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The BBC has struck a deal believed to be worth more than 210 million pounds sterling to sell its 740 transmitter sites in the UK to Castle Tower Corp (CTC), a US company which is mainly involved in installing and managing telecommunications aerials. The deal includes a 10-year contract to transmit BBC1 and 2 in analogue and BBC national and local analogue radio. Some observers believe that CTC plans to expand its international activities, with UK television serving as a base from which to enter digital broadcasting.
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CLT of Luxembourg, a media group, VNU of the Netherlands, a publisher, and Endemol Entertainment and Veronica, both television companies, are to combined their broadcast interests to form a major commercial TV venture. Programming, production and advertsing sales will be co-ordinated by Veronica and RTL, a subsidiary of CLT, and sister channel RTL 5. The new alliance will be called Holland Media Group.
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Children's television show "Fireman Sam", which has been running on BBC for 16 years, has moved to Five and Cartoonito. Turner Broadcasting-owned Cartoonito secured the rights to screen the new CGI version of the show. The new production of "Fireman Sam", and the programming plans of Five and Cartoonito are discussed as well.
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