All Broadcast articles in 07 January 2000
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OFF THE RECORD - Prize turkey
The most boring job in TV must surely be won by the chap whose job it is to set off the pyrotechnics on ITV's Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Well,
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OFF THE RECORD - Phone rage
What's this (right)? Could it be the fragrant Elisabeth Murdoch caught on camera some years ago in her first job at BSkyB, manning one of the phones at its customer call
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OFF THE RECORD - Snail mail
Much ruffling of feathers over at Carlton when minions received an email from Carlton International grand fromage Rupert Dilnott-Cooper, warning them to expect a big stock market announcement regarding the company's
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OFF THE RECORD - Taking liberties
OTR's eye was caught by an ebullient press release from the good people of London's 'most entertaining station', Mohamed Al-Fayed-owned Liberty Radio. Its top 10 most-played songs last year included Elton
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HARDWIDGE QUITS MPC TO JOIN PIXAR
The Moving Picture Company's (MPC) creative head of computer animation, Nigel Hardwidge, is leaving the company to join Californian effects house Pixar Animation Studios. Hardwidge, who has been in his role
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SPIELBERG AND HANKS TO RETURN TO HATFIELD
Director Steven Spielberg and actor Tom Hanks are to return to Hatfield Aerodrome - where they shot part of Saving Private Ryan - to film Band of Brothers, a $100 million
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Jobs to go as Mill and Magic merge
Mill Film has merged with sister company Magic Camera in a move that is expected to result in Soho's biggest wave of redundancies since the collapse of facility Wiseman four years
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TRIO SHARE GMTV STAKE
The sale of the Guardian Media Group's 15 per cent stake in GMTV has finally been concluded. Scottish Media Group (SMG), Granada Media Group (GMG) and Carlton Communications have each paid
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GMG SUBSIDIARIES GRAB MISS WORLD
GMG Endemol Entertainment subsidiaries Initial and Gem have signed separate deals to produce and distribute the Miss World competition in 2000. The two companies have produced and distributed Miss World for
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OFF THE RECORD - PRESS GANG
No matter how frantically busy today's TV types get, somehow they can always find time to give themselves a plug in the papers. We round up their latest inky musings so you don't have to bother ...
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FROST HOSTS THEME NIGHTS FOR NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
Sir David Frost is to present a 13-part run of theme nights on the National Geographic Channel in a revamp of its Monday night programming.Starting from this week, Frost will introduce
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TRADE TALK - Gerry's Friends
Being one of life's gentlemen doesn't stop Channel 4 head of pay-TV Gerry Bastable from making the big deals, as Ashley Davies discovers.
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IAMBIC FORMS MUSICAL JOINT-VENTURE
Iambic Productions has formed a joint-venture company to film stage musicals for TV and video. The news comes after the independent's film of the National Theatre's Oklahoma! (right) won an International
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SKY SIGNS UP MASTERS FOOTBALL TOURNAMENTS
Sky has signed a 12-month deal with football tournament organiser Masters Football for live coverage of nine tournaments featuring footballing greats of the past including Glenn Hoddle, Ian Rush and Chris
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OFF THE RECORD - AND FINALLY ..
Tina McCann, professional Scouser and TCM Europe general manager, lies awake thinking of Owen and Fowler.
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FILMFOUR LAB HIRES MURISON AS TALENT SCOUT
FilmFour Lab has hired film-maker Nic Murison in the new role of new talent scout, charged with seeking out cutting-edge directors, writers and producers across the UK. Although Murison will be
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Thorogood takes role at EastEnders Revealed
BBC Choice programming executive Katy Thorogood is relinquishing her commissioning role for a nine-month secondment in BBC Production, writes Tim Dams.
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Mayfair winds down operations following months of uncertainty
Mayfair Television Entertainment (MTE) is winding down its operations, making its six staff redundant and contracting out its programme sales to Minotaur International, writes Tara Conlan.
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Real Life's fly-on-the-wall hospital doc takes off
Real Life Productions has racked up three new deals for its 12 x 24-minute fly-on-the-wall documentary, Accident & Emergency, writes Tara Conlan.
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OFF THE RECORD - Desert island kids
Channel 4 was probably hoping for a few Lord of the Flies-style antics when it marooned a bunch of kids on a desert island for its hugely anticipated new docu-soap Shipwrecked.