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MIPCOM 99: SALES ROUND-UP
Carlton International has sold Alan Bleasdale's adaptation of Oliver Twist to CBC, Canada. The public service broadcaster is planning to transmit the United Productions costume drama, yet to air on ITV
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Carlton International sells 220 films to UPCtv
Carlton International sold more than 220 films from its movie collection to cable broadcaster UPCtv at Mipcom this week, writes Lucy Rouse.Films from the Rank and Rohauer collections, including the Carry
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New media on festival agenda
New programme-making opportunities provided by convergence and digital technology are the focus of the international co-production conference, Sharing Stories, writes Tina Mistry.Sharing Stories '99 will feature new sessions including The Script
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INTERVIEW - What's the Story?
Mark Story has come a long way from his days running a pirate station in Dublin. But after a circuitous ascent through the radio networks, the Kiss FM and Magic 105.4 boss believes he now has the best job in the world.
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Morrow quits Ulster for Wild Rover
Ulster Television (UTV) head of general programmes Philip Morrow is leaving the company to set up his own Belfast-based indie, Wild Rover Productions.Morrow, who has been in his current post since
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NBDTV LANDS RIGHTS TO BBC 1'S WICKED WOMEN
UK indie distributor NBDtv has secured the international rights to the Wicked Women concert, which went out on BBC 1 last Saturday (24 July).The charity concert to promote breast cancer awareness
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Hughes takes music policy role in review of R3 commissioning
BBC Radio 3 controller Roger Wright has appointed Gwen Hughes to the newly created role of head of music policy as part of an overhaul of the R3 commissioning process, writes
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Killick gets editor job at Watchdog
The BBC has drafted in a new editor for consumer affairs show Watchdog who has vowed to give the series 'more teeth', writes Tim Dams. Mark Killick, a senior reporter/producer for Panorama, joins on 4 August.
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TV3 planning breakfast slot
Ireland's fledgling commercial broadcaster, TV3, is to launch a new Planet 24 breakfast service from September in competition with programmes that spill over from mainland Britain, writes Anthony Garvey.
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WORLD RIGHTS TO MEL C DOC TAKEN UP BY 3DD
3DD has secured worldwide TV rights to a 30-minute fly-on-the-wall documentary about Spice Girl Melanie C. The film, being directed by Hamish Hamilton for Done & Dusted, airs on Channel 4
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Atlantic 252 co-founder Baxter in surprise departure
Atlantic 252 managing director Travis Baxter has unexpectedly quit the station to 'pursue other interests', writes John Plunkett.
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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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Brits triumphant at Banff
UK producers have scooped five of the 16 prizes at the 1999 Banff Rockie Awards in Canada, including best overall programme, which went to BBC Northern Ireland/Parallel Films drama Amongst Women,
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Minotaur sells on Dineen's Halliwell portrait
Minotaur International has sold Molly Dineen's portrait of ex-Spice Girl Geri Halliwell to RTE in Eire, MuchMusic in Canada, the Holland Media Group in the Netherlands, New Zealand's TV3 and Portugal's
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Itel seals Irish programming deals
Itel has concluded licensing deals with Republic of Ireland public service broadcaster RTE and commercial rival TV3 for more than 55 hours of programming.RTE has bought a package including 10 x
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CELTIC C0-PRO TO AIR IN THREE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
Scottish Television Enterprises (STE) has started work on a co-production with RTE in Ireland and the Gallic Broadcasting Corporation. The 3 x 60-minute series, with the working title Celtic States, is
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MIP-TV NEWS ROUND-UP - Granada sells drama to HBO
UK distributors reported brisk business at Mip-TV last week, with Carlton International selling more than 40 hours of documentary programming and a raft of drama productions.Carlton's successes included 32 Inspector Morse
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NBD sells concert package at MIP-TV
NBD Television (NBDtv) struck distribution deals across its comedy and music programming packages at Mip-TV last week. Acquisitions by Spanish content provider Mediapark, Canal 9 in Spain and Italy's RAI Sat
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S4C signs to joint development deal
Welsh public service broadcaster S4C has tied up a co-development deal with the French broadcaster La Cinquieme to produce documentary and children's programming.Under the terms of the deal, signed at Mip-TV
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RTE signs Watchdog editor
Irish public service broadcaster RTE has poached the editor of BBC 1's Watchdog, Helen O'Rahilly, to become its new director of television production, writes Tim Dams.O'Rahilly fills the gap left by