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TVI and Technicolour link to launch Dailies
Carlton Communications companies Soho facility TVI and film processing outfit Technicolour are planning to join forces to open a new telecine and sound post-production company, TVI Dailies.Based at Technicolour's Bath Road
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FrameStore's Tim Webber supervised the effects as well as acting as second unit director for Channel 4 mini-series Merlin. Produced by Hallmark Entertainment in association with NBC, it required aroun
FrameStore's Tim Webber supervised the effects as well as acting as second unit director for Channel 4 mini-series Merlin. Produced by Hallmark Entertainment in association with NBC, it required around 550
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TV Corp shops around for kids/drama outfit
The Television Corporation is looking to spend up to£50 million on a 'rights-related acquisition' - probably in the shape of a children's or drama production company - according to chief
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BBC draws up plans for digital library
The BBC is considering a multi-million pound investment in digital archiving in an attempt to catalogue and manage its library, estimated to include over 100 million items of video, audio, stills
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KIRCH TAKES CONTROL OF PAY-TV CHANNEL PREMIERE
German TV ownership consolidated last week as the Kirch Group took almost total control of pay-TV channel Premiere, leaving broadcast giant CLT-Ufa to increase its control over free-to-air channels RTL 2
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BBC DEAL INCLUDES EASTENDERS SALE TO POLISH TV
The BBC has announced a raft of deals in the wake of Showcase last month.Among the sales agreed are 135 episodes of Casualty to Nelonen in Finland and 130 episodes of
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CBS IN THE MARKET FOR US DISTRIBUTOR KING WORLD
CBS is reportedly negotiating to buy US distributor King World, which sells The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Roseanne Show and Jeopardy. In the UK, King World has licensed The Roseanne Show
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LION AND WARNER SISTERS FIND TARGET AT MIP-TV
Target Distribution has agreed to distribute factual and drama shows from Lion TV and Warner Sisters at Mip-TV. Target is selling Lion's Naked Secrets documentary at the market, plus a feature
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KLINKHAMMER NAMED HEAD OF CENTRAL EUROPEAN GROUP
Central European Media Enterprises (CME), owner of commercial channels in the Czech Republic, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine, has named Frederic Klinkhammer president and CEO. He succeeds Michel Delloye who is
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WORLD SERVICE INCREASES BALKANS COVERAGE
BBC World Service has added extra daily broadcasts in Serbian, Albanian and Bulgarian to its service since the escalation of the conflict in Kosovo last week. From Thursday (25 March), the
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DIGITAL CHANNEL E! POLAND GOES LIVE
E! Entertainment has launched a channel, E! Poland, on the new Polish digital platform, @Entertainment, operated by Wizja TV. Initially available to 800,000 subscribers in Poland, the channel, a joint-venture with
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TELEMAGINATION MAKES NUTRITION SPOT FOR UNICEF
Telemagination has filmed a 30-second spot (right) for Unicef's Cartoons for Children's Rights initiative, which brings together 70 animation studios to produce public service announcements illustrating its Convention on the Rights
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Whose Line? airs once more on ABC
ABC has recommissioned Hat Trick Productions' Whose Line Is It Anyway? for a 22-episode run in its autumn schedule later this year.Drew Carey will once again take up the role as
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Star shuts Primetime
Australian distributor Southern Star is to close Primetime and merge the operation into an expanded London sales office, six months after buying the British company, writes Tim Westcott.Greg Phillips, previously Southern
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US rival muscles in on Teletubbies toys
BBC Worldwide is distancing itself from a row over Teletubbies in the US, where rival toys the Bubbly Chubbies are accused of infringing the Teletubbies copyright, writes Lucy Rouse.Worldwide handles publishing,
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3DD is launching a 90-minute film about punk giants The Clash at Mip-TV next week. The film includes exclusive new interviews with former band members and rare footage shot between 1977
3DD is launching a 90-minute film about punk giants The Clash at Mip-TV next week. The film includes exclusive new interviews with former band members and rare footage shot between 1977
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3DD wins rights to Fergie testimonial
Distributor 3DD Entertainment has secured international free-to-air and pay-TV rights to the Simply Red and friends concert plus a one-off football match featuring Manchester United against an all-star Rest of the
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Super sleuths
Last year Laurie Flynn and Michael Sean Gillard exposed the fakery of The Connection - now they've turned their guns on C4. Tim Dams reports.
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Sarah Thane - On how much people believe what they watch on television and how much it really matters
The word of the month for broadcasters and broadcasting regulators appears to be 'trust'. Wherever we look, there are investigative reporters turning over stones and finding creepy-crawlies underneath. In some quarters
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Caught up in red tape?
The BBC claims the appointment of two new editorial executives will relieve pressure on BBC 1 and 2's overworked controllers. But is this just more stifling bureaucracy at the Beeb, asks Peter Keighron.