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ZEILER RINGS THE CHANGES AT RTL
RTL's new manager and programme director, Gerhard Zeiler, has announced a series of programming changes designed to target a younger audience and make the German commercial broadcaster more profitable. Zeiler has
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CINAR POSTS 69 PER CENT RISE IN NET PROFITS
Cinar, the Canadian children's and family programming producer/distributor, has posted a 69 per cent increase in net profit to $21.8 million (£13.3 million) for the 12 months to 30 November 1998.
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GRUNDY TO OVERSEE REALITY-BASED TV FOR UNIVERSAL
Annette Grundy has been appointed vice-president, European reality-based television for Universal Worldwide Television Production (UWTP). Grundy, who will be based in Amsterdam and report to UWTP president Ned Nalle, will be
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E.TV'S HEARING POSTPONED INDEFINITELY
Advocate Jules Browde, chairman of the South African Broadcasting Monitoring & Complaints Commission, has indefinitely postponed the hearing into e.tv's eight alleged transgressions of its licence conditions. The hearing, instigated by
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Pulling strings
The latest Rajars offer little comfort to Radio 3 controller Roger Wright. But John Plunkett discovers the station chief is gearing up for a fight.
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Tony Stoller
A distinguished radio commentator reckons that whenever she hears the word 'transparency' she is inclined to count the spoons. Nevertheless, the current climate in regulation and public administration is for as
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C4 stuffed by Chickens
After being caught out by Daddy's Girl and Rogue Males, Channel 4 is now facing a roasting over another suspect film. Tim Dams asks whether indie producers will bear the brunt of the backlash.
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C4 must bridge credibility gap
Channel 4 does not have a credibility problem of the kind that stalks Carlton. It is therefore tempting to regard its admission that scenes purporting to show rent boys on the
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TYPECASTING - TV Tribes
Defining demographic sub-groups is all the rage. Following on from Blair and the Beeb, now Broadcast offers its take on the 13 tribes of British TV.
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PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT - Sons of the desert
When Pearson TV was invited to bid for international rights to an adventure show set in the Jordanian desert, development executive Robin Greene ended up braving sun, scorpions and camel dung tea to clinch the deal.
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INTERVIEW - Radical departure
Adam Barker is still reeling after making the transition from running Blast! Films to heading up independent film and video at C4 in just a matter of weeks. But what exactly does his new 'department of innovation' do?
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OFF THE RECORD - Digital switch
The digital revolution has finally achieved what many of his critics have been trying to do for years - it silenced Chris Evans. The ginger whinger was in full flow on
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OFF THE RECORD - Teletubbies v tellytubby
Shock news. Vanessa 'I feel wretched' Feltz is going upmarket in the battle for daytime viewers. According to Off The Record insiders, her flailing BBC 1 show is turning its back
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OFF THE RECORD - PC plod
As former England coach Glenn Hoddle knows to his cost, sensitivity is a key requirement when referring to people with disability. Broadcast hacks found themselves in similarly hot water last week
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OFF THE RECORD - Nowt as queer as folk
Looks like luvvies in C4's drama department are also having problems with their terminology.The title of Horseferry Road's latest 'cutting-edge' drama about gay men in Mancunia has been magically transformed from
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OFF THE RECORD - Media luvvie
The great and the good turned out at Sky News' tenth birthday celebrations at The Avenue in fashionable Piccadilly last week. Charlie Whelan was there too, dressed like a lumberjack and
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OFF THE RECORD - Charting the musings of TV's grands fromages
Ardent Productions Edward Windsor has always staunchly resisted making shows about the royals ...1993 Edward sets up Ardent saying: 'You're not going to see a rush of royal shows.'1994 No royal
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ITV snubs BBC offer of chat show talks
ITV has spurned a rare offer of collaboration from the BBC to devise a joint strategy to prevent bogus guests appearing on daytime chat shows.BBC Broadcast head of daytime Jane Lush
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Bishop exits in Carlton revamp
Carlton Television entertainment and comedy chief John Bishop is leaving the company as part of an ongoing overhaul by director of programmes Steve Hewlett.The company also confirmed that head of documentaries
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Hall scraps plans for bi-media news
BBC News chief executive Tony Hall has scrapped plans to make the production of flagship BBC 1 news shows bi-media, writes John Plunkett.