All Broadcast articles in 13 August 1999
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VFG CONFIRMS SIX-MONTHLY LOSS OF£184,000
Listed broadcast video and film group VFG has reported a loss of£184,000 for the six months ending 31 March 1999, as the group predicted earlier this year. While turnover leapt
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Edmonds gears up to make challenge to F1
Noel Edmonds is masterminding a major global project to rival Formula One level motor racing, writes Tina Mistry.
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BBC 1 takes plunge with£195m slate
BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon unveiled a£195 million autumn schedule on Tuesday (10 August), which he billed as 'something the commercial sector can't or won't produce'.Highlights include a trilogy of
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Bond film trumps BBC 1's Jack of Hearts
Jack of Hearts, BBC Wales' much-hyped six-part drama starring Keith Allen, was the centre of attention last week but the ratings showed a slightly different picture, writes Tina Mistry.
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Sky adds extra£10m for original shows
BSkyB is to pump an extra£10 million into original programming over the next year, the lion's share of which will fund new peaktime British drama and comedy shows.Sky Networks' annual
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WILKINSON HEADS BEAT 106
New central Scotland station Beat 106 has appointed BBC Radio 1 Official UK Top 40 producer Richard Wilkinson as its head of music. Wilkinson, 25, said he wanted the dance and
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On Digital to cover 157 Euro matches
On Digital is to pump£4 million into its coverage of this season's Uefa Champions' League and unveiled plans this week to broadcast all 157 matches in full.The digital terrestrial broadcaster,
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STORYVILLE RETURNS TO BBC 2 IN AUTUMN
BBC 2's flagship international documentary series, Storyville, has unveiled a host of new films for its autumn run. At the heart of the series is An American Love Story, a portrait
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RADIO 2 TUNES UP FOR COUNTRY MUSIC WEEK
BBC Radio 2 is to broadcast a country music week between 18 and 24 September to coincide with the Country Music Awards. Terry Wogan will host his R2 breakfast show from
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BBC prepares to slash corporate centre jobs in half by April 2000
The BBC is planning to cut 200 staff in its corporate centre by April next year, the Davies report revealed, writes Tim Dams.
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BSkyB has chosen Arsenal v Manchester United for its first interactive football match on 22 August. It will air on newly launched digital channel Sky Sports Extra, alongside its normal broadcast
BSkyB has chosen Arsenal v Manchester United for its first interactive football match on 22 August. It will air on newly launched digital channel Sky Sports Extra, alongside its normal broadcast
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IPA BACKS 25% AD LIMIT
The Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) this week submitted its response to the Office of Fair Trading's inquiry into whether the 25 per cent upper limit of total TV advertisement
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BBC Resources director Sean de Sparengo was commissioned by BBC Knowledge producer Richard Gort to produce three new 30-second ads for the channel. The spots revolve around three prominent British cha
BBC Resources director Sean de Sparengo was commissioned by BBC Knowledge producer Richard Gort to produce three new 30-second ads for the channel. The spots revolve around three prominent British characters,
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CHRYSALIS TOP TEN BOOKED AGAIN BY CHANNEL 4
Chrysalis Television has won an extended recommission of its Top Ten strand on Channel 4. The new 11 x 90-minute run follows on from a five-part series last spring. Steve Gowans
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RADIO 4 ORDERS WIETZ PLAY FOR BLITZ SERIES
BBC Radio 4 has commissioned indie Martin Wietz Associates to produce Dear Gerald, a play about a 12-year-old evacuee, to coincide with its documentary series about the Blitz, The Evacuation: The
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C4 planning autumn slate of history, health and education
Channel 4 has commissioned a raft of history, health and education commissions for its autumn schedule, writes Wale Azeez.
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C4 RENEWS S+V CRICKET
Channel 4 has renewed its contract with indie Sunset + Vine (S+V) to produce cricket coverage for a further three years in a deal worth more than£10 million. S+V was
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Skillset and C4 to fund programme
Channel 4 and training organisation Skillset have promised to fund 75 per cent of the costs for a new researcher's development programme aimed at regional production companies, writes Wale Azeez.The new
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C4I NETS RIGHTS TO DISCOVERY A-BOMB TEST SITE SPECIAL
Channel 4 International has secured the worldwide distribution rights to Live ... At Shark Pass, a Discovery Channel US special that revisits the US atom bomb test site at Bikini Atoll
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United looks to increase ITV and C5 stakes
United News & Media (UNM) chief executive Clive Hollick said last week that the company will be a 'buyer not a seller' in any future ITV consolidation, writes Jason Deans.