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Maggie Brown: do the BBC's viewers mean what they say they like?
From Media Guardian. Posted July 8 2008, 3.30pm
Maggie Brown: Putting distinctiveness and quality before ratings is a wonderful goal, but in the end the BBC believes it is in the numbers game (more)

Disney and Yash Raj Films ink animation deal
From Biz Asia. Posted June 13 2007, 8.59am
In an attempt to create a series of exclusive computer animated feature films, Yash Raj Films (YRF) Studios and Walt Disney have teamed up together to produce a series of exclusive computer animated feature films. It is for the first time that Yash Chopra, Chairman, Yash Raj Films and Dick Cook, Chairman, Walt Disney Studios are coming together for a venture. On the eve of this occasion, Yash Chopra, Chairman, YRF, said, "Yash Raj Films and Yash Raj Films Studios have been at the forefront in live-action feature films for almost four decades. Together with my son Aditya, we have created our own space with the efforts of a wonderful team - both creative and business - and have had the opportunity of producing films that we believe in; films that entertain a large population, as well as the Indian diaspora." Chopra believes that the tie-up is not just the coming together of two organisations, but it is also the teaming up of two individuals with similar culture and traditions. Dick Cook, Chairman, Walt Disney Studios, said, "We are thrilled and honoured to be working with Yash Chopra and Aditya Chopra and their talented teams at YRF Studios in the Indian language that are culturally relevant for the avid movie-going audiences in India and around the world." Cook added that animation is a new and rapidly expanding area in India, and this collaboration will bring the very best in story-telling and cutting edge technology together. Both companies will be equal partners in the venture and will contribute creative, technical and financial support to the project. Aditya Chopra would be the creative head of the alliance. ‘Roadside Romeo’, a film set to release in 2008, will be the first film to be co-produced by this alliance. It will be produced by Aditya Chopra, and written and directed by Jugal Hansraj. Article from Exchange4Media Related link: Yash Raj Films to launch TV channel (more)

Chris Maume sport on TV: Monty's gambolling celebration as pleasing as Ramps' wonderful waltz
From The Independent. Posted December 16 2006, 12.00am
It was like the first Test all over again on Thursday. There I was in the middle of the night, hoping against hope. Then Flintoff went, and so did I - to bed, that is. (more)

MTV Networks restructures region, Robbins departs
From Brand Republic. Posted October 11 2006, 9.10am
Embattled entertainment network MTV Networks Asia Pacific has unveiled a series of sweeping organisational changes to its business strategy in the region, which will lead to 84 redundancies across a number of departments in the Singapore operation. Nigel Robbins (pictured), president of MTV Networks Asia Pacific, has also announced he will step down from his role, but he will continue to act in a consultant capacity until the end of the year to manage the transition with EVP and chief operating officer Steven Tan, who will lead the business until Robbins' replacement is named. Key among the changes is a decision to decentralise the network's regional operation currently based out of Singapore in favour of localised operations, a move which would allow the entertainment giant to empower local operations to drive their own television and digital businesses as they see fit. Singapore will continue to act as a regional headquarters for the streamlined corporate group, along with a new unit to be headed by EVP Viacom Brand Solutions and Southeast Asia Christopher Steward, with the unit to manage MTV and Nickelodeon's TV and digital business, along with the VBS pan-regional sales group. "The realignment of our structure does have a significant impact, and sadly for me, this means we'll lose some wonderfully talented colleagues and friends, and a decision like this is agonising, even though we're certain it's the right decision for the future of the business," said Bill Roedy, president, MTV Networks International. (more)

Keeping audiences on the edge of their seats: It's all in the script
From The Independent. Posted May 29 2006, 12.00am
In Britain we like our television scriptwriters to be lovably eccentric - think the anarchic Paul Abbott, the flamboyant Russell T Davies or the wonderfully indiscreet Andrew Davies. (more)