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OFF THE RECORD - A classic boy band
Classic FM went one better when it broadcast a classical version of the Boyzone hit When the Going Gets Tough and told listeners it was a rare Baroque piece by the
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WELSH INDIES WIN FOUR AWARDS AT CELTIC FESTIVAL
UK broadcasters and producers scooped 10 of the 15 awards at the twentieth annual Celtic Film & TV Festival on the Isle of Skye. Welsh indies triumphed in four categories, with
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KIRCH PLANS AUTUMN RELAUNCH FOR MERGED SERVICE
The Kirch Group will relaunch its DF1 and Premiere pay-TV channels under a common brand this autumn after taking majority control of Premiere last week. Markus Tellenbach, managing director of the
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COOMBS JOINS THE FARM AS AUDIO ENGINEER
The Farm has appointed Chris Coombs as audio engineer.A former Pearson engineer, he was most recently working in Canada. He joins recent new signing, edit assistant Tom Appleby, who arrives from
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GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL ATTRACTS WIDE COVERAGE
BBC Production music entertainment has recently signed an exclusive deal with The Television Company's Ben Challis to co-produce the 1999 Glastonbury Festival. The 1999 event will be covered by BBC 2,
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ASSET EXCHANGE STRENGTHENS MURDOCH'S SPORTING GRIP
Rupert Murdoch has tightened his grip on the world's sports market in an exchange of assets with Liberty Media, which owns 36 per cent of Flextech.The deal sees Liberty Media give
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SEVENTH ART GETS GO-AHEAD FOR BANK ROBBERIES DOC
Seventh Art Productions has been commissioned to make a one-off documentary, Great Bank Robberies, for ITV and the Discovery Channel. The 60-minute programme will feature three of the world's most infamous
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Mentorn International to sell the Blockbuster Movie Chart Show format around the world
Mentorn International, the distribution and sales arm of the Mentorn Group, is to sell the Blockbuster Movie Chart Show format around the world.The distribution deal comes just as video retailer Blockbuster
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ANTELOPE IN CO-PRODUCTION ON SREBRENICA SLAUGHTER
Antelope is producing the 104-minute documentary The Srebrenica Massacre, about the slaughter of 7,000 Muslim men by Serb forces in the town of Srebrenica, Bosnia in July 1995. The film is
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TARTAN SHORTS FOR EDINBURGH FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCED
BBC Scotland and Scottish Screen have announced the winners of this year's Tartan Shorts creative initiative. Three producer/director/writer teams, chosen from more than 170 entries, have each been awarded£60,000 to
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NOMURA TAKES STAKE IN CAMBRIDGE ANIMATION
Japanese investment bank Nomura International has taken an undisclosed equity stake in Cambridge Animation. Cambridge Animation managing director Ruth McCall said the funding would enable the company to 'expand its presence
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BBC AMERICA DOUBLES COVERAGE WITH DIRECTV DEAL
BBC America has doubled its distribution through a deal with satellite broadcaster DirecTV, taking it to nine million homes in the US. The channel, which launched in December 1997 as part
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ITC AMENDS TELEWEST FIGURES
The Independent Television Commission has asked Broadcast to correct Telewest's subscriber figures for 1 January 1999 on finding that the figures Telewest supplied to the regulator were incorrect.Telewest had a total
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Allen takes on comic slate
Former Lucky Dog managing director Kenton Allen is working on a number of Granada TV comedy department projects, including a Sermon from St Albion's special to mark the second anniversary of
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Trio to give Corrie airing on US cable
Granada Media has sold Coronation Street to US cable channel Trio, marking the soap's first appearance there since limited syndication in the 1970s.The deal will see Trio - which specialises in
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Senior BBC executives are understood to be keen to sign Denise Van Outen, following her split from agent John Noel Management, writes Alice Macandrew. Van Outen, who has been much in
Senior BBC executives are understood to be keen to sign Denise Van Outen, following her split from agent John Noel Management, writes Alice Macandrew. Van Outen, who has been much in
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SHUKMAN'S FOREIGN AFFAIR
BBC News has appointed David Shukman as its new foreign affairs correspondent.The former Europe correspondent replaces George Alagiah, who has become the new anchor of the weekend editions of the One
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ISBA in call for ads on BBC
The Incorporated Society of British Advertisers (ISBA) has outlined funding schemes that it claims could raise an additional£335 million of revenue a year for the BBC in its submission to
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TVP ADDS VISION BITPACK TO SONIC SOLUTION SYSTEM
TVP Digital Media has acquired a second MPEG-2 encoder to add to its existing Sonic Solutions system. The company says the Digital Vision Bitpack will allow it to begin encoding for
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NO ACTION AGAINST LEE
The police are to take no further action against Janet Lee, deputy head of programming and advertising at the Radio Authority, following her arrest last November.Lee was suspended by the authority