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Teletubbies big in Japan
BBC Worldwide has scored a double whammy with Teletubbies in Japan, with a twice-weekly broadcast and a multi-layered licensing deal.The pre-school show makes its debut on TV Tokyo on 5 April.
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Distributor NBD TV has sold its gameshow, Families at War, as both a finished series and a format to the US, Scandinavia and New Zealand
Distributor NBD TV has sold its gameshow, Families at War, as both a finished series and a format to the US, Scandinavia and New Zealand.The UK version of the show is
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NBC pips CBS in US ratings war
NBC narrowly beat CBS to become the top-rating US network in the four-week February sweeps, helped by strong showings of drama mini-series The 60s and Alice in Wonderland, writes Liz Shackleton.
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THOMAS JOINS NVC ARTS AS SALES DIRECTOR
NVC Arts managing director John Kelleher has appointed Kim Thomas as director of sales. Thomas (right) was previously director of sales and co-productions at Dorling Kindersley Vision. Separately, director of sales
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BOCHCO LINES UP SECOND SHOW FOR CBS
UK buyers will be eyeing CBS' latest project with producer Stephen Bochco, rumoured to be an urban medical drama. Bochco signed a three-series deal with CBS in 1997, but has so
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HELMRICH PROMOTED TO SENIOR VP AT E! ENTERTAINMENT
E! Entertainment's Jon Helmrich has been promoted to senior vice-president international development to spearhead the network's expansion, co-production and channel operations.Previously vice-president international development, Helmrich will report to E! executive vice-president
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MULTI MEDIA ARTS GROWS UP WITH KIDS' SERIES FOR BBC
Liverpool-based independent Multi Media Arts is developing a 13-part children's drama with BBC Scotland. BBC World-wide will distribute the series, under the working title Toy Patrol, at Mip next month. The
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EURONEWS ADDS TO REACH WITH MADRITEL DEAL
ITN-owned news channel Euronews is to be distributed in Madrid via cable operator Madritel. The deal takes the channel to an additional 1.7 million cable homes, building on its distribution to
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TPS WINS REPRIEVE FROM EUROPEAN COMMISSION
French digital service TPS has won a reprieve from the European Commission allowing it to continue its exclusive carriage of terrestrial channels TF1, M6, France 2 and France 3 for another
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NODDY IN TOYLAND SOLD TO TELEVISA IN MEXICO
BBC Worldwide has sold Noddy in Toyland (left), its co-production with the Enid Blyton Company and Catalyst Entertainment, to Mexico's Televisa.Sixty-five 30-minute episodes of the children's show plus a Christmas special
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MIRRORTEL DEBUTS WITH MONTE CARLO AWARDS SHOW
MirrorTel's new production arm, Mirror Productions, has won its first contract - for exclusive worldwide rights to the Monte Carlo Style Awards on 18 June. The accolades are said to be
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SONY CORP AND NBC IN TALKS OVER POSSIBLE LINK-UP
Sony Corp has confirmed it is talking to executives from the NBC network in the US in what is thought to be an exploration of a worldwide alliance between the two
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Question time?
Fresh from his triumph with ITV's new line-up, surely chief scheduler David Bergg would like to bask in the glory? Not so, writes Tim Dams.
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David Docherty
Argues the big question is not ITV's retreat from public service but the convergence of new and old media.
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New life on Planet 24
Why did Michael Green buy Planet 24? To give Carlton the production muscle to challenge Granada for ITV's crown, or to curry favour with Tony Blair via Labour peer Waheed Alli? Nicola Methven investigates.
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OPINION - Carlton needs the connection
For all his quixotic qualities and love of low profile, Michael Green remains unquestionably one of the industry's shrewdest players.So why has he forked out£15 million on Planet 24, a
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Digital rivals put the boot in
Sports rights were Sky's decisive weapon in the fight for satellite viewers. Now, as the digital landscape unfolds, they will prove just as crucial. Peter Keighron reports.
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Game over?
Football's changed and it's not all for the best. Pete Davies argues that while you can't blame Murdoch for everything, the new order, bankrolled by Sky, is pricing fans out of the game.
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GENRE AUDIT - Sports - 5 Live fights for rights
Although 5 Live has retained exclusive radio rights to Premiership football, the corporation had to pay£11.5 million due to competition from Talk Radio. Chris Horrie asks if the BBC can remain in the dominant position.
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INTERVIEW - Quiz show queen
Action Time is bringing seventies marital quiz Mr and Mrs back to TV with a nineties spin - Julian Clary is presenting. But managing director Trish Kinane says there's more to the indie's output than just gameshows.