Give us a break

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The Edinburgh Television Festival presents a unique opportunity to rub shoulders with leaders of the broadcasting industry. But seasoned veterans such as Richard Kilgarriff of iballsTV warn that overzealous wannabes can do they careers more harm than good if they demand too much attention.

Management, Usage, Conferences, meetings and seminars, Officials and employees, Marketing, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Career development, Fairs and festivals, Social networks, Edinburgh, Scotland, Edinburgh Television Festival, Kilgarriff, Richard, iballsTV

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BBC to produce two new Minette Walters serials

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BBC will produce two 2x75-minute serials, which are adapted from Minette Walters works, for BBC1. Funding for the new shows, The Echo and The Dark Room, will come from the investment made by BBC Worldwide. The Echo, produced by Kate Harwood, tells about an investigative journalist who brings to light a dead tramp's mysterious past, while The Dark Room, produced by Niall Leonard, features an ex-gangster who acquires amnesia. The two shows, which are scheduled to be delivered before the end of 1998, will be distributed outside the UK by BBC Worldwide.

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To produce two 2x75-minute serials, which are adapted from Minette Walters' works, for BBC1

Services information, British Broadcasting Corp., Article

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Match made in heaven? (Proposed merger of Carlton Communications PLC and United News and Media PLC)

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United Kingdom's television broadcasting giant Carlton Communications PLC and publishing and television conglomerate United News and Media PLC announce merger. According to business analysts, the proposed merger may affect independent television broadcasting business.

Asset sales & divestitures, Acquisitions & mergers, Forecasts, trends, outlooks, PRINTING AND PUBLISHING, Printing & Publishing, Publishing industry, Economic aspects, Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Carlton Communications PLC, United News and Media PLC, UNEWY

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