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OFF THE RECORD - Last of the big spenders
Get out your diaries for it has been announced that the next Wildscreen natural history telly talkfest is to take place in October next year.And no-one will be more excited about
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NEWS CORP OPENS CHINESE OFFICE IN BEIJING
News Corp is expanding its operations in China by opening an office in Beijing to oversee investments in China. The company's Hong Kong-based Star TV already broadcasts to parts of mainland
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TONIGHT BEGINS ITS RUN
Granada Television is to launch its new current affairs show, Tonight, on Thursday (8 April) with an hour-long interview featuring the five suspects from the Stephen Lawrence murder case.Martin Bashir spoke
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NTL BECOMES UK'S SECOND LARGEST CABLE TV OPERATOR
NTL has overtaken Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) to become the second biggest cable TV operator in the UK, following the completion of its takeover of Diamond Cable.According to figures compiled
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BBC TAKES RIGHTS TO VAMPIRE FILM FROM CAGE COMPANY
The BBC has pre-bought UK rights to Shadow of the Vampire from actor Nicolas Cage's new production outfit, Saturn Films. Cage will produce the $10 million (£6.5 million) film, which stars
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CLARKE-JERVOISE MOVES TO BBC AS COMEDY EDITOR
BBC Entertainment has appointed Sophie Clarke-Jervoise as comedy editor to work alongside head of comedy Geoffrey Perkins on development and current in-house productions.The appointment is part of a restructure initiated by
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Peter Bazalgette
On how the UK television industry is too complacent in its approach to selling programmes to the world.
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OFF THE RECORD - Bargain basement
Never let it be said that Off The Record doesn't know a bargain when it sees one. Anyone who is on the lookout for a cheap On Digital set-top box (one
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OFF THE RECORD - A classic boy band
Classic FM went one better when it broadcast a classical version of the Boyzone hit When the Going Gets Tough and told listeners it was a rare Baroque piece by the
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WELSH INDIES WIN FOUR AWARDS AT CELTIC FESTIVAL
UK broadcasters and producers scooped 10 of the 15 awards at the twentieth annual Celtic Film & TV Festival on the Isle of Skye. Welsh indies triumphed in four categories, with
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KIRCH PLANS AUTUMN RELAUNCH FOR MERGED SERVICE
The Kirch Group will relaunch its DF1 and Premiere pay-TV channels under a common brand this autumn after taking majority control of Premiere last week. Markus Tellenbach, managing director of the
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COOMBS JOINS THE FARM AS AUDIO ENGINEER
The Farm has appointed Chris Coombs as audio engineer.A former Pearson engineer, he was most recently working in Canada. He joins recent new signing, edit assistant Tom Appleby, who arrives from
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GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL ATTRACTS WIDE COVERAGE
BBC Production music entertainment has recently signed an exclusive deal with The Television Company's Ben Challis to co-produce the 1999 Glastonbury Festival. The 1999 event will be covered by BBC 2,
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ASSET EXCHANGE STRENGTHENS MURDOCH'S SPORTING GRIP
Rupert Murdoch has tightened his grip on the world's sports market in an exchange of assets with Liberty Media, which owns 36 per cent of Flextech.The deal sees Liberty Media give
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SEVENTH ART GETS GO-AHEAD FOR BANK ROBBERIES DOC
Seventh Art Productions has been commissioned to make a one-off documentary, Great Bank Robberies, for ITV and the Discovery Channel. The 60-minute programme will feature three of the world's most infamous
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Mentorn International to sell the Blockbuster Movie Chart Show format around the world
Mentorn International, the distribution and sales arm of the Mentorn Group, is to sell the Blockbuster Movie Chart Show format around the world.The distribution deal comes just as video retailer Blockbuster
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ANTELOPE IN CO-PRODUCTION ON SREBRENICA SLAUGHTER
Antelope is producing the 104-minute documentary The Srebrenica Massacre, about the slaughter of 7,000 Muslim men by Serb forces in the town of Srebrenica, Bosnia in July 1995. The film is
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TARTAN SHORTS FOR EDINBURGH FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCED
BBC Scotland and Scottish Screen have announced the winners of this year's Tartan Shorts creative initiative. Three producer/director/writer teams, chosen from more than 170 entries, have each been awarded£60,000 to
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NOMURA TAKES STAKE IN CAMBRIDGE ANIMATION
Japanese investment bank Nomura International has taken an undisclosed equity stake in Cambridge Animation. Cambridge Animation managing director Ruth McCall said the funding would enable the company to 'expand its presence
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BBC AMERICA DOUBLES COVERAGE WITH DIRECTV DEAL
BBC America has doubled its distribution through a deal with satellite broadcaster DirecTV, taking it to nine million homes in the US. The channel, which launched in December 1997 as part