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Red Pepper wins Champions rebranding bid
TV branding outfit Red Pepper Film Company has won the contract to design a new on- and off-screen identity for the biggest club football tournament in Europe - the UEFA Champions
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Virtue opens internet broadcast studio
Virtue Interactive has opened what it claims to be the first studio in the UK built exclusively to produce audio and video for webcasting, writes Nick Radlo.Programmes are streamed live from
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Discovery signs up LWT factual series
Discovery Communications Inc (DCI) has ordered a slate of factual programming from LWT Productions (LWTP) as part of Granada Media's ongoing international expansion drive.The deal sees the creation of a new
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UK distributor Itel has sold exclusive cable and satellite rights for 60 hours of programming to National Geographic Channels International (NGCI), including 13 x 1-hour episodes of Anglia's Survival
UK distributor Itel has sold exclusive cable and satellite rights for 60 hours of programming to National Geographic Channels International (NGCI), including 13 x 1-hour episodes of Anglia's Survival wildlife series,
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NewsBroadcast Letters - Issue: 9 February 2007
The letters that featured in the 9 February 2007 issue of Broadcast
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EM.TV buys Jim Henson
The Jim Henson Company has been bought by German media group EM.TV & Merchandising, in a£427 million deal which could lead to a revival of The Muppets, writes Tim Dams.The
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CLT-UFA ABANDONS SPLIT MANAGEMENT FOR BELLENS
CLT-Ufa is ditching its split management structure with the appointment of Didier Bellens as chief executive, replacing Remy Sautter and Rolf Schmidt Holtz who have shared the role since the 1997
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DISCOVERY'S BENNETT SIGNS NEW ATLANTIC SERIES
London-based indie Atlantic Productions has been commissioned by Discovery Communications Inc (DCI) senior vice-president Jana Bennett to make a 3 x 60-minutes series, The Conquistadors, using graphics devised by Atlantic's fledgling
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SKY NEWS SIGNS NEW DISTRIBUTION DEALS
Sky News has signed two international distribution deals, including one with Dutch cable consortium MediaKabel for carriage on its new basic digital service. The 24-hour news channel has also secured a
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GOVERNMENT CRITICISM PROMPTS NZTV'S MEO TO RESIGN
Chairwoman of New Zealand state-owned broadcaster NZTV Roseanne Meo resigned last week, following government disapproval of her hiring and firing of newsreader John Hawkesby last year. Prime minister Helen Clark criticised
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EBU LAUNCHES LATE NIGHT BROADCAST ALLIANCE
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has set up the Night Trade Alliance to encourage European broadcasters to air more of each other's original programmes in regular late slots. So far Germany's
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SONY PICTURES TO DISTRIBUTE SOLOMON & GAENOR
Sony Pictures Classics is to handle the North American theatrical distribution for Solomon & Gaenor, the S4C/FilmFour financed film shortlisted for an Oscar in the best foreign language category last week
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Sitcom vacant
ITV controller of comedy Sioned Wiliam's aim is to create a Father Ted for her channel. Colin Robertson awaits the outcome with baited breath.
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Quality writing is Wiliam's (left) holy grail. 'I'm looking for a different kind of comedy, not outdated 70s-style sitcom - although there was some great stuff in the 70s,' she says
Quality writing is Wiliam's (left) holy grail. 'I'm looking for a different kind of comedy, not outdated 70s-style sitcom - although there was some great stuff in the 70s,' she says.
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David Docherty
UK TV must wake up to the interactive revolution and the wealth of creative possibilities that it offers.
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New players, new rules
As negotiations for the rights to screen the Premier League begin again, Tara Conlan argues that increased competition could mean that exclusive sports rights will become a thing of the past.
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OPINION - Stakes raised for net footie rights?
With the BBC safely tucked into a 'balanced package of measures' to see it into the digital age, the industry's attention is already turning to new battles to be fought. And
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RECRUITMENT - The hunter and the hunted
As UK broadcasting gets ready to play with the big boys on the global communications field, it is increasingly turning to headhunters to track down a new generation of managers with a range of cross-media skills. James Curtis reports.
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NewsRiches from diversity
The Big Brotherdébacle has prompted further discussion about diversity in the media
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INTERVIEW - Man of the masses
Two years after taking over religion, Steve Anderson has just had arts added to his portfolio. The ITV controller of news and current affairs makes no apology for his plans to give them popular appeal and pull in big audiences.