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NewsRDF poaches Granada's Tremayne
Super-indie RDF has swooped on Granada America, poaching its executive vice-president, Charles Tremayne, and appointing him group creative director.
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International news - Pearson in international move
Pearson TV is considering plans to export its UK 'production village' model across the globe in a bid to expand into new territories and develop its production slate into new genres,
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International news - Endemol to launch new creative unit at Mip-TV
Outgoing Endemol Entertainment Holding chief executive John de Mol is to set up an ideas unit within the media giant when he takes over as a group chief creative officer later
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National Geographic Television has commissioned UK indie Flat Dog Films to make 6 x 26-minute series India Diaries, writes Simon Ellery.Commissioned by Nat Geo programme enterprises group executive producer Christine Weber
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International news - Postcard from ... Sandy George in Sydney
Oh what a headache it must be to run a public service broadcaster - what with the public's demand for accountability and involvement and the inconsistency of government intervention.The public firmly
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS - EUROSPORT HOLDS VIEWING LEAD AMONG TOP EARNERS,
Eurosport has maintained its status as the most watched international TV channel by European upscale consumers and corporate decision-makers, according to the latest European Media and Marketing survey. The research looks
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS - INTL HERALD TRIBUNE TAKES STAKE IN FACT BASED COMMS
The International Herald Tribune (IHT) is to take a stake in London-based multimedia group Fact Based Communications (FBC). The IHT is taking a minority stake in the company for an undisclosed
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NewsBBC3 reporter sets off to find eternal youth
The woman who went on a 30-day drinking binge to demonstrate the effects of alcohol abuse will be the subject of a new BBC3 series exploring how far people are prepared to go in pursuit of eternal youth.
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS - EURO COMMISSION TO REVIEW CANAL+/LAGARDERE ALLIANCE
The European Commission has confirmed it is to review the proposed alliance led by Canal+-backed Canal Satellite and TV content producer The Lagardere Group. EC competition gurus are expected to report
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS - BRITT ALLCROFT TO MAKE ART ATTACK FOR SOUTH AMERICA
The Britt Allcroft Company has been commissioned to produce an extra 104 x 20-minute episodes of children's show Art Attack (right) for Latin America. Ordered by the programme's international distributor Walt
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS - CHINESE MINISTER LAUNCHES MEDIA INITIATIVE IN LONDON
China's minister of television Tian Cong Ming launched a special China Media Initiative at the University of Westminster last week, that brings together UK, European and Chinese media professionals. As part
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS - TURNER PROMOTES MAGLIONE TO RUN CNN WEB SITES
Turner Broadcasting has promoted Paul Maglione to the new post of senior vice-president and commercial director for CNN's web properties in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Working from CNN's London
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Trade talk - Dramatic coup
Tessa Ross made acclaimed dramas such as Births, Marriages and Deaths at the BBC, but can she repeat her success at C4. Ashley Davies reports.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Wrangling on the web
The battle for new media rights has pitched broadcasters against indies in an increasingly bitter dispute, all the more intractable because neither side wants to set a precedent. Tara Conlan reports.
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OPINION - Diversity is key to relevant TV
Summer looked like it had crept over the horizon a couple of weeks ago, although it has since retreated in several clouds of rain. Traditionally, summer brings a downturn in the
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KIDS TV - Pulling stunts for children
As the competition between niche channels to capture kids' eyeballs reaches boiling point, controllers are having to conjure up ever more inventive strategies to keep them glued to the small screen. James Curtis reports.
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CNN WORLD REPORT - A new turn for Ted?
With the emergence of the gargantuan AOL Time Warner scheduled for this autumn, is CNN founder Ted Turner being marginalised? And what exactly will the mega media corporation do after the merger takes place?
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INTERVIEW - Murch marches on
Hotly tipped for the role of BBC head of current affairs, Correspondent editor Fiona Murch is celebrating the extension of the BBC 2 programme - but still has a cheeky eye on moving it to Panorama's Monday 22.00 slot.
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ANIMATION - The luck of the draw
Uncertainty surrounds the future of animation studio Cosgrove Hall - 75 per cent-owned by United News & Media arm Itel - as it awaits the outcome of its parent's merger proposals with Carlton. Tim Westcott reports.
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NewsFive slams TV cancer claim
Five director of children's programmes, Nick Wilson, has rubbished a psychologist's claims that children under three should be banned from watching TV because it is linked to cancer, autism and Alzheimer's disease.