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SPORTAL AND CNN LINK.
Sportal has signed a deal with CNN to provide European sports content for a new website, CNN.Sportal.com. The site will be used as the core sports offering for CNN.com Europe and
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SPECIAL: MIP-TV - BBC hits to air on Yes TV.
Yes Television is to launch a BBC-branded video-on-demand (VOD) channel this month, offering shows such as Absolutely Fabulous, Men Behaving Badly and Walking with Dinosaurs.The service, which will initially only be
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Pearson backs Jamie Oliver indie.
Pearson TV is taking a stake in celebrity chef Jamie Oliver's new indie, being set up to develop 'original, cutting-edge' cookery and non-cookery related programming for himself and other presenters, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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MCCARTNEY DOC SOLD TO C4.
Buena Vista International TV has sold a documentary about Paul McCartney to Channel 4, writes Simon Ellery. C4 has bought exclusive UK rights to the two-hour special Wingspan, which features unseen
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Granada International signs major co-production deal.
Granada International has signed a co-production partnership with Israeli media company At Media to produce factual programming for the international market, writes Colin Robertson.
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CREATIVE NEWS IN BRIEF.
The Farm Group has completed a 3D spot for CNN's latest global campaign, 'Be the first to know'. The ad features a water droplet hitting a surface in super-slow motion, symbolising
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ROBOT WARS RETURNS.
Mentorn International has racked up a number of deals, including a four-series renewal of Robot Wars for BBC 2. The format has also been sold to Viacom in the US for
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STAR IN POLAR BEAR DOC.
Ewan McGregor has been signed up by indie Tigress Productions to present an episode of its award-winning wildlife entertainment series In The Wild. Filmed on location in Northern Canada, Polar Bears
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SEVEN SON OF GOD DEALS.
BBC Worldwide has licensed BBC 1 documentary series Son of God to seven European territories. It has also licensed the entire 52 x 10-minute series of Bill and Ben to ABC
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US TO GET OWN ROYLES.
Granada Media-owned comedy The Royle Family will be re-named The Kennedys when the US version of the show transmits on the CBS network later this year. The Kennedys, a CBS Columbia
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Singer lashes PSB monopoly.
Telewest chief executive Adam Singer has attacked the role of public service channels such as the BBC and Channel 4 in a multichannel world.Speaking at a Royal Television Society dinner last
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Sky's Harrison enters World of Wonder.
London-based World of Wonder has taken on Sky One executive producer Andy Harrison to become the indie's head of entertainment, writes Penny Hughes.
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Rigden set for Big Breakfast role.
Ben Rigden stepped up from Big Breakfast managing editor to executive producer on Monday (2 April) to begin the task of revitalising the ailing Channel 4 show, writes Penny Hughes.
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BPG HONOURS CHILDS.
The Broadcasting Press Guild (BPG) last week recognised veteran producer and Inspector Morse executive producer Ted Childs (above) for his outstanding contribution to broadcasting. The BPG also handed four gongs to
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EMAP SETS DATE TO LAUNCH SMASH HITS TV.
Emap Performance is to expand its digital TV channel portfolio with the launch of a Smash Hits channel next month. The new channel will go on air on Sky Digital on
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COLLEAGUES MOURN SURVIVAL VET BOMFORD.
Tony Bomford, one of Britain's leading wildlife cameramen, has died at the age of 57. Bomford filmed Anglia Television's Survival series for over 30 years and won many international awards. He
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HENSON NAMES FLETCHER PRESIDENT, EUROPE.
The Jim Henson Television Group has promoted Angus Fletcher (left) to European president of the group. Based in London, Fletcher will be responsible for all European television development, production and programming.He
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ELSTON GOES BACK TO TWENTY TWENTY.
London-based indie Twenty Twenty Television has poached the BBC's Paul Elston to be its head of development/executive producer. His brief is to develop and executive produce new material for the company.
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FOX APPOINTS HARRINGTON FOR SALES.
Twentieth Century Fox TV has appointed Jennifer Harrington as sales manager.She joins from Flextech where she was acquisitions executive for the outfit's Bravo channel. In her new role, Harrington will report
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SES DEAL SEALS GLOBAL SATELLITE NETWORK.
Astra satellite operator SES has struck a deal with US counterpart GE Capital to provide a global direct-to-home satellite network. As part of the deal, the Luxembourg-based satellite operator has bought