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Chrysalis ups European stake
Chrysalis TV Group is poised for a renewed push into Europe after taking full control of its Holland-based joint-venture CVI Media Group last week, writes Colin Robertson.
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GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
The advertising market is down across Europe, but smaller TV markets with less developed commercial television are feeling less of a pinch, writes Kate Bulkley.
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TV SMUT CAMPAIGNER MARY WHITEHOUSE DIES
Veteran television campaigner Mary Whitehouse - scourge of television liberals and a vitriolic opponent of on-screen 'smut' - has died at the age of 91. Whitehouse, a former schoolteacher, launched her
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BTDA LAUNCHES STANDARD CONTRACT
The British Television Distributors Association (BTDA) has launched its first standard issue contract in the hope that it will encourage industry-wide practices and agreements. The 'user-friendly' contracts, covering television and video
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SOUTHERN STAR AND ALBA TO EXPLAIN THE WAR
Southern Star and history specialist Alba Communications have unveiled their first project following an output deal signed at last month's Mipcom.The two are to make 12 x 60-minute factual series Visions
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ITC BRINGS IN TWO NEW FACES
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has made two senior appointments to its new combined advertising and programmes group. Steve Perkins becomes controller of advertising and programme standards from his role heading
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NOW DIGITAL WINS PETERBOROUGH LICENCE
The Radio Authority has awarded Now Digital the local digital multiplex licence for Peterborough in Cambridgeshire. Now Digital, wholly owned by GWR, is proposing seven commercial services and has reserved capacity
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NewsGambino exits MTV
MTV Networks UK & Ireland's vice president for commercial strategy & digital media Angel Gambino has left the company - the latest of a string of recent departures at the Viacom-owned broadcaster.
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ENTERTAINMENT RIGHTS GETS NY BOSS
Entertainment Rights' new office in New York is to be headed by former Nelvana International sales executive Gillian Kirby. She will be head of sales for the US, Canada and Latin
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VIENNA EUROPEAN RADIO FORUM POSTPONED
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has called off its planned European radio forum next June. The conference, The Voice of European Radio in the 21st Century, was due to be held
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RDF to make IVF drama for BBC
The BBC has commissioned a trio of new dramas for the spring, including a two-part programme from indie RDF.RDF has been commissioned by BBC head of independent drama Gareth Neame to
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Einstein goes into space
Einstein Entertainment has sealed a deal with the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop a series on astronauts, writes Simon Ellery.
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BBC revisits its Tourette's doc
The BBC is to revisit the subject of its 1989 QED documentary on Tourette's syndrome to discover how the condition is now perceived, as part of a slate of factual commissions, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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C4 looks at 50 years of No 1s
Channel 4 has lined up a one-off show from Chrysalis Entertainment to cash in on a popular obsession with becoming a pop star writes Steve Aston.
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NewsNick Jr spots kids show on YouTube
A kids TV show that started out as a viral video on YouTube has been picked up by Nickelodeon for its pre-school channel Nick Jr.
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Green Inc nets three orders
Northern Ireland-based independent Green Inc Productions has received three new commissions, including two from BBC Northern Ireland.BBC Northern Ireland head of programming Tim Cooke has ordered 4 x 30-minute factual-led entertainment
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BREMNER SOFTENS UP
New Scottish indie Storyland has won its first commission, a one-off Christmas animation for CITV featuring the voice of comedian Rory Bremner, writes Simon Ellery. Commissioned by ITV controller of children's
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RADIO 4'S DEAD RINGERS GETS BBC 1 PILOT
Radio 4 improvisation show Dead Ringers is being made for television, with a pilot due to air on BBC 1 next year. The one-off will feature the regular cast such as
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CARLTON TO RETURN TO CHILDREN'S HOSPICE
Carlton Westcountry director of programmes Jane McCloskey has unveiled a slate of commissions to run in the region through winter. A Little Bit of Heaven, based in a children's hospice, returns
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NewsFive Days drops to 6m
BBC1's new drama series Five Dayslost viewers from its opening episode but still managed an audience of 6 million (24.9%) last night (Wednesday 24 January), well ahead of ITV1's film The Bourne Supremacy.