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GENRE AUDIT: DRAMA - Travel sickness
Many British dramas that are huge hits domestically fail to make much of an impact with foreign buyers. Andy Fry asks whether success with UK audiences automatically translates into international sales.
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BBC Worldwide under attack by committee
BBC Worldwide has come in for stinging criticism from the Gavyn Davies funding review panel, which accused the outfit of lacking marketing expertise and influence within the corporation, writes Lucy Rouse.
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REACTION FROM AROUND THE INDUSTRY
Voice of the Listener and Viewer chairman Jocelyn Hay'We recognise the BBC will need an increase in revenue ... but we consider that a small increase in the licence fee, based
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Tektronix offloads VND arm to private investment group
Tektronix has sold its video and networking division, VND, to a private investment group for an undisclosed sum.The sale, announced on Monday (9 August), ends months of speculation about the future
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ARDENT TIES UP NBC DEAL FOR QUEEN MOTHER TV MOVIE
Edward Windsor's independent, Ardent Productions, has signed a development deal with NBC for a TV movie based on the life of the Queen Mother. Ardent is also developing a second TV
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ANIMAL PLANET, PEOPLE + ARTS IN DOMINICAN LAUNCH
BBC/Discovery Communications joint-venture pay-TV channels Animal Planet and People + Arts are to launch in Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic. The two channels will be distributed as part
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NEWS ANALYSIS SPECIAL - The devil in the detail
What does the Davies report mean for BBC Resources, public service broadcasting and BBC Worldwide?
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Quantel to tie the knot with Alias
Quantel has ended months of industry speculation by confirming it is to team up with Alias Wavefront to integrate its Maya Unlimited 3D animation software with Quantel's range of editing and
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SGI TO RESTRUCTURE AGAIN IN BID TO REVIVE FORTUNES
SGI has announced its second restructure in less than a year in an attempt to accelerate its planned turnaround. At an analyst meeting on Tuesday (10 August), SGI chief executive Rick
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GSB receives clearance to flag programmes during ads
Granada Sky Broadcasting (GSB) is to become the first TV company to flag its programmes during commercials, writes Tina Mistry.
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Scott critical after bike accident
Nigel Scott, co-founder and managing director of MetroTyrell (formerly Tyrell Corporation), has been seriously injured in a motorcycle accident.Scott was taken to Peter-borough Hospital on 28 July and immediately transferred to
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The Network has produced a new series of idents for FilmFour's antipodean movie season, Up From Down Under. An exploding FilmFour logo leads into 90-second distillations of the forthcoming feature; su
The Network has produced a new series of idents for FilmFour's antipodean movie season, Up From Down Under. An exploding FilmFour logo leads into 90-second distillations of the forthcoming feature; subtitles
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United looks to increase ITV and C5 stakes
United News & Media (UNM) chief executive Clive Hollick said last week that the company will be a 'buyer not a seller' in any future ITV consolidation, writes Jason Deans.
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CHRYSALIS TOP TEN BOOKED AGAIN BY CHANNEL 4
Chrysalis Television has won an extended recommission of its Top Ten strand on Channel 4. The new 11 x 90-minute run follows on from a five-part series last spring. Steve Gowans
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RADIO 4 ORDERS WIETZ PLAY FOR BLITZ SERIES
BBC Radio 4 has commissioned indie Martin Wietz Associates to produce Dear Gerald, a play about a 12-year-old evacuee, to coincide with its documentary series about the Blitz, The Evacuation: The
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C4 planning autumn slate of history, health and education
Channel 4 has commissioned a raft of history, health and education commissions for its autumn schedule, writes Wale Azeez.
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C4 RENEWS S+V CRICKET
Channel 4 has renewed its contract with indie Sunset + Vine (S+V) to produce cricket coverage for a further three years in a deal worth more than£10 million. S+V was
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Skillset and C4 to fund programme
Channel 4 and training organisation Skillset have promised to fund 75 per cent of the costs for a new researcher's development programme aimed at regional production companies, writes Wale Azeez.The new
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C4I NETS RIGHTS TO DISCOVERY A-BOMB TEST SITE SPECIAL
Channel 4 International has secured the worldwide distribution rights to Live ... At Shark Pass, a Discovery Channel US special that revisits the US atom bomb test site at Bikini Atoll
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BBC Resources director Sean de Sparengo was commissioned by BBC Knowledge producer Richard Gort to produce three new 30-second ads for the channel. The spots revolve around three prominent British cha
BBC Resources director Sean de Sparengo was commissioned by BBC Knowledge producer Richard Gort to produce three new 30-second ads for the channel. The spots revolve around three prominent British characters,