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INTERNATIONAL NEWS - LONDON PROGRAMME MARKET IS CANCELLED
The London Programme Market has been axed after its organisers decided it was no longer commercially viable.Although the event will not feature this year, organiser Single Market Events does plan to
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DBC CALLS INDIES TO PITCH YOUTH TV CONTENT IDEAS
Pay-TV company DBC has invited pitches from indies for entertainment content for a young audience after poaching BT business development manager Alen Lang to develop its online and VOD business. The
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Calderwood to start drama indie
Pathe Pictures head of production Andrea Calderwood has resigned to set up her own drama indie, as exclusively predicted in Broadcast (25.2.00), writes Ashley Davies.
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Pickard buys Merlin series
Outgoing ITV controller of children's and youth programming Nigel Pickard has commissioned Entertainment Rights to produce a£2 million, 16 x 10-minute stop-frame animated series called Magical Mystical Merlin, writes Ashley Davies.
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RICHARD DIGANCE BUYS MAJORITY STAKE IN TALENT TV
Comedian and businessman Richard Digance has bought a 51 per cent stake in indie Talent TV. The investment will form part of Digance's Write Good Group, which has a number of
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS - BTDA OPENS WORKSHOP TO NON-MEMBERS
The British Television Distributors' Association is opening its next industry workshop to non-members. The workshop, which will focus on North America, takes place on 27 June at Pact's London offices and
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BSC'S HOLME TO TACKLE REGULATION 'HOT POTATOES'
Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC) chairman Richard Holme is to tackle issues of regulation in an address to be held by the Royal Television Society at Bafta, in Piccadilly, London on 27
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OPINION - BROADBAND HAS TO BE INTEGRATED
The love-in between the web and television is finally coming of age as the gestation period for broadband draws to a close.Although the broadcast TV industry has known for some time
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Puttnam calls for boost to IT skills training
Lord Puttnam has called for a major boost in training in information technology in Europe, and said public service broadcasting could play an important role, writes Nick Radlo.
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INITIAL TO PRODUCE BOLLYWOOD 'OSCARS' AT THE DOME GMG
Endemol Entertainment production arm Initial is producing Bollywood's equivalent of the Oscars, the International Indian film Awards at the Millennium Dome for an ITV regional broadcast later this month. Granada Media
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WARDEN JOINS BOARD OF TELECINE FACILITY PEPPER
Pepper, the specialist telecine facility set up by Vince Narduzzo and Big Finish, has signed Shane Warden as part of its push to become a full-service broadcast facility. Warden, who was
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS - BEYOND DISTRIBUTION OPENS NEW YORK OFFICE FOR BUZZELLI
Beyond Distribution has opened a New York office following the appointment of Jennifer Buzzelli (right) as the company's new vice-president of international sales, USA and Latin America. The Sydney-based distributor, which
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Bergg greenlights LWT music strand
Sky One chief David Bergg has ordered LWT to produce a major new music strand as part of his drive to turn the channel into a mass-market attraction targeted at the
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OFF THE RECORD - BEARDED WONDER
As news leaked out about Nigel Pickard's move from ITV to become BBC children's supremo, the BBC's luvvie-in-chief Alan Yentob moved into top gear smoothing over ruffled feathers - both inside
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Pact tackles BBC over ICG
In another slapdown to broadcasters, producers' alliance Pact is threatening legal action against the BBC if the corporation's new commissioning structure is perceived as anti-competitive for indies when it is finalised within a month, writes Tara Conlan.
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BBC targets north radio comedy
BBC Manchester is spearheading a drive into radio comedy following the appointment of Graham Frost as executive editor, radio comedy entertainment, writes Tara Conlan.
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Poole quits BBC for Bruce Dunlop
BBC Resources account director for branding Martin Poole has quit the BBC a year after joining (Broadcast, 28.5.99), writes Barbara Marshall.
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS - BBC WORLDWIDE SELLS ITV DRAMA ROUGH TREATMENT
BBC Worldwide has secured a raft of sales for World Productions' drama Rough Treatment, which aired on ITV last month. BBC Worldwide has signed deals with Canal+ in France, SVT (Sweden),
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MILLS AND BAZ TO SPEAK AT LISTENER AND VIEWER EVENT
Castaway 2000 and Big Brother executive producers Jeremy Mills and Peter Bazlagette are among the speakers at the Voice of the Listener and Viewer's one-day conference entitled Viewing: Fact or Fiction.
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NOW DIGITAL NETS BATH AND BRISTOL MULTIPLEX DEAL
Now Digital, a wholly owned subsidiary of the GWR Group, has been awarded the Bath and Bristol local digital radio multiplex licence by the Radio Authority and will launch its new