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MTV SEEKS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER FOR UK OPERATION
MTV is looking to fill the new post of executive producer to oversee the day-to-day running of more than half of MTV UK's programme output and its documentary specials. Reporting to
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Off the Record - Executive straining
Clearly you need to be able to do two jobs to survive the knife at the BBC these days. Take BBC TV head of comedy Geoffrey Perkins, for instance.As well as
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ECOSSE PLANS TWO US-BASED FEATURES
Ecosse Films is expanding into the US film market, developing two features set in America with production budgets of more than $50 million (£33.3 million). Judi Dench vehicle Helen's Boy is
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SCHARF STEPS DOWN AS EBU PRESIDENT
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) was electing a new president as Broadcast went to press. The incumbent, Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation director general Albert Scharf, is stepping down after 17 years in
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WORLD PRODUCTIONS DOC-MAKER JOINS ROYAL HOLLOWAY
World Productions drama producer Tony Garnett and documentary-maker Mike Grigsby have joined the media arts department at Royal Holloway, University of London. Garnett, a leading producer behind hits such as Cathy
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Off the Record - The Docho to flay
Another advocate of the multi-career approach is the BBC's outgoing deputy director of television and new services David Docherty. As keen Off The Record readers will know, last year he managed
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DNE programme team sees three new posts
Discovery Networks Europe has restructured its programming department creating three new managing editor posts with new commissioning powers, writes Simon Ellery.
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KISS TV LAUNCH TO RECORD DJS LIVES IN NEW FEATURES
Kiss TV, which launched this week, is drawing up plans to produce a series of short features focusing on DJs. The channel (owned by Emap, publisher of Broadcast), which broadcasts on
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DOC DISTRIBUTOR ELECTRIC SKY MOVES INTO KIDS
UK-based documentary distributor Electric Sky is continuing its strategy to move into children's programming and is developing a new kids' strand. The outfit has just secured the international distribution rights to
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GALLAGHER TO HEAD SEPTEMBER FILMS DEVELOPMENT
September Films has promoted Elaine Gallagher to the role of head of development, replacing Kate Thompson who is leaving the company to have her second child. Gallagher has made a number
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Postcard from ... Denis Seguin in Toronto
A hot-blooded cultural cri du coeur or a cold-blooded business decision?In the battle to create a world-beating media player pension manager Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec is a powerful
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MPS UNITE TO DEMAND SPORTS RIGHTS REVIEW
Five Conservative and Labour MPs are attempting to get sports rights legislation reviewed in the wake of the Premier League and FA deals, writes John Lewis.Last week, the MPs backed a
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Lucky Dog/ITV drama deal
Comedy specialist Lucky Dog has secured its first drama commission for ITV - a two-hour period drama starring Pauline Quirke, writes David Wood.
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International News - Prisma makes early World Cup sales
Early indications on the sale of rights to the 2002 World Cup have emerged as sports marketer Prisma unveiled a raft of European deals for the tournament this week, writes Lucy Rouse.
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MICHAEL GRADE TO HEADLINE CTBF LUNCH IN JULY
Former Channel 4 chief executive and Pinewood Studios chairman Michael Grade will be the guest speaker at the Cinema & Television Benevolent Fund's (CTBF) AGM lunch on 12 July at the
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TELETEXT CREATES WEBSITE POSITIONS IN RESTRUCTURE
Teletext has created two posts, promoting features editor Catherine Eccles to web editor and digital development editor Sue Choularton to digital services editor as it attempts to restructure for digital TV
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Wildscreen competition sees record entries
This year's Wildscreen Panda Awards competition, to be judged as part of the festival in Bristol from 7-13 October, has attracted a record number of entries, writes Steve Clarke.
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Independent Radio Producers - Raising common concern
As the BBC looks to strengthen its in-house radio production, indies fear for their future. The explosion of delivery platforms, together with knotty rights issues, makes the need for a trade body more compelling.
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Off the Record - Cost of commerce
OTR's Order of the Brown Nose goes to the radio reviewer of The Times for his efforts last week in currying favour in the Murdoch empire. Last Wednesday's Times review of
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CITV orders school soap
ITV's departing controller of children's Nigel Pickard has ordered a major new drama from Granada Media Children's, billed as a cross between Grange Hill and Party of Five, writes Colin Robertson.