All Broadcast articles in 05 February 1999
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SET-TOP BOX RETAIL SALES HIT 171,000 IN THREE MONTHS
An estimated 171,000 digital set-top boxes were sold through retail outlets between 1 October and 26 December, according to data released by market information company GfK Marketing Services this week. The
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Granada TV joins Army for Sky 1 13-parter
Sky 1 has commissioned Granada Productions to make a 13-part fly-on-the-wall series about the Army's toughest training course for transmission this autumn, writes Alice Macandrew.
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R1 AND R4 AWAIT RAJARS
BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 4 are expected to show gains in the latest Rajars, due to be published on Thursday (4 February). The increases, if confirmed, would provide a
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ITC ISSUES FORMAL WARNING TO VH-1 FOR SPRINGER PLUG
The Independent Television Commission has issued a formal warning to music channel VH-1 for airing a pop video featuring strong language before the 21.00 watershed. The regulator has also slammed Flextech's
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This week, Pearson TV's Greg Dyke - odds-on favourite in the race to succeed Sir John Birt - with his thoughts on the DG-ship and all that ... 1994 Dyke expresses
This week, Pearson TV's Greg Dyke - odds-on favourite in the race to succeed Sir John Birt - with his thoughts on the DG-ship and all that ... 1994 Dyke expresses
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INTERGRAPH POSTS NET LOSS FOR 1998
Intergraph Corporation has posted a net loss of $0.41 (25p) per share for the year ended 31 December 1998. The loss includes a $2.33 (£1.41) gain on the sale of assets
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LADBROKE RADIO TACKLES CENTURY OF CINEMA FOR RADIO 2
Independent Ladbroke Radio has been commissioned for two new series on BBC Radio 2 including a 6 x 60-minute history of the cinema. Provisionally titled A Century of Cinema, it will
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BBC 2 to spotlight loyalist killers
BBC 2 is to broadcast the follow-up to its highly successful expose of the IRA, Provos, with an intimate account of the lives of loyalist paramilitaries, writes John Plunkett.
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4:2:2 Bristol has just completed the title sequence for new documentary series Workers at War. Designed and directed by Paul Bond and Luke Wilmot, the titles feature time-lapse footage of working
4:2:2 Bristol has just completed the title sequence for new documentary series Workers at War. Designed and directed by Paul Bond and Luke Wilmot, the titles feature time-lapse footage of working
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Pearson acquires Eva for£2 million
Pearson TV has bought animation finance and distribution company Eva Entertainment for£2 million.The purchase comes nearly a year after Pearson executives announced a major strategic drive into the animation business
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AMG fx has produced what it is claiming as a new style of 21/2 D commercial for TVD Entertainments' Off Yer Nut series of music compilations
AMG fx has produced what it is claiming as a new style of 21/2 D commercial for TVD Entertainments' Off Yer Nut series of music compilations.Hand-drawn animations were scanned and traced
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WOOLFE JOINS PLANET 24
Richard Woolfe, a Granada producer whose credits include Hearts of Gold, has joined Planet 24 to develop a series of shows for the indie, including a pilot for a new chat
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GMG INCREASES RIL STAKE TO 28 PER CENT
The Guardian Media Group (GMG) has upped its shareholding in Radio Investments Ltd (RIL) to 28 per cent. GMG chief executive Bob Phillis now joins the board of RIL, which has
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RADIO 3 MIXES IT WITH KUBRICK FILM COMPOSER
BBC Radio 3's Mixing It strand is to feature musican and composer Jocelyn Pook, who wrote the music for the forthcoming Stanley Kubrick film, Eyes Wide Shut. Pook will be in
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Wright unveils R3 'signpost' to future
BBC Radio 3 controller Roger Wright signalled an increase in speech and live music programming when he unveiled his first revamp of the network on Tuesday (2 February). The changes - which
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Rent boy doc faked admits Channel 4
Channel 4 has admitted that key scenes in a documentary claiming to show male prostitutes plying their trade were faked.The admission, concerning the film Chickens, screened in September 1997, comes in
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Mentorn shops for indies with£4m warchest
The Mentorn Group is set to go on the acquisition trail after making£4 million on the sale of shares in radio group Orchard Media, writes Tim Dams.
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Prince to dig up ancestors for C4 show
Prince Edward is developing a documentary for Channel 4 that involves exhuming the bones of two of his royal ancestors, writes Tim Dams.
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VTVC TO MAKE ROCK DOC THREE-PARTER FOR C4
C4 has commissioned a 3 x 60-minute series from the Virtual Television Company (VTVC) about rock and pop managers called The Management. Each programme features a different manager from a different
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Sex and strikes on show at C4 drama
Channel 4 head of drama Gub Neal has commissioned a batch of new dramas, including a Jimmy McGovern film about the Liverpool dock strike and a TV adaptation of Dava Sobel's