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WORLDWIDE EXTENDS OZ FIRST OPTION AGREEMENT
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has renewed a first option deal with BBC Worldwide for a further five years. The agreement covers series such as The Human Body, The Planets, Teletubbies, The
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UBE POACHES ROBERTSON TO HEAD PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Channel 4 head of corporate affairs Sue Robertson has been poached by United Broadcasting & Entertainment (UBE) to become its director of public affairs. Robertson's brief at UBE will be to redefine the
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BSkyB adds duo to digital platform
BSkyB has upped the ante in the fight for digital TV viewers by signing two new channels to its digital satellite platform - the US-based Hallmark Entertainment network and the Money Channel, writes John Plunkett.
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X-DREAM TO SELL (.TV) PROGRAMMES ABROAD
Sky TV's (.tv) computer channel has signed production and distribution hybrid X-Dream International to manage international sales of its programmes.X-Dream will take charge of the sale and distribution of up to
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C5 EXTENDS MISS WORLD RIGHTS FOR TWO MORE YEARS
Channel 5 has bought the rights to Initial-produced Miss World for the next two years. C5, which aired the show for the first time in 1998, will screen this year's event live on
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C5 UNVEILS RETAIL OPERATION 5 DIRECT
Channel 5 launched a retail operation this week called 5 Direct. Viewers can now order some of the goods advertised on the station by phoning a special number, which will then be sent
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Off the Record - Exodus from C5
Still with the good people of Channel 5, its ubiquitous director of programmes Dawn Airey was in a rather sad mood at her RTS bash last week. Her spirits were apparently
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C4 BUYS NEW SOPRANOS AND SEX AND THE CITY SERIES
Channel 4 has acquired the two latest series of HBO shows The Sopranos (left) and Sex and the City, as well as signing up the first series of controversial new Columbia TriStar comedy
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C4 and Paramount in E4 launch talks
Viacom-owned Paramount Comedy Channel is believed to be in talks with Channel 4 about becoming a partner in E4, the new entertainment channel C4 is planning to launch by next spring.C4 is also
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Abramsky review heralds R4 overhaul
Sweeping changes are expected to the management structure at BBC Radio 4 as part of BBC director of radio Jenny Abramsky's long-awaited commissioning review published this week, writes John Plunkett.
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Chatsworth and Flicks launch TV4C
Chatsworth Television and Flicks Films have banded together to launch a new entertainment production company and distribution outfit called TV4C, specialising in the development and production of live-action and animation programmes for young people,
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OPINION - C4 regains some of its old confidence
Dawn Airey did not get where she is today by being shy and retiring. But even by her own pugnacious standards, her attack on Channel 4 at last week's Royal Television
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SOMETHIN' ELSE TO MAKE INTERACTIVE JAZZ ON 3
Radio indie Somethin' Else has been commissioned to make an interactive version of its long-running BBC Radio 3 show, Jazz on 3, for BBC Digital radio. The programme, which features an exclusive session
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MCDONALD JOINS UP WITH SMOKE + MIRRORS 3D
Former Amg/Film Factory animator Jason McDonald has joined Smoke + Mirrors 3D. McDonald, who spent the last three years at the VTR subsidiary, said he hoped to specialise in 3D character
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C4I sets up $24m drama/factual fund
Channel 4 International (C4I) has set up a rolling $24 million (£14.5 million) fund to develop and finance cutting-edge drama and factual programming over the next three years.Although the first deals will involve
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ITC CORRECTS BBC NEWS 24 AND BBC PARLIAMENT FIGURES
The Independent Television Commission has corrected its figures for the cable distribution of BBC News 24 issued on 24 September, which were reported in Broadcast last week (1.10.99). According to the revised figures, News
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Carlton International sells 220 films to UPCtv
Carlton International sold more than 220 films from its movie collection to cable broadcaster UPCtv at Mipcom this week, writes Lucy Rouse.Films from the Rank and Rohauer collections, including the Carry
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ITV previews its year 2000 line-up
ITV Network Centre chief executive Richard Eyre this week gave a sneak preview of a number of new shows being developed as part of ITV's central programming line-up in 2000.New drama includes a
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ISAACS LOOKS AT LIFE AND MUSIC OF POULENC FOR BBC 2
Jeremy Isaacs Productions is making a 50-minute music and arts special about the life and music of Francis Poulenc for BBC 2. The programme, starring soprano Felicity Lott and featuring pianist Graham Johnson, was
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C4 veteran McGettigan departs after 18 years
Channel 4 director and general manager Frank McGettigan is leaving after more 18 years with the broadcaster, writes Wale Azeez.