Rights issue
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Mentorn Films, set up by Tom Gutteridge in 1985, is one of the largest independent television producers in the UK. It is essentially a producer of entertainment programmes which is expanding and diversifying. In 1996, Mentorn struck a partnership deal with two European firms to form TeleEurope, purchased TV21 and invested 5 million pounds sterling in an entertainment news operation which supplies material for a mix of radio and television programmes. Gutteridge gives his views on trends in the broadcasting industry.
Publication Name: Broadcast
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 0040-2788
Year: 1996
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Making the leap into the movie market
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'Dirty Pretty Things' is a film up for an Oscar, and produced by Celador Films, the UK TV production company. The UK TV production companies are diversifying to make higher profits, by branching out from the small screen into the glamorous yet expensive and risky business of making movies, and there is a huge mystique about the film business, in which one is still producing a story, just on a bigger scale.
Publication Name: Broadcast
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 0040-2788
Year: 2004
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Cream of the crop
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RDF, the producer of 'Wife Swap', was voted the UK's number one indie by the peers for the second consecutive year, followed by Wall to Wall, with Red and Tiger Aspect achieving joint third position. Many have found RDF's sharp business instincts admirable.
Publication Name: Broadcast
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 0040-2788
Year: 2004
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