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GEARHOUSE DENIES TAKEOVER AS SHARES SOAR
Gearhouse was forced to deny it is in talks about a possible takeover of the company after speculation sent its share price up by 10 per cent.However, the company's denial did
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HEWITT AND HODGSON JOIN IN KEMISTRY EXPANSION
Kemistry is expanding its new media business by appointing Guy Hewitt as business development director and Elinor Hodgson as new media producer.Hewitt joins after running his own commercial presentation company. Hodgson
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Liberty plans internet strategy
Liberty Media plans to build a network of post-production companies to provide a digital infrastructure to support future internet and broadband services, according to vice-president David Beddow.Speaking only days after Liberty's
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Pacy moves in for Appleton at Clever
WPP subsidiary Clever Group has parted company with chief executive Stuart Appleton as part of a move to restructure the company, which will eventually group WPP's diverse facilities interests into a
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Quantel and Omnibus link up to develop Inspiration
Quantel has signed a development and marketing deal with news station automation specialist Omnibus.The alliance, announced at last week's News World Conference in Barcelona, will focus on technical development, sales and
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Avid cuts Unity price to attract smaller facilities
Avid technology is dropping the price of its Unity media networking system in an attempt to kick-start sales to smaller facilities.In a campaign redolent of its disastrous summer promotion for AVBV-based
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GMG and Seven in joint-venture talks
Granada Media Group and Australia's Seven Network are in talks about a joint-venture production outfit to create programming for the Australian and international markets.The venture is intended to operate as an
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X-Dream to break out of Europe
UK broadcaster, distributor and producer X-Dream International has secured a $70 million (£43 million) investment deal to back the launch of its European Extreme Sports Channel into South America and Asia,
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Distributors join forces for Sithengi
Seven UK distributors are joining forces to boost UK sales to the South African market at the Sithengi film and TV market in Cape Town this month (November 16-19), writes Liz
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Flashback wins A&E job for war machines series
Flashback Television has picked up a commission from A&E Television Networks' The History Channel for a 4 x 60-minute series, Battle Stations, writes Tim Dams.The series examines the machines that proved
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NEWS CORP AND BT CONSIDER TAKING CONTROL OF VIVENDI
News Corp and BT are considering a joint move to take control of Vivendi, according to newspaper reports. The French utilities and media giant made its own predatory move on BSkyB,
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PRICE RANGE FOR FOX KIDS EUROPE FLOTATION REVEALED
Fox Kids Europe is to be floated at between )10.50 (£6.74) and )13.50 (£8.66) per share when it is offered on the Amsterdam stock market on 18 November. Fox Kids Europe
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NAT GEO/CARLTON VENTURE FINISHES FIVE WILDLIFE DOCS
National Geographic Channel's Program Enterprises Group (NGT-PET) has wrapped production on five projects focusing on conservation, all produced under the channel's joint-venture with Carlton Television. Under the deal, signed in April
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DISCOVERY GAINS FOOTHOLD IN CROATIA
Discovery Networks Europe (DNE) has entered the Croatian market for the first time with the launch of five factual channels - Discovery, Animal Planet, Discovery Travel & Adventure, Civilisation and Sci-Trek.
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NEW CHAIR CHAIMOWITZ BIDS TO EXPAND AUCTION CHANNEL
Brilliant Digital-owned The Auction Channel has named Ron Chaimowitz as its new chairman and chief executive officer. Chaimowitz, a former co-founder, chairman and chief executive officer of GT Interactive Software, said
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MONTE CARLO TV FESTIVAL ADDS BEST TV SERIES PRIZE
The Monte Carlo Television Festival is planning to launch a new television category at its 2001 event. Festival secretary general David Tomatis confirmed this week that the event would add a
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INTERNATIONAL DOC AWARDS FESTIVAL TO LAUNCH IN 2001
Discovery Communications has joined forces with the American Film Institute (AFI) to launch a new international documentary awards festival. The AFI/Discovery Global Documentary Festival is expected to launch in the spring/summer
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FRENCH RUGBY DEFEAT BRINGS RECORD AUDIENCE FOR TF1
French broadcaster TF1 reported a record audience of more than 14 million viewers on Saturday (6 November) for the France v Australia Rugby World Cup final. Sources at TF1, who said
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Miles better?
Will Annie Miles stuff the schedules with Brit-produced shows such as Dennis & Gnasher when she takes over at Fox Kids UK, asks David Wood.
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Sarah Thane is ITC director of programmes and cable
On how we should approach the development of a media education strategy for our children.