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CANAL+ AND TPS SCORE FRENCH SOCCER RIGHTS
Canal+ and rival digital satellite TV (DST) outfit Television par Satellite (TPS) have jointly acquired the rights to coverage of French first division football at a combined cost of FFr3.4 billion
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Zenith buys Two-Can
Zenith Entertainment is paving a path into the US educational television and video market with the acquisition of London-based worldwide outfit Two-Can Publishing, writes Lexie Goddard.
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Crescent Entertainment seeks buyer for Mayfair
UK distributor Mayfair Television Entertainment (MTE) is up for sale as part of a search for new owners by parent company Crescent Entertainment, according to sources, write Jason Deans and John
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KEYTE TO LEAVE BSKYB
BSkyB general manager movies Andrew Keyte is leaving at the end of July to set up his own movie development and production company. Keyte, who joined Sky Movies in October 1997
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Creative briefs
Diverse Design has created the title sequence for new BBC 1 flagship drama Badger. Starring Jerome Flynn, the six-part series follows the life of a wildlife protection officer in the Newcastle
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TELEWEST ON THE OFFENSIVE OVER SET-TOP BOX OFFERS
Telewest conducted a marketing offensive last week to discourage consumers from taking up free digital set-top box offers from Sky Digital and On Digital. The campaign, which saw Telewest representatives handing
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CCI DENIES BID FOR SCOTTISH RADIO HOLDINGS
Clear Channel International (CCI) has denied it has approached Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) with a proposal to buy a stake in the company. Weekend newspaper reports suggested CCI was interested in
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NTL RETHINKS UNITED BID
NTL has said that it would not rule out bidding again for Newcastle United if the Restrictive Practices Court rules in favour of unbundling football TV rights next month. The cable
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BEAN SIGNS UP FOR ITV'S EXTREMELY DANGEROUS LEAD
Sean Bean has been cast to play the lead in ITV thriller Extremely Dangerous, which is being made by former ICM co-chairman Michael Foster's independent, Northwestone Films (Broadcast, 19.3.99). The 4
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Chrysalis hires BBC's Reich for comedy push
Chrysalis Television has poached producer Gary Reich from the BBC to spearhead a new drive into comedy production, writes John Plunkett.
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JOBS GO AT BBC WORLD
The BBC is to make what it calls 'efficiencies' at BBC World in a bid to reduce losses at the channel, which totalled£15.6 million last year. At least 19 newsroom
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OFT clears BBC Resources
The Office of Fair Trading has rejected a complaint against BBC Resources Limited by Bristol independent Elm Road.A spokeswoman for the OFT said after nearly six months of investigation it had
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WAR ZONE: SCHEDULING - WHO'S WINNING THE BATTLE OF THE SCHEDULES?
With 30 per cent of viewers now tuning into multi-channel TV, the terrestrials are fighting for their audience share with aggressive last-minute schedule changes. But is there more to the changes than just ratings?
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Barbara sours repeat of Summer Wine
Carlton Television's new six-part ITV comedy, Barbara, more than earned its 20.00 Sunday (27 June) spot, writes Tim Dams.
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SOHO IMAGES SIGNS UP BOWMAN AND BANNISTER
Soho Images has signed sales executives Matt Bowman and Chris Bannister to bolster its existing team of Nigel Horn and Martin McGlone. Bowman joins from Todd AO while Bannister arrives from
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Sky plays Ball
Tony Ball's appointment as BSkyB's new chief exec took many by surprise. But can his low-profile style maintain Sky's reputation as a big-hitter?
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AVALON SELLS FANTASY FOOTBALL FORMAT TO GERMANS
Avalon Television has sold its Fantasy Football League format to Germany's Gemini Films, which is currently in negotiations with two German TV channels to produce the show. Avalon has also sold
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DRAKE AUTOMATION HIRES WESTLAKE FOR SALES ROLE
Drake Automation (DAL) has appointed former NDS business development manager Penny Westlake as sales director. Based at DAL's UK headquarters in Basingstoke, Westlake will be responsible for all territories apart from
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RADIO AUTHORITY WINS HIGH COURT BATTLE OVER LICENCE
The High Court has upheld a decision by the Radio Authority not to award a small-scale alternative licence to a man in east Kent. Francis Wildman won Court of Appeal approval
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STREAM BOOSTS DVD WITH TWO MORE AUTHORING SYSTEMS
Stream, the DVD arm of Soho facility TVI, has installed two further DVD authoring systems. Supplied by Boxer Systems, the Spruce DVD Maestro systems are expected to form the basis of