All Broadcast articles in 15 January 1999
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Euronews on target despite£1.6m loss
ITN-operated Euronews is understood to have lost FFr15 million (£1.6 million) last year - but management insists it is still on target to break even by the end of the year.Advertising
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MEDIA 100 POSTS NET LOSS OF£4.8 MILLION FOR 1998
Media 100 has revealed a net loss of just over $8 million (£4.8 million) for its fiscal year ending 30 November 1998. The loss compares with a net profit of $617,000
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RA FREEZES APPLICATION AND LICENCE FEES FOR 1999
The Radio Authority has frozen its application and licence fees for the forthcoming year. Licence fees for Independent Local Radio and Independent National Radio have not been increased since the authority
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RTS PICKS 1999 FELLOWS
The Royal Television Society has elected 15 fellows for 1999. They are: BBC Production director of production and deputy chief executive Jana Bennett; Turner Broadcasting executive vice-president entertainment networks Andy Bird;
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1999 - the year of Tigger and Eeyore
On the face of it new year should be the time of the Tiggers, bouncy optimists thrilled by the idea of new beginnings and fresh challenges.But these early months of the
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M2 Design has created the title sequence for Lion Television/ITV network series Britain's Worst
M2 Design has created the title sequence for Lion Television/ITV network series Britain's Worst ... Designed by Chris Jennings and Nicky Thompson, the titles use a combination of live-action footage and
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CRATER UNVEILS PENCIL TEST VERSION OF CTP 2D CEL
Joint Spanish/Canadian software development company Crater Software has released a pencil test-only variant of its CTP 2D cel animation software. The company said CTP Pencil Test, which promises to enable animators
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CNN International (CNNI) has become the latest 24-hour news channel to unveil a new on-screen look
CNN International (CNNI) has become the latest 24-hour news channel to unveil a new on-screen look. The revamp includes an updated on-screen 'bug' and 14 time-lapse idents featuring the CNN logo
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Murphy quits Planet 24 for Granada
Planet 24 executive Elizabeth Murphy is to join Granada entertainment in the newly created role of talent executive, writes Nicola Methven.Murphy, who is currently an entertainment executive for The Big Breakfast,
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C4 News and Newsnight revamps pull in viewers
Last week's revamps for Channel 4 News and Newsnight appear to have paid off, according to the unofficial overnight ratings, writes Alice Macandrew.Both programmes notched up an average increase in viewers
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Channel 4 offers an online chat for indies
Independent production companies will be able to chat online to commissioning editors at Channel 4 as part of a new internet access scheme being rolled out from Horseferry Road, writes Tim
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Channel 4's Gardam leads commissioners line-up
Channel 4 director of programmes Tim Gardam (right) will head the Meet the Commissioners strand at the 1999 Production Show in March.Organised by Broadcast and sponsored by 124 facilities, the sessions
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TTTV UNVEILS 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS
Tyne Tees Television, which celebrates its 40th anniversary on Friday (15 January), will air a schedule of commemorative programming this week.The broadcaster, which launched in the north-east on 15 January 1959,
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E.TV ACCUSED OF EIGHT LICENCE VIOLATIONS
South Africa's Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) has accused the country's first commercial free-to-air broadcaster, e.tv, of violating eight licensing conditions. If found guilty by the Broadcasting Monitoring & Complaints Commission (BMCC),
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Metro acquires indie Tyrell
WPP subsidiary Metro Group has acquired independent reseller Tyrell for an undisclosed sum, as predicted in Broadcast in December (18.12.98).Details of the deal were being kept under wraps by both parties,
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PUSCHNIG QUITS ACQUISITIONS POST AT RTL
RTL Television director of acquisitions and sales Erhart Puschnig is to leave the German commercial broadcaster after 15 years for personal reasons. RTL's new secretary general, Dr Thomas Hesse, will take
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MOLINARE ADDS JONES TO VIRTUAL STUDIO DEPARTMENT
Molinare has appointed Mark Jones to its virtual studio design department.Jones will work under virtual studio head Chris Normile on a range of projects including Sportsweek for Channel 5 and The
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CHHANEL X MOVES INTO ADS
Independent TV company Channel X is branching out into TV and cinema advertising. The company has already produced a series of commercials for Thomson Holidays and First Direct. Both are directed
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Chrysalis sells Bentley drama to US A&E network
Chrysalis Distribution has sold the second series of Bentley Productions' ITV drama, Midsomer Murders, to US cable network A&E, writes Jason Deans.Chrysalis Television International managing director Nick Witkowski said Chrysalis will
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PRODUCER KILLED IN AFRICA
A video journalist working for television news agency Associated Press Television News (APTN) has been shot dead covering the civil war in Sierra Leone. Myles Tierney, a Kenya-based producer who joined