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Animal Planet blazes into Brazil
BBC/Discovery Communications joint-venture pay-TV channel Animal Planet will launch on cable and satellite platforms in Brazil later this month.The service will be available to around 685,000 new subscribers via Net Brazil,
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ITEL poaches Mooty from BBC Worldwide
Itel has recruited BBC Worldwide head of finance and investment Frank Mooty as its finance director. Mooty will work closely with Itel chief executive Andrew Macbean and his deputy, Paul Sowerbutts,
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NewsBBC2 daytime quiz to exercise viewers' brains
BBC2 has commissioned a daytime quiz series designed to exercise the brain.
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Broadcasters snap up Royal Wedding coverage
BBC Worldwide has sold coverage of the wedding of Prince Edward and Sophie Rhys-Jones to overseas broadcasters including ABC in Australia, Discovery and PBS in the US, France's TF1 and France
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World view - Jason Deans in Los Angeles
The general consensus among UK buyers was that the 1999 LA Screenings produced no new ER, Millennium or Sex and the City. No must-have, buzz show that had foreign TV executives
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Mersey beat
As well as minding its Mersey TV shows, Jonathan Young has been asked to develop returning drama series for Channel 4. Alice Macandrew reports.
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Trouble at the Mill
The past year has seen more than 100 jobs axed at Pebble Mill. Can new chief Kate Marsh restore BBC's Birmingham fortunes? Tim Dams trains his binoculars on HQ.
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OPINION - What is to be done with Channel 5?
The hand-wringing continues about whether or not a man who's donated up to£50,000 to a political party (which now happens to be in power) should be allowed to become the
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WAR ZONE: SATURDAY NIGHT - Benchmark battle
Saturday nights have long been a major combat zone for the major broadcasters. Peter Fiddick examines the front line.
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CONVERGENCE - Techno wars
Can traditional TV viewing survive the onslaught of the internet or are the integrationists winning the battle?
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INTERVIEW - Looking for Kudos
Although Kudos Productions has 10 projects in development and a feature film about to go on general release, predicting the future to a bank manager is still like staring into the abyss for the growing indie.
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OFF THE RECORD - We woz robbed
The highlight of this year's LA Screenings, the annual Stateside TV jamboree, was not some dodgy pilot but the first ever footie match between the US studios and the pride of
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OFF THE RECORD - LA woman
Still in LA, Channel 5 head honcho Dawn Airey lived up to her actionwoman image when she went bungee-jumping in a scene straight out of her favourite C5 show, Fort Boyard.
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OFF THE RECORD - Ross uncovered
Stung by accusations that Off The Record has featured too many naked ladies, the good news is we can bring you an (almost) naked chap this week. The bad news is
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OFF THE RECORD - A Whale of a time
Staying with Talk, its late-night presenter James Whale had this on-air message for listeners who had complained to the Broadcasting Standards Council (sic) over his allegedly gratuitous use of the word
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OFF THE RECORD - Make my Day
An unexpected side effect of the race to be the next DG is the number of people phoning Channel 5 spinmeister Greg Day's mobile phone - and thinking they've rung Greg
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OFF THE RECORD - Hall plays a blinder
The Beeb was at pains to point out that it hadn't actually lost any football rights as a result of Talk Radio's deal with the Football Association last week. So much
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NewsSky signs Jeff Randall
Sky News has signed up former BBC business editor Jeff Randall to front his own show.
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OFF THE RECORD - News you can't use
A key part of BBC 1's new-look Nine O'Clock News (or whatever it's called these days) is the groovy 20.00 'taster' presented from the very heart of the TV Centre newsroom.
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Wiliam steps into ITV comedy post
ITV director of programmes David Liddiment has finally filled the network's vacant controller of comedy post with the appointment of a relative unknown, independent producer Sioned Wiliam.Liddiment has been handling comedy