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And delivers mobile TV
NTL is to build the multiplex and transmission system for the world's first mobile digital television network, which is due to launch in Singapore in February 2001.The deal, worth S$9m (£3.7m),
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Digital ENG camera passes test
Tandberg Television has developed a digital electronic news gathering (ENG) system that can broadcast live video and audio from moving aircraft.The 9kg camera attachment delivered uninterrupted images during a test flight
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London-based hire specialist Gearhouse Broadcast has established a broadcast equipment sales division, Evolve Digital, six months after a management buyout from the Gearhouse Group. One of the divisio
London-based hire specialist Gearhouse Broadcast has established a broadcast equipment sales division, Evolve Digital, six months after a management buyout from the Gearhouse Group. One of the division's first tasks will
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CNN'S GOLDEN TAKES ON CNNI ENGLISH LANGUAGE ROLE
CNN has promoted senior vice-president CNN International Rena Golden to the newly created role of CNN International executive vice-president and general manager taking charge of five English language TV services.The move
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CANADIAN CORUS TO PAY£277M FOR NELVANA
Canada-based broadcaster Corus Entertainment has announced it is to pay C$554m (£277m) for children's production and distribution specialist Nelvana.Nelvana's catalogue includes more than 1,450 x 30-minute episodes of animation series, including
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TARGET TO HANDLE LMNO INTERNATIONAL SALES
Target Distribution has signed a distribution deal with LMNO Productions, the US light entertainment producer whose programmes include Krypton Factor, Guinness World Records, Prime Time and Kids Say the Darndest Things.
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GRANADA MEDIA GAMESHOW WINS THE GOLD IN TURKEY
Granada Media gameshow format Win Your Weight In Gold has become a ratings success in Turkey, where it began broadcasting on ATV last week. On Saturday 9 September it achieved a
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UPC PUTS TOGETHER EUROPEAN EXPANSION WAR CHEST
Dutch-based Cable giant UPC has raised EUR1.43bn (£872 m) as it gears up to expand across Europe, having already mooted plans to take over Telewest.To shore up investor confidence, UPC said:
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SYDNEY TO HOST SECOND NEW MEDIA SPORTS CONFERENCE
The second New Media Sports conference is to be held in Sydney in November, following the London conference in February this year. Day one of the conference will look at sports
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AOL Time Warner deal still in doubt
The world's largest proposed merger, between AOL and Turner Time Warner, could still be blocked by the European Commission, it emerged this week.The commission confirmed on Monday (18 September) that it
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Changing Rooms sold to US
Endemol Entertainment UK distribution arm Gem has signed a format deal with US broadcaster Discovery Networks that will see the US launch of hit BBC 1 show Changing Rooms, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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BBC Worldwide Americas strikes Canadian deal
BBC Worldwide Americas has struck a deal with Discovery Communications to distribute its programmes in Canada, writes Ashley Davies.
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TRADE TALK - Audio head
Ray Dolby has interests beyond sound technology. Barbara Marshall reports on this year's winner of the John Tucker award of excellence.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Waging turf warfare
Peter Salmon is stepping up to the BBC sport podium and faces a huge challenge, in terms of winning rights and producing content, to keep the licence fee payers happy. Tara Conlan reports.
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OPINION - No siblings, says BBC's big sister
One era on television ended last week, just as another had begun.The ephemera that was Channel 4's ratings hit of the summer (and, possibly, of the year) Big Brother came to
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KIDS TV - Poised to net kids' market
With the BBC on the brink of launching two children's channels, Disney to launch three and 11 already broadcasting, television executives are beginning to doubt that there will be enough children to watch them all.
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CHANNEL FOCUS - The talk of the toon
Two years ago Disney Channel UK was at the bottom of the ratings pile but a strategy of targeted programming has turned its fortunes around. Now in the top three, is it poised to topple its main rivals?
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SCRIPTWRITING - Teaming with ideas
Scriptwriters may yet come back to the cutting edge of programme making, as US methods - team writing and longer runs - are taken up and technology opens up a host of interactive possibilities. Ed Shelton reports.
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INTERVIEW - All in a day's work
As Channel 4's daytime chief Jo McGrath pledges to blow away all those cliched misconceptions about daytime television, she laments the fact that independents just haven't cottoned on to what it's all about.
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OFF THE RECORD - No fuel like an old fuel
Panorama is on the ball, speedily grasping the news baton with a firm, confident grip. The team has decided to rush out an analysis of the fuel crisis. It will go