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UNIQUE SIGNS DUTCH CO-PRO DEAL FOR SECRET CAMERA
Unique Television has struck a co-production deal with Dutch indie Boorsma Loogman for a 9 x 45-minute run of World of the Secret Camera for cable channel Veronica. The show, which
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BRIGHTER TO CONTRIBUTE UK ITEMS TO TBS REVIVAL
Brixton-based indie Brighter Pictures has secured a deal to produce material for a 20 x 60-minute revival of Ripley's Believe it or Not on Ted Turner's TBS Network in the US.
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Think-tank warns govt on TV exports
Left-wing think-tank the Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR) will this week issue a warning to the Government to streamline its efforts to boost television exports.The warning comes as part of
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Carlton America strikes output deal with Polson TV movie firm
Carlton America has signed a multi-year output deal with US TV movie producer and author Beth Polson's Madison Avenue Productions and Corapeake Productions.Under the terms of the deal, Carlton America -
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Two Way TV joint-venture targets US
London-based interactive outfit Two Way TV has made its first move into the US by forming a joint-venture with San Francisco-based Interactive Network, writes Ashley Davies.
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Spire Films has finished shooting
Oxford-based indie Spire Films has finished shooting a six-part documentary for WGBH Boston and PBS starring art buff nun Sister Wendy, writes Tara Conlan. Sister Wendy's American Collection is a 6
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World View - Jos Havermans in Amsterdam
On 31 December Dutch viewers will pick the winner of Big Brother.The lucky man or woman will be one of three people who has endured 100 days of diurnal public scrutiny
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TRADE TALK - Good news?
Will new deputy chief executive Richard Sambrook retain his popularity as he takes charge of reorganising BBC News? Tara Conlan reports.
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TRADE TALK
On why US television, with an eye on 2001, is saving its Christmas surprises until after the festivities.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Tough questions for ITV
Thanks to the likes of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? ITV has enjoyed a highly successful year. But can David Liddiment, the man in the hot seat, keep it up? Jason Deans asks the questions.
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OPINION - Content providers add flesh to cable
Cable has long been the City's biggest tip for the future of TV (which, just in case it hasn't been said too many times this year, is digital). But just how
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Wheel of fortune
Who were 1999's fairground attractions, and who were the year's human cannonballs?
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TX - FAERIES
Producer: Hit EntertainmentBroadcaster: CITVStart: 16.45, 26 DecemberLength: 1 x 75-minutesCommissioned by: Nigel PickardExecutive producers: Kate Fawkes, Dan Maddicott, Robert Leighton, Stephen ShelanskiWriter: Jocelyn StevensonIf the Christmas tree fairy could grant
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OFF THE RECORD - Birt down on the canvas
Off The Record was shocked to see that the BBC is spending the thick end of£15,000 on a portrait of everyone's favourite out-going director general, Sir John Birt. We are
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OFF THE RECORD - Airey bashing
Let's hope Dawn Airey hasn't already sent her Christmas cards out this year, because she just might want to take Will Wyatt off her list after he gave her a bit
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OFF THE RECORD - Capital punishment
In what must surely rank as one of the most desperate (surely ground-breaking? Ed) marketing ploys of the new millennium, Capital Radio has hired 40 London cab drivers to drone on
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OFF THE RECORD - Salmon floats like a butterfly
Readers who missed the BBC's Sports Personality of the Century must be kicking themselves, for this was public service broadcasting at its best.Not only that, but as The Sun showed us
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OFF THE RECORD - Triumph communicates
OTR's John Birt award for plain speaking goes to the good people of TV news agency APTN. The chaps at Associated Press really came up trumps with a release hailing a
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NewsMultiplatform distribution is media's 'biggest challenge'
Distribution models, funding and creativity are the biggest challenges for broadcasters seeking to work across different platforms and with other media companies, according to a survey commissioned by Broadcast.
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South Asian VoD set to launch in UK
A video-on-demand service for the UK's 2.2 million South Asians, featuring content from broadcasters such as Star, Sony and Zee TV, is set to launch by the end of this year.