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ALLAN JOINS JURY FOR MONTE CARLO TV PRODUCER AWARD
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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NewsRTL and Saban eye BSkyB's ITV stake
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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NewsRatings triumph for Baftas
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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NewsBafta in soundbites
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
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+
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
Commissioning editors reveal what they look for in a pitch