS ANALYSIS - Growing audiences
The popularity of garden makeover series is showing no signs of wilting, with the muscular Charlie Dimmock proving the biggest draw. Katy Elliott reports.
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OFF THE RECORD - Bannisterballs
It's a beautiful thing to see those BBC executives taking a firm, confident grip on the branding of their valuable radio stations. Proof of this enviable, thrusting leadership was visible in
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OFF THE RECORD - A tale of pure Farsi
Film-makers' tales of jamminess, entry no 435. It wasn't his uber-auteur-with-an-Oscar-under-his-Prada-belt status that got Vikram Jihanti unprecedented access to Lord Glenconner for his Channel 4 documentary The Man Who Bought Mustique.
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OFF THE RECORD - Watch with mother
The Independent Television Commission has once again come to Off the Record's aid in our continuing campaign to highlight naughty broadcasters' attempts to fill airtime with highly inappropriate ads around kids
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OFF THE RECORD - Green claim is lather lame
Producers of British soaps are hateful scum who should be ashamed of themselves. This is according to researchers who have slammed our precious cultural staples for - brace yourselves, this is
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News4.5m enrol in Fame Academy
The returning Comic Relief Does Fame Academyhad a tough time of it on Saturday (3 March) with the opening show at 5.55pm managing 4.5 million (23.8%).