Article: Buyers' guide.(Special Focus: Testing & Monitoring)(Buyers guide)

Article: UK broadcasting open to foreign investment.(Brief Article)
Screen Digest;  May 1, 2002 ;     699 words ... ... 357b3), a single regulatory body--Office for Communications (Ofcom)--would replace five regulators currently overseeing media regulation. Details: Department of Trade and Industry; UK; +44/20 7215 5000; www.dti.gov.uk.

Article: On-line cinema ticket sellers sue.(Fandango.com and ...
Screen Digest;  May 1, 2002 ;     557 words ... ... company selling cinema tickets has issued law suit against rival firm Moviefone. Fandango.com (US; +1/866 688 6675; www.fandango.com) claims AOL Time Warner's ticketing service has interfered with a ticketing arrangement it had with Loews ...

Article: Telecoms shareholders slap suit on UPC.(Brief Article)
Screen Digest;  May 1, 2002 ;     622 words ... ... granted in connection with acquisition of Cignal by UPC subsidiary Priority Telecom. UPC (Netherlands; +31/20 778 9840; www.upccorp.com) had an agreement to pay Cignal shareholders $200m if it failed to float Priority Telecom before October 2001 ...

Article: UK government urges regulator to split BT.(British Telecom)(Brief ...
Screen Digest;  May 1, 2002 ;     497 words ... ... rest of business. News comes only weeks after BT's consumer and wholesale broadband price-cuts were approved by Oftel (see 2002/101a3). BT (UK; +44/20 7356 5000; www.bt.com) has announced its intention to resist proposals.

Article: Euro screen ad group acquired by rival.(RMB bought by Carlton ...
Screen Digest;  May 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Circuit A through a joint venture, for a total of [pound]62m ([euro]100m, $97m). RMB (Belgium; +32/2 730 4506; www.rmb.be), currently owned by Belgian broadcaster RTBF and French cinema chain UGC (see also UK screen ad company teams ...

Article: Hong Kong production company floats.(Milkyway Image on Hong Kong ...
Screen Digest;  May 1, 2002 ;     539 words ... ... planning to float itself on the Hong Kong Growth Enterprise Market (GEM). Milkyway Image (Hong Kong; +852/029 822 5133; www.ledworld.com/English.htm) was formed six years ago by producer/director Johnnie To hopes to float by June 2002. Move ...

Article: Intertainer in satellite VoD pact.(Brief Article)
Screen Digest;  May 1, 2002 ;     504 words ...IP-based video-on-demand (VoD) operator Intertainer (USA; +1/310 202 2900; www.intertainer.com) is to partner satellite delivery firm PanAmSat in an agreement that will enable delivery of content to cable ...