... children's pro gramme for under-fives, has been named outstanding pre school programme at the TV Ontario awards in Canada. Independently made by Ragdoll Productions, Rosie And Jim is written and present ed by John Cunliffe. ...

... Snaps TRADE organisations the Independent Prog ramme Producers Ass ociation and The Prod ucers Association are expected to amalgamate as a result of a ballot to be held this month. The new body will operate under the name of the Producers Alliance for ...

... along with a cheque for SI 5,000. BRITISH Independent pro duction and distribution company Trans World International is to supply- cable news service CNN with sports footage originat ing outside the US and Canada. TRISTAR Broadcasting has been awarded the ...

... In brief DJS CHRIS PHILIPS and JEZ NELSON have joined London Independent Local Radio station Kiss FM. They will present shows in the Something Else slot on Tuesdays and Thursdays be tween lam and 4am. Channel Television, the FTV contractor for the Channel ...

... Power and Caramboles, the first two projects to be funded by the Independent Producers Group, are set to go into production. The IPG was formed by seven independents from France, Canada, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Spain and Britain. The UK representative ...

... International Mountain Film Festival in Canada. Shown last year in the Under The Sun strand, it has also been honoured at Italy's Trento Festival in May. THE RADIO Au'^..r,rv .v received four appli- i new Independent I licence serving the High Wycombe area ...

... IN PRODUCTION A CHANCE TO LIVE three-part documentary series. Production company: Independent Com munications Associates and Inter national Health and Biomedicine. Presenter: Audrey Hepburn. Series deviser: June Goodfield. Series producer: Gill Barnes ...

... '80 (Canada) VNU-New Media (Netherlands) VPV/Fimla BV (Netherlands) VTC(UK) _____ Warner Bros (USA) WDR Cologne (W Germany) Weekend Video (UK) Westel BV (Netherlands) Western World Television (USA) WGBH-TV (USA) William F Cooke TV Programs (Canada) William ...

... ENTERPRISES, the Corporation's commercial arm, has signed a deal for non-theatrical distribution of all its programming in Canada with International Tele-Film. WRITER Julian Sims has had his play True Colours optioned following its staging at a recent ...

... Television and indepen dent producenon company Tiger, has won the comedy award at this year's Banff Television Festival in Canada. THE BROADCASTING Stan dards Council has upheld complaints made against a sketch in Central Television's Cool Head comedy ...

... working with individual productions in arranging touring throughout Canada. For more information contact: John Karastama- tis, New Drama Centre, 106 Dewhurst Blvd.. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. M4J 3J3, tel. (416; 463 4279. Over the years street entertainment ...

... music industry five years ago, returns to the business as chief executive of Brian Shaw Management. In the eighties his independent re cord company handled a host of top acts including Shirley Bassey, Nils Lofgren, Cilia Black and Chas 'n' Dave. SCOTLAND ...