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BBC to air virtual Olympics backdrop
Presenters of the BBC's Olympics programming will have a real-time backdrop of prime Sydney views despite sitting 20 miles away in the Olympics International Broadcasting Centre (IBC), writes Naomi Marks.
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BOURNE TAKES SALES HELM AT TARGET DISTRIBUTION
Target Distribution managing director Alison Rayson has promoted deputy director of sales Kate Bourne (left) to the new role of head of sales. Bourne takes on day-to-day management of Target's sales
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WEB-BASED NEWS SERVICE TO TAP INTO INTERNET MARKET
UK distributor Iskra TV has launched a web-based news service called The Soft News Syndicate specialising in short clips with an emphasis on international material. Designed to tap into the internet
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DGA TO UPDATE GLOBAL AUDIENCE REPORT FOR BTDA
David Graham and Associates (DGA) is to update Building a Global Audience, the report that was commissioned by a number of distributors and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).
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APTN CONSOLIDATES PRESENCE IN LATIN AMERICA
Associated Press Television News has named its Havana senior producer Will Stebbins as Latin American regional executive. Stebbins, who set up APTN's operation in Cuba, is briefed to strengthen relationships with
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GRANADA MEDIA CONTROLLER JOINS CARSEY WERNER
Granada Media controller of business affairs Norma Acland has left the company to become Carsey Werner senior vice-president of legal affairs. Acland, who will be based in the Los Angeles office
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FRENCH ARTS CHANNEL TO FAVOUR DOMESTIC FILMS
French arts channel Arte is to shift co-produced films, including those made with UK production partners, out of primetime in favour of original language and dubbed films. The move means the
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NEWS BULLETINS TO BE ACCESSIBLE BY MOBILE TELEPHONE
BBC World Service is launching its news bulletins via mobile telephone in Latin America, the first time the station has used a voice activating option. As many as 2 million listeners
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CANAL+ BUYS RIGHT FOR FRESH AIRING OF QUEER AS FOLK
Canal+ has bought the rights to broadcast Queer as Folk 2, the 2 x 60-minute Red Productions drama, which aired on Channel 4 last year. The second run of the drama
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Ardent stacks up deals with the US
Ardent Productions has won a slate of documentary commissions from US broadcasters and a development deal with E! Entertainment TV Networks.Chairman Malcolm Cockren told Broadcast that the company finds the US
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C4 to co-fund Aussie drama
Channel 4 is co-financing a 22-hour Australian drama production with Southern Star, Optus Television and Network Ten, writes Ashley Davies.
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Asia opens up to Carlton
Carlton International has tied-up a tranche of Asian deals, writes Colin Robertson.
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Igel opens UK office
German entertainment distributor Igel Media has opened a London office and promoted head of international sales Edward Galton to become managing director, writes Lucy Rouse.
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TRADE TALK - A Midas touch
Sir Peter Michael has topped the Broadcast Rich List, worth no less than£175m. Barbara Marshall reports on the most eclectic of businessmen.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - A road to nowhere?
It's been a bad year for international distribution, with margins being squeezed harder and harder. Katy Elliott finds out whether sales executives can find a way out of the desert of despair.
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OPINION - Dyke owes us more than hype
By the time you read this you may already have heard Greg Dyke's second James MacTaggart lecture. The address is auspicious for a number of reasons, all of which have been
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Broadcast hotshots
NEWSBEATERS- MATTHEW PRICE, 28Price joined Newsround as a reporter in April 1999 and won the RTS Young Journalist of the Year Award a year later. His assignments have included covering the
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EDINBURGH - Beyond the George
We provide a brief taster of what promise to be the highlights of this year's television festival - among others Greg Dyke giving an unpredecented repeat MacTaggart lecture and yet another Murdoch taking the podium.
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INTERVIEW - Outside of the box
Noel Edmonds has bounced back from his parting with the BBC to energetically front his business activities, including 'the world's best-kept secret', video broadcasting - a radical replacement for outside broadcasting.
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OFF THE RECORD - Gift of the gab
Those classy bastards at Carlton drama are well known in media circles for their exquisite taste. Boy, could they teach Stephanie Beecham a thing or two about dazzling the world with