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    COOPER JOINS BBC WORLDWIDE'S BUSINESS AFFAIRS BOARD

    2000-04-14T00:00:00Z

    BBC Worldwide director of business affairs Sarah Cooper has joined the board of the directorate to head a new business and legal affairs division, while adding responsibility for fair trading to

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    CARLTON AMERICA IN LANDMARK DEAL FOR FAMILY SHOWS

    2000-04-14T00:00:00Z

    Carlton America has teamed up with Landmark Entertainment Group to jointly produce a host of family and children's programmes. Carlton International will act as worldwide distributor for the programmes, with Landmark

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    ENTERTAINMENT RIGHTS BECOMES BTDA'S 23RD SIGNING

    2000-04-14T00:00:00Z

    Entertainment Rights, formerly SKD Media, has become the 23rd company to join the British Television Distributors Association (BTDA), currently chaired by Andrew Macbean. Entertainment Rights distribution managing director Jane Smith said:

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    PAYNE TAKES SOUTHERN STAR SALES CHIEF EXEC ROLE

    2000-04-14T00:00:00Z

    Cathy Payne has been promoted to chief executive Southern Star Sales after the departure of Robyn Watts, who left the company last week. Watts has not announced further details of her

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    PEPPERMINT TASTES WORLD CUP MASCOT ANIMATION

    2000-04-14T00:00:00Z

    New German distributor Peppermint, which launched at Mip-TV this week, is to handle sales of a 26 x 30-minute animated series based on the 2002 FIFA World Cup mascots. The series

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    Merged giant may float by end of year

    2000-04-14T00:00:00Z

    The newly merged Pearson TV/CLT-Ufa broadcast-production company could be floated on the London stock exchange with a new name by the end of the year.Speaking at Mip-TV in Cannes this week,

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    C4I signs US Queer deal

    2000-04-14T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 International has finally signed a deal with Showtime in the US to create an American version of Red Productions' Queer as Folk, writes Ashley Davies.Under the $21 million (£13.3

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    Disability drama due to air in UK

    2000-04-14T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 and Nickelodeon have pre-bought a 13 x 30-minute children's animation disability series from Nelvana for broadcast in 2001, writes Tara Conlan.Pelswick is written by Pulitzer prize-winning disabled author John

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    Mosaic and BBC part of Euro project

    2000-04-14T00:00:00Z

    Mosaic Films has joined forces with the BBC and a number of European broadcasters to produce a major 20 x 26-minute documentary series on Europe, writes Colin Robertson.Eutopia! brings together Mosaic

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    Postcard from ... Martin Jackson in Portugal

    2000-04-14T00:00:00Z

    Don't ever complain of Bafta awards over-running again. Portugal's Golden Globes - the local version of Bafta and the Brit Awards rolled into one, staged and televised by SIC, the major

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    TRADE TALK - Hip hoaxer

    2000-04-14T00:00:00Z

    New E4 head of programmes Andrew Newman cut his teeth on shows like The Word and Brass Eye. But just how far will he go, asks Ashley Davies.

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    Steve Barnett

    2000-04-14T00:00:00Z

    On where the creative and financial power will rest after the management petals unfurl at the BBC.

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    NEWS ANALYSIS - An injection of realism

    2000-04-14T00:00:00Z

    Research into the role of the media in drug abuse has thrown up some unexpected findings. Could unrealistic TV portrayals of users turn viewers off from anti-drugs messages, asks Tim Dams.

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    OPINION - Time to home in on global kudos

    2000-04-14T00:00:00Z

    For some, travelling to Cannes for Mip-TV is about as welcome as a takeover bid from an ITV company with north-west franchises. But the twice-yearly exodus does provide a sense of

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    FEATURE - Watching the detectives

    2000-04-14T00:00:00Z

    With an inquiry into ITV's share of advertising looming, Ed Shelton looks at the four key Competition Commission players, to find out if their industry knowledge and mixture of abilities measure up to the task.

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    SPORTS PRODUCTION - No one-trick pony

    2000-04-14T00:00:00Z

    Although Trans World International has built its reputation on sports production, managing director Bill Sinrich has moved the company into new territory and is now looking towards a converged TV and internet service.

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    INTERVIEW - TV's culture shock

    2000-04-14T00:00:00Z

    Passionate about equality and responsible for implementing a cultural diversity strategy at Carlton Television, Parminder Vir is perfectly placed to spearhead CDN, the industry's project geared towards fair representation.

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    OFF THE RECORD - Blooming cheek

    2000-04-14T00:00:00Z

    And so to last week's Race in the Media Awards (Rima), where Greg Dyke took a break from handing out P45s to BBC PRs, marketeers and strategists to admit that minorities

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    OFF THE RECORD - Cannes call

    2000-04-14T00:00:00Z

    Although Greg Dyke appears to have his hands full at the BBC, he still finds time to watch over his old patch at Pearson. This fact came to light when Pearson

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    OFF THE RECORD - Censor-sational news

    2000-04-14T00:00:00Z

    News reaches OTR this week that Michael Grade, former Channel 4 pornographer-in-chief (Daily Mail passim), has added yet another directorship to his growing number of boardroom gigs - chairman of the