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Poor attendance threatens Montreux
The long-term future of the Montreux Symposium & Technology Exhibition looks to be perched on a knife edge after yet another year of disappointing attendances.The Montreux Symposium Committee was expected to
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John Maybury, award-winning promo director and helmsman on Love is the Devil, the film on the life of artist Francis Bacon, has completed The Museum of Memory, a complex visual essay
John Maybury, award-winning promo director and helmsman on Love is the Devil, the film on the life of artist Francis Bacon, has completed The Museum of Memory, a complex visual essay
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Dyke unveils new training facility
A new media centre has been set up to counter a shortage of technical and creative skills in digital TV and new media production.The£1 million centre, White Space Studio, has
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BBC science adds graphics arm
BBC science has established its own in-house 3D animation and modelling facility to service a potential roster of landmark series expected to go into production in the next 18 months, writes
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NewsWatson debates trust
Film-maker Paul Watson and former Five chief executive and DCD Media chairman David Elstein are among the industry figures discussing trust in TV in a courtroom-style debate later this month.
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Classic horror tops£1.9m slate for Itel
A UK/US adaptation of Henry James' horror story, The Turn of the Screw, forms part of a $3 million (£1.9 million) co-production slate brokered by UK-based distributor Itel since Mip-TV.The 120-minute
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US Team picks Dandelion on way into Europe
Team Communications is set to acquire UK outfit Dandelion Distribution in a $5 million (£3.1 million) deal that forms the first step in the US producer/distributor's planned expansion into Europe, writes
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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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WATCHDOG RELAXES PEAKTIME CANADIAN CONTENT QUOTA
Canadian broadcasters and producers have welcomed a relaxation of the regulations governing peaktime Canadian content requirements. From September 2000, Canada's largest broadcasters - CTV, CanWest Global Communications, TVA Group and Western
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SWEDEN'S KANAL 5 PICK UPS FANTASY FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Avalon International has sold Avalon Television's Fantasy Football League format to Sweden. As part of the deal, Avalon's executive producer for entertainment and sport Andy Jacobs will work with Nordisk Films
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EUROSPORT LANDS SOCCER RIGHTS IN UFA DEAL
Eurosport has clinched a four-year deal with Ufa Sports, the sports rights arm of German media group Bertelsmann, giving it the TV rights to around 500 football matches. As part of
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TURNER LAUNCHES TURKISH-LANGUAGE NEWS CHANNEL
CNN parent Turner Broadcasting System International (TBSI) and Dogan Media Group are joining forces to launch a 24-hour Turkish-language news channel, CNN Turk. The new venture, expected to be launched in
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NewsABC orders US version of DanceX
Flop BBC1 format DanceXhas been given a new lease of life after US network ABC ordered a fresh version from BBC Worldwide.
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RDF SELLS EDWARD & SOPHIE PROFILE WORLDWIDE
UK indie RDF Television has sold the 60-minute Sky News profile Edward & Sophie - the Making of a Royal Marriage to 12 foreign broadcasters in advance of the couple's wedding
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Homing instinct
Granada lifestyle controller James Hunt wants to be the Peter Bazalgette of ITV. But is he guilty of simply aping BBC successes, asks David Wood.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Zoning in on the viewer
BBC 2 argues that its tactic of packaging shows such as Timewatch (above) into the History Zone is working. Jason Deans reports on how zoning is taking over television.
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NewsEndemol: BB8 had to play it safe to survive
Endemol has admitted it deliberately played it safe with Big Brother 8after Ofcom's intervention in the show's celebrity version earlier this year.
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OPINION - TV needs to be a risky business
Michael Jackson's address last week to the Broadcasting Press Guild underlined something that Broadcast first reported in April (30.4.99). Channel 4 is no longer in the business of making minority programming
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AD PRODUCTION - Commercial revolution
What will the advent of digital mean for the advertising production industry? Viewers will change the way they watch and big brands will have to approach the small screen in new ways, as Dominic Timms reports.
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INTERVIEW - On the threshold
Ralph Bernard says building the GWR radio empire was just like playing a game of Monopoly - he snapped up 'properties' to make sets. Now a major player, he wants the Radio Authority to change the rules of the game.