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Postcard from ... Dieter Brockmeyer in Frankfurt
Germany has indulged in an autumnal shopping frenzy for US goodies.After TV Loonland Group's purchase of New York-based children's specialist Sony Wonder's production and distribution outfit for $20.5m (£14.2m), producer and
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JUST HIRES SALES CHIEF FOR ENTERTAINMENT ARM
Just Group has hired Southern Star general manager, children's programming Teleri Roberts to take on the new role of head of TV and video sales for its Just Entertainment division. Before
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EINSTEIN SIGNS SWISS DEAL AS MOSCOW BECKONS
UK science and technology broadcaster Einstein Channel is to launch in Switzerland and expects to strike a carriage deal to break into Russia.The 24-hour channel has signed a deal with NTL
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FAUCHET SECURES ELECTRIC SKY APPOINTMENT
Brighton distributor Electric Sky has appointed Isabelle Fauchet to the new position of co-productions and acquisitions manager. Formerly a consultant working with a variety of French and UK indies, she will
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KAMERA IN DISTRIBUTION TALKS FOR DOCUSOAP
Swedish internet TV company Kamera Interactive is in talks with a leading European entertainment distributor over new docusoap format Fame Factory. The series focuses on 10 ordinary people aiming to become
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MULTI MEDIA ARTS TO PRODUCE IRISH PROGRAMME TRIO
Liverpool production outfit Multi Media Arts has set up an Irish arm to develop three projects for state broadcaster RTE. The first is an 8 x 30-minute series, The Healthy Village,
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GERMAN FIRM IN-MOTION SNAPS UP J&M ENTERTAINMENT
German TV production and distribution outfit In-motion has bought UK indie J&M Entertainment in a $20m (£13.8m) deal that sees the firm folded into US-based film and TV distributor Myriad Pictures
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TRADE TALK - Drama queen
Colin Robertson reports on the rise and rise of Michele Buck, the bookies' favourite to get the top job in the merged LWT/United drama department.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Terrestrial face-off
The BBC 1 and ITV battle for news supremacy at 22.00 is raging but does manoeuvring into the old News at Ten slot make sense for either channel in pure scheduling terms? Lucy Rouse investigates.
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OPINION - Schedulers gear up for ratings war
BBC director general Greg Dyke and his board of governors stand accused of out and out commercialism over the decision to shift the news back an hour. But they could wheel
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INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARIES - International relations
Two major reports found the market for international series shrinking, but broadcasters deny it, saying film-makers need to modernise their style and hone their storytelling skills to get commissions. Naomi Marks reports.
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BIOGRAPHY - Man or mouth?
Even in his days at LWT, Greg Dyke wasn't afraid of controversy, as our extract from a new biography reveals.
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INTERVIEW - Packing a punch
Channel 4 head of news, current affairs and business David Lloyd believes in 'big, bold and urgent' television. With the launch of an expanded, new-look Dispatches this week, he hopes to punch through the schedules.
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TX - DYNASTIES
Broadcaster: ITVProducer: RDFStart: 22.00, 12 OctoberLength: 3 x 60-minutes, Commissioning editor: Grant MansfieldExecutive producer: Stephen LambertProducer/director: Mark RubinsOh, the tortured commissioning process. The hours of development, the ceaseless redrafting of
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OFF THE RECORD - Top secret
The secrecy shrouding the BBC's sneaky shunting of the news to 22.00 was pretty damned impressive. In a bid to prevent leakage from the arty types who were designing the new
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OFF THE RECORD - A knock at the door
Ally McBeal viewers will know what we mean (so apologies to those of you with testicles) when we say we were reminded of Billy's confidence-boosting babe entourage when we heard about
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OFF THE RECORD - Teledruggies?
The beautiful thing about Mipcom in Cannes (apart from the refuge the centre provides for agoraphobics and the privilege of paying a tenner for a gin and tonic) is the way
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OFF THE RECORD - Name games
Still in Cannes there was much speculation over the future name of the company to be born out of the merger between Granada and Itel. Wags suggested Granite, with its connotations
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OFF THE RECORD - Taking it to the edge
Hooray. Crack open the champagne to celebrate the birth of a new programme genre. The bouncing bundle of delight comes courtesy of staff at Ideal World, who are making a series
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Lookalikes - Story of a Family Guy
Get pumped up over the stunning resemblance between Kiss 100 and Magic overlord Mark Story and the dad from Channel 4's Family Guy. While one means well and, despite the odd