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    ALLAN JOINS JURY FOR MONTE CARLO TV PRODUCER AWARD

    2000-01-07T00:00:00Z

    Former Carlton Television director of programmes Andy Allan is to be the UK member of the international jury judging the second European television producer award at the Monte Carlo Television Festival.

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    VICTORIA MEDIA AND EM.TV SEAL CO-PRO ANIMATION DEAL

    2000-01-07T00:00:00Z

    German film fund Victory Media Group and rights trader and merchandiser EM.TV & Merchandising have signed a co-production deal to become leading international players in children's animation. The two are planning

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    NEWS CORP AND TIME WARNER SIGN US CABLE AGREEMENT

    2000-01-07T00:00:00Z

    News Corp has signed a five-year US retransmission deal with Time Warner, providing further signals that the two rivals are prepared to bury the hatchet in the digital age. The agreement

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    BIG BROTHER CORNERS MARKET SHARE FOR FINAL EPISODE

    2000-01-07T00:00:00Z

    Big Brother, the Endemol-produced interactive show that asks viewers to vote on which contestants should be thrown out of a household of strangers, scored a 73 per cent share (3.5 million

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    Euronews steps up German presence with new ZDF deal

    2000-01-07T00:00:00Z

    Euronews has signed a distribution deal with German public broadcaster ZDF, winning a place on ZDF's new digital cable and satellite platform, writes Tim Dams.

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    Carlton joins TF1 for online venture

    2000-01-07T00:00:00Z

    Carlton Communications and leading French commercial terrestrial broadcaster TF1 are in exclusive negotiations to establish a pan-European online joint-venture, @lliance.The two partners have agreed to invest )100 million (£63 million) in

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    Real Life's fly-on-the-wall hospital doc takes off

    2000-01-07T00:00:00Z

    Real Life Productions has racked up three new deals for its 12 x 24-minute fly-on-the-wall documentary, Accident & Emergency, writes Tara Conlan.

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    CLT buys News Corp Vox stake

    2000-01-07T00:00:00Z

    News Corp is selling its 49.9 per cent stake in the German free-to-air TV channel Vox to Europe's biggest broadcaster, Luxembourg-based CLT-Ufa, for DM650 million (£210 million), writes Katy Elliott.

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    TRADE TALK - Gerry's Friends

    2000-01-07T00:00:00Z

    Being one of life's gentlemen doesn't stop Channel 4 head of pay-TV Gerry Bastable from making the big deals, as Ashley Davies discovers.

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    NEWS ANALYSIS - Funding in a digital age

    2000-01-07T00:00:00Z

    As Chris Smith prepares to wade through the Commons' media select committee report on the future funding of the BBC, John Lewis casts his eye over the issues at the heart of the debate.

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    OPINION - The BBC must get extra digital cash

    2000-01-07T00:00:00Z

    The new millennium offered up two abiding images which will stay with Broadcast for the rest of the year. Sir John Birt's whispered withdrawal from office two months early, announced just

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    PUBLIC SERVICE TV - Auntie, the great survivor

    2000-01-07T00:00:00Z

    The BBC has demonstrated chameleon-like qualities in making it to the end of the twentieth century. But with its funding under attack, how will it adapt to the twenty-first? Steven Barnett kicks off a two-parter on public service TV.

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    PREDICTIONS - Changing channels

    2000-01-07T00:00:00Z

    What does the first year of the new millennium hold in store for the UK broadcasting industry? Broadcast gazes into its crystal ball to find out what the major issues will be as the sector faces up to the future.

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    INTERVIEW - New commission

    2000-01-07T00:00:00Z

    A liberal tide has swept through the corridors of the BSC since Lord Holme took over as chairman in October. But he is at pains to point out that he won't lose sight of the watchdog's responsibilities towards the viewer.

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    RTL and Saban eye BSkyB's ITV stake

    2008-04-21T10:29:38Z

    BSkyB has received expressions of interest in its controversial 17.9% stake in ITV from German broadcaster RTL and media mogul Haim Saban.

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    Ratings triumph for Baftas

    2008-04-21T10:30:08Z

    BBC1's two hour coverage of the Bafta television awards gained a strong 5.6m viewers (21.6%), the show's highest audience since 2004.

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    Bafta in soundbites

    2008-04-21T10:47:03Z

    There may not have been many tears or an obvious controversy, but this year's Bafta winners didn't disappoint with their acceptance speeches. Here are some of the best extracts.

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    Independent Case TV is producing a 30-minute animated version of Wagner's 15-hour opera The Ring Cycle for Channel 4

    2000-01-14T00:00:00Z

    Independent Case TV is producing a 30-minute animated version of Wagner's 15-hour opera The Ring Cycle for Channel 4, writes Ashley Davies.Ordered by commissioning editor, schools Paul Ashton, the production extracts

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    Universal inks film deals with BBC and Canal+

    2000-02-02T12:36:00Z

    Studio network division lines up slate including Apocalypse Now but declines comment on new film channel

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    The hard sell - how to pitch a programme idea

    2000-02-28T08:50:00Z

    Commissioning editors reveal what they look for in a pitch