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Elliott stars in Archer libel drama
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott came out from behind the camera this week to take centre stage in the Jeffrey Archer libel saga, writes Jason Deans.It emerged on Tuesday (7
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MEDIA CIRCUS APPOINTS BENSON AS RINGMASTER
Video-on-Demand (VoD) outfit Video Networks Limited (VNL) has formed interactive sports programming outfit VNLSports. VNL launched a VoD service in London in September via BT's high-speed ADSL network and the new
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BBC WORLD APPOINTS GENTRY AS CHIEF ENGINEER
BBC World, the BBC's international 24-hour news and information channel, has appointed Bob Gentry as chief engineer. He will take up the post in January. Gentry joins the BBC from On
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SUPER RTL BUYS STAKE IN BERLIN ANIMATION FUND
German family channel Super RTL has taken a 3 per cent stake as a 'strategic partner' in the $100 million (£61.9 million) Berlin Animation Fund. The fund was set up by
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Start of something big?
In buying Minotaur, Flextech has gained a top-notch catalogue that includes teen drama Heartbreak High (above). But can the distributor help it crack the international market? Tara Conlan reports.
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RATINGS ANALYSIS - You only laugh twice
Reruns of BBC sitcoms that long since ceased production now regularly outperform the broadcaster's new lines. But is the Beeb in danger of riding the old warhorses to death?
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Barron moves into BBC America role
Former BBC Broadcast head of daytime Liz Barron has been appointed as BBC America's first vice-president, programming.Barron joins from BBC Worldwide, where she was director of factual, running the international factual
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SOMETHIN' IN THE AIR
Radio and TV indie Somethin' Else has established an in-flight entertainment division after winning the contract to provide six channels for British Airways. The services include an arts, business and science
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OPINION - Government has a digital agenda
Warning: the Government may be trying to hijack digital TV. Two developments over the past week spell out more explicitly than ever the Government's agenda for digital.Last Friday, left-wing think-tank the
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ACTION TIME PICKS MTV'S BEATON AS INTERNATIONAL HEAD
Action Time has appointed MTV Networks senior director international programme enterprises Caroline Beaton (right) as head of international and new business. Overseeing a team of six, Beaton's brief includes identifying new
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ITN MEETS UNIONS AT ACAS
ITN was due to meet broadcasting union Bectu and the NUJ at conciliation service Acas on Friday (10 December) to discuss proposed new shift patterns.The news provider wants to introduce more
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ACADEMICS LAUNCH RADIO LOBBY GROUP
A new academically-based lobby group has been formed to raise the profile of radio. The Radio Studies Network has now been officially launched by BBC director of radio Jenny Abramsky, after
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ABC ORDERS GRANADA USA'S CLEESE SITCOM PILOT
US network ABC has ordered a pilot of a Granada Entertainment USA (GEU) sitcom, based on a treatment by John Cleese and Granada Media International head of comedy development Humphrey Barclay.
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ABC wins sweeps with Millionaire
US network ABC has scored its first ratings win in the ultra-competitive November sweeps since 1994, boosted by the runaway success of Celador Productions' Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?ABC triumphed
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CFC was the only UK special effects facility to work alongside ILM on Tim Burton's horror movie, Sleepy Hollow, which opens in the UK on 7 January. A macabre tale of
CFC was the only UK special effects facility to work alongside ILM on Tim Burton's horror movie, Sleepy Hollow, which opens in the UK on 7 January. A macabre tale of
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FRENCH STATION M6 ADOPTS 52-MINUTE DRAMA FORMAT
French commercial terrestrial broadcaster M6 has decided to adopt the 52-minute format for drama. The news follows successful experiments with the format by France 2, France 3 and TF1.
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CJDS DAL MAKES DELOITTE AND TOUCHE'S TOP FAST 50
CJDS DAL (formerly Drake Automation) has been nominated as one of Britain's Fast 50 in a survey by Deloitte and Touche to find the fastest growing companies in the high-tech sector
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FORENSIC DOC SERIES TO AIR ON C5 AS MURDER DETECTIVES
Channel 5 has bought 28 episodes of Medstar Television's forensic documentary series, Medical Detectives, from distributor Unipix. The series - which previously aired on Discovery - will be reversioned into 26
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C4 seeks Comedy Lab experiments
Channel 4 is looking for proposals for a third series of new talent nursery slope Comedy Lab, writes Paul Donovan.The C4 entertainment commissioning team is looking to fill a new 9