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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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TOP 30 BBC 2, CHANNEL 4 & CHANNEL 5 Title Day Start Viewers
TOP 30 BBC 2, CHANNEL 4 & CHANNEL 5 Title Day Start Viewers
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OFF THE RECORD - A Dome from home
Off The Record is ashamed to admit that some of its moles have been indulging in what we can only describe as 'paparazzi activities'. Their latest victim is none other than
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OFF THE RECORD - It's a coincidence - Honest
Still with C4, OTR is glad to see that Jo Whiley's muso show has been pushing the ITC's regulations to their limits - a bit like some other C4 shows we
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OFF THE RECORD - Leadbeater finds C4 friends
As fast as the BBC loses strategists, C4 seems to gain them. Take, for example, big-brained author Charles Leadbeater - who doubles as a guru for left-wing think tank Demos. He's
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OFF THE RECORD - A sporting chance for ITV
Maybe Greg Dyke should take a leaf out of ITV's books if he really wants to win more sports rights. Sources reveal that ITV's sportsmeister Brian Barwick played his trump card
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OFF THE RECORD - Audio action
The rarely-heard-from Clyde Broadcast Products (purveyors of quality radio equipment) has been in touch this week - waxing lyrical about some of its 'very special offers'. Top of the list of
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OFF THE RECORD - Pig out
And so to Classic FM, where we hear that the regular evening concert slot is going from strength to strength under presenter Nicholas Tresilian (above). But it seems that Nicholas also
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Flat Dog gets teeth into India Diaries for Nat Geo
BROADCAST EXCLUSIVE - National Geographic Television has commissioned UK indie Flat Dog Films to make 6 x 26-minute series India Diaries, writes Simon Ellery.Commissioned by Christine Weber, Nat Geo programme