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C4 BAGS CRICKET RIGHTS
Channel 4 has secured the rights to show Test cricket highlights of England's forthcoming winter tour of South Africa. Coverage will include the five-match series against South Africa plus highlights of
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Skaramoosh has designed the title sequence for Channel 4's new three-part music series, The Hip Hop Years. Commissioned by C4 commissioner multi-cultural programmes Yasmin Anwar and produced by RDF Te
Skaramoosh has designed the title sequence for Channel 4's new three-part music series, The Hip Hop Years. Commissioned by C4 commissioner multi-cultural programmes Yasmin Anwar and produced by RDF Television, the
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C4I TO OFFER INDIES ONLINE REPORTING FACILITY
Channel 4 International will provide an online reporting facility to indie producers from the middle of next year. The new service will give indies access to the distributor's database, allowing them
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PREFERRED SUPPLIER DEBATE - Is C4 taking sides?
Does Channel 4 have a preferred suppliers policy? That depends who you're talking to. Below, Tracy Hofman, owner of ScreenAge Productions, claims that it does, while C4's Janet Walker presents the case for the defence.
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KLOIBER SET TO SELL 30 PER CENT STAKE IN TMG TO EM.TV
German media mogul Herbert Kloiber is reported to be in advanced talks with merchandising and rights broker EM.TV about selling a 30 per cent stake in his Tele-Muenchen-Group (TMG), valued at
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Intergraph offloads ViZual, Intense 3D
Intergraph Corporation is seeking to offload its ViZual Computing and Intense 3D businesses as part of a wider restructuring plan that will see it abandon the low-end PC and computer server
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BBC consultancy spend tops£28m
The BBC spent£28.1 million on management consultants in the 1997-98 financial year, with£15 million alone attributed to the Corporate Centre, according to figures leaked to Broadcast.The statistics, understood to
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BBC AND EUROSPORT SIGN£28M DEAL TO COVER EURO RUGBY
BBC Sport has secured the exclusive live rights to broadcast the European Rugby Cup in partnership with British Eurosport in a four-year deal worth£28 million. Previously with BSkyB, matches will
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Channel 5 clocked up its best ever audience figures this week with the terrestrial TV premiere of Independence Day pulling in an average 4.98 million viewers (24 per cent share) on
Channel 5 clocked up its best ever audience figures this week with the terrestrial TV premiere of Independence Day pulling in an average 4.98 million viewers (24 per cent share) on
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CARLTON BUILDS WOMEN'S SPORTS SHACK FOR ITV2
ITV2 has ordered a broadcast pilot of a sports show for women from Carlton Productions. Sports Shack is a 30-minute programme that claims to be the antithesis of existing sports programmes
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Murray signs for Sky in£2.9m deal
Sky One has signed up 1999 Perrier Award winner Al Murray to co-write and star in a 13-part sitcom, Time Gentlemen Please.The£2.93 million deal, which includes fees and production costs,
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APTN TO COVER TUC CONFERENCE FOR BBC 2
APTN Productions, the business television arm of Associated Press Television News, has won the commission to produce coverage of the Trades Union Congress, to be broadcast on BBC 2 from 13
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BBC News Resources designers Mary Moss and Simon Hunt created new widescreen titles and a website for BBC 1's flagship current affairs show, Panorama, which is returning for its autumn run
BBC News Resources designers Mary Moss and Simon Hunt created new widescreen titles and a website for BBC 1's flagship current affairs show, Panorama, which is returning for its autumn run.
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OFF THE RECORD - A Twist in the tale
Everyone's favourite channel controller, David Liddiment, wasn't smiling much at Edinburgh either. Perhaps it was the painful memory of his session where one Carlton International minion asked him about the scheduling
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Sky News in radio talks
Sky News is understood to have held preliminary discussions with Virgin Radio and the Chrysalis Radio group in a bid to supply the stations with their news bulletins, writes John Plunkett.The
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OFF THE RECORD - Lost for words
Poor old Caryn Mandabach. Not only was her Worldview Address received, er, somewhat unenthusiastically, but she was also among the 60 or so passengers whose luggage was temporarily misplaced on her
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INTERVIEW - What's the Story?
Mark Story has come a long way from his days running a pirate station in Dublin. But after a circuitous ascent through the radio networks, the Kiss FM and Magic 105.4 boss believes he now has the best job in the world.
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THOMSON AND MICROSOFT UNVEIL INTERACTIVE TV OUTFIT
Thomson multimedia and Microsoft are joining forces to launch a new company dedicated to developing interactive television services. Ownership of the joint-venture - which will be known as TAK - will
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Telecine to steal the show at IBC
Cintel is to launch a new telecine at next month's IBC in a bid to head off competition from Innovation TK's (ITK) high-definition upgrades for Ursa telecines.Capable of both standard and
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OFF THE RECORD - How was it for you?
Airey, meanwhile, was in typically feisty form when she was quizzed by John Humphrys over Channel 5's latest eyebrow-raising show about the female orgasm. The Dawnster, in defence of the show,