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Mentorn International to sell the Blockbuster Movie Chart Show format around the world
Mentorn International, the distribution and sales arm of the Mentorn Group, is to sell the Blockbuster Movie Chart Show format around the world.The distribution deal comes just as video retailer Blockbuster
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Tough cookie
Sophie Turner Laing, new acquisitions controller at the BBC, takes the biscuit - no-one has a bad word to say about her, Hilary Curtis discovers.
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Peter Bazalgette
On how the UK television industry is too complacent in its approach to selling programmes to the world.
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Channel 5's bum rap
The ITC says Channel 5's schedule last year was awash with too many low-quality shows such as The Real Monty. But how can C5 deliver top-quality product on a shoestring, asks John Plunkett.
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When first we practise to deceive
Documentary-makers at home and abroad have been tarred with the same brush as some of their less scrupulous peers. Opening a three-page special, Meg Carter examines the damage to the genre and the effect on international sales.
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DOCUMENTARIES - Stick to the facts
We may be getting worked up about factual 'fakery' in the UK, but in the US even the smallest piece of staging in news programming could cost you your job. Remy Blumenfeld explains how American attitudes differ.
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Perfect timing
Those impatient for the arrival of video-on-demand should pause to think about the issue of programme rights.
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INTERVIEW - Pro7's Rola coaster
When ProSieben lured Rola Bauer from Alliance International, it signalled the German broadcaster's move towards making more international fiction like Total Recall (below) to complement its Hollywood imports.
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TX - BOB THE BUILDER
Producer: Hit EntertainmentBroadcaster: BBC 1Start: 15.45, 12 AprilLength: 26 x 10-minutesCommissioned by: Theresa Plummer-AndrewsExecutive producers: Kate Fawkes, Peter CurtisOriginal idea: Keith ChapmanDirector: Sarah BallBob the Builder is the latest character
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OFF THE RECORD - Bargain basement
Never let it be said that Off The Record doesn't know a bargain when it sees one. Anyone who is on the lookout for a cheap On Digital set-top box (one
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OFF THE RECORD - Will Dyke crack?
If that nice man from the Department of Trade & Industry, Stephen Byers, rejects Rupert Murdoch's bid to buy Manchester United, it could ruin Greg Dyke's chances of becoming the next
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OFF THE RECORD - Elstein makes the Grade
Michael Grade will be gutted. The Daily Mail has finally passed on the dirty raincoat of shame - AKA its 'pornographer in chief' tag - to none other than Channel 5
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OFF THE RECORD - The mighty have fallen
It's reassuring to hear Noel Edmonds hasn't lost his sense of humour, despite the demise of his hilarious House Party. Our Noely took part in some April Fool's Day japes with
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OFF THE RECORD - Joke from a distant Galaxy
On a similar April Fool's note, those lovely people at the Radio Authority were understandably less than amused when dance station Galaxy 101 told listeners the authority was about to shut
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OFF THE RECORD - A classic boy band
Classic FM went one better when it broadcast a classical version of the Boyzone hit When the Going Gets Tough and told listeners it was a rare Baroque piece by the
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OFF THE RECORD - Last of the big spenders
Get out your diaries for it has been announced that the next Wildscreen natural history telly talkfest is to take place in October next year.And no-one will be more excited about
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Broadcasters sign code on theft of ideas
Terrestrial broadcasters have signed up to a ground-breaking code of practice for the handling of TV proposals, designed to prevent the theft of ideas pitched by independents and freelances.The code sets
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Geldof takes stake in start-up outfit 10 Alps
Bob Geldof is backing a new radio and television production venture, just weeks after selling his stake in Planet 24 to Carlton Communications for what is understood to be£5 million.Geldof
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Replacement for Birt may be revealed in early June
Sir John Birt's successor as BBC director general could be announced in early June, with chairman Sir Christopher Bland said to favour an internal appointment, according to senior corporation sources, writes
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Lumley to star in ITV soap sitcom
ITV has commissioned Pearson Television subsidiary Alomo to produce a sitcom starring Joanna Lumley as a fictional soap star, writes John Plunkett.Dr Willoughby is Lumley's first sitcom since Absolutely Fabulous for