All Broadcast articles in 18 June 1999
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Community Channel gets£0.9m grant
Plans for a new community-based TV channel have been given a shot in the arm with the award of almost£1 million from the National Lottery Charities Board, writes Alice Macandrew.The
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C5 still struggling at 19.00
Channel 5 director of programmes Dawn Airey has admitted she has not had the 'breakthrough' show she was looking for in the revamped 19.00 weekday slot unveiled earlier this year, writes
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GINGER TO CHALLENGE ITV SATURDAY DOMINANCE FOR BBC 1
Ginger Productions has emerged as the production outfit behind BBC 1's new 50-minute primetime Saturday night show (Broadcast, 11.6.99). Red Alert will kick off in the autumn and is part of
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BBC 1 hires Davies for modern classic
Andrew Davies is to adapt the Kingsley Amis novel Take a Girl Like You for BBC 1.Davies, whose previous credits for BBC 1 include Pride and Prejudice and Vanity Fair, said
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Classic horror tops£1.9m slate for Itel
A UK/US adaptation of Henry James' horror story, The Turn of the Screw, forms part of a $3 million (£1.9 million) co-production slate brokered by UK-based distributor Itel since Mip-TV.The 120-minute
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BBC 2 DIGS IN TO LOOK AT FIRST WORLD WAR TRENCHES
BBC 2 is to air a 6 x 30-minute series on the first world war from 29 July. Called Western Front, it was commissioned by former BBC 2 controller Mark Thompson
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FOUR MEDIA POSTS 32 PER CENT RISE IN REVENUE
Four Media Company, which recently acquired UK facilities TVP Group and TVI, has reported a 32 per cent rise in revenue for its third quarter ending 2 May. Profits for the
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Animation chief Kitson quits C4
Channel 4 commissioning editor of animation Clare Kitson is to leave Horseferry Road after 11 years, write Tim Dams and Annie Dare.Her departure will lead to an overhaul of C4's animation
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VAN OUTEN TO OFFER C4 SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND
Channel 4 has commissioned Tiger Aspect Productions to make a major new Denise Van Outen (right) post-watershed entertainment series, based on relationships. The 7 x 30-minute series, provisionally titled Something for
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C4 takes high school show
Granada Media (GM) controller of children's Steven Andrew has secured his first Channel 4 children's commission - a docu-soap described as a 'real Beverly Hills 90210', writes Jason Deans.The 13 x
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Jackson's C4 speech prompts ITC probe call
Channel 4 chief executive Michael Jackson has prompted a complaint to the Independent Television Commission after telling guests at a Broadcasting Press Guild lunch that the channel was no longer a
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C4 GUNS REPORT DELAYED
The Independent Television Commission's report on Channel 4 documentary Guns on the Street - which is at the centre of a 'fakery' row - is not expected to be published until
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C4 AND TRUST OFFER INDIES DEVELOPMENT CASH
Grants of up to£6,000 are being made available to independent programme-makers keen to make documentaries about international development subjects, thanks to a new fund set up by Channel 4 and
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Foulkes leaves C4 features for ICG role
The series editor of Channel 4's Right to Reply, Jerry Foulkes, is leaving to join the BBC's independent commissioning group (ICG), working as a commissioning executive in factual programming, writes Tim
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C4 AND C5 AUDIO DESCRIPTION CONTRACT AWARDED
The Independent Television Facilities Centre has scooped the contract to supply Channel 4 and Channel 5 with audio description services. The announcement comes less than a month after the company landed
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Bulgar bore helps C5 to best ever share
England's game in Bulgaria last week helped Channel 5 to its best ever weekly audience share according to unofficial overnights, writes Liz Shackleton.Between Monday 7 June and Sunday 13 June the
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SWEDEN'S KANAL 5 PICK UPS FANTASY FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Avalon International has sold Avalon Television's Fantasy Football League format to Sweden. As part of the deal, Avalon's executive producer for entertainment and sport Andy Jacobs will work with Nordisk Films
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MARK AND LARD TO MAKE TV DEBUT WITH MATCH OF THE 90S
BBC Radio 1 duo Mark and Lard are to make their BBC 1 debut later this summer with a 10-part football series called Match of the 90s. Produced by Manchester-based BBC
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Discovery sounds out Bennett about running Learning channel
BBC Production deputy chief executive and director of programmes Jana Bennett has been approached by Discovery Communications to run The Learning Channel, write Tim Dams and Alice Macandrew.News that head-hunters had
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PACE BUYS ACORN'S SET-TOP BOX ARM
Pace Micro Technology has acquired Acorn Group's set-top box business in a deal worth£200,000. Pace chief executive Malcolm Miller said the acquisition would enable the company to develop an 'ever