All Broadcast articles in 19 February 1999
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OFF THE RECORD - Pop quiz
Which ginger-haired breakfast DJ had to make a po-faced on-air apology this week after launching a withering attack on the hit ITV gameshow Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Answer: Chris
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OFF THE RECORD - Upfront and personal
Indie Upfront Television has secured an exclusive interview with Lorena Bobbitt, the woman, you will remember, who cut off her husband's manhood and threw it out of a car window. She
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SPRINGER IN TALKS TO REPLACE MADELEY ON THIS MORNNG
Granada Television has confirmed it is in talks with US talk show host Jerry Springer over the possibility of him co-presenting This Morning alongside Judy Finnegan. Her usual co-presenter, husband Richard
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OFF THE RECORD - Waxing lyrical
OTR is reassured to discover that the quality of BBC 2's doc slot, Modern Times, will not be diminished following the departure of editor Stephen Lambert. This week's offering, for instance,
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ITV names Tonight as new show
ITV has revealed its new hour-long, 60 Minutes-style current affairs show is to be called Tonight and has named the final member of the reporting team as Miriam O'Callaghan, writes Nicola Methven.
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INTERVIEW - View from the top
With Marcus Plantin completing his first year in his old job as programme director, LWT has regained something of the 'family' feel of old. But he has plans to broaden its horizons in his second year at the helm.
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TRENDS IN INTERNATIONAL SALES
Competition over space in the schedule for arts programmes is fierce all over the world, but it seems a little creative re-definition could go some way to help place what the
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Lis Howell
Have you ever met a demon? Well hello, how are you? I'm a programmer in cable and satellite TV, alias the devil herself.For a long time it was alleged that we
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New PIII and software hits Milia
US chip giant Intel unveiled its forthcoming Pentium III processor (previously code-named Katmai) to a select US audience on Wednesday (17 February, writes Joanna Scott.
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Rabbatts to be governor
Lambeth council chief executive Heather Rabbatts has been appointed to the BBC's board of governors, writes Tabitha Cole.
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GMTV HIRES MCDOUGALL
ITN has poached GMTV head of news Roddy McDougall to take up the newly created post of head of special projects.McDougall will be responsible for running ITN's special reports desk, working
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GIDDENS GIVEN REITH TALKS
The BBC's 1999 Reith Lectures will be given by Anthony Giddens, director of the London School of Economics & Political Science. Entitled Runaway World, his lectures will focus on globalisation, broadcasting
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OFF THE RECORD - OTR gets results
Good to see Matthew Bannister (above right) back in the national press once again, just a week after Off The Record bemoaned his strange low profile since he took over at
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HICKS NAMED VICE-PRESIDENT AT NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
Mary Hicks has been appointed to the newly created position of vice-president of marketing and communications for National Geographic Channels Worldwide.Hicks, who will report to NGCW president Sandy McGovern, is to
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UK PLAY WINS RIGHTS TO LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN
UK Play channel editor Stuart Murphy has secured exclusive cable and satellite rights to new BBC 2 comedy series The League of Gentlemen from BBC Worldwide. The 6 x 30-minute series,
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OFF THE RECORD - A friend in need ..
At least Vanessa can count on the support of her BBC colleagues during her programme's current travails. Or at least that's what OTR thought until it heard Nicky Campbell trailing his
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NEW SABAN SHOWS TO PREMIERE ON FOX KIDS IN SPRING
Fox Kids director of programming Phil Sissons has acquired two new series from Saban Entertainment, which will make their UK TV premieres in the channel's spring schedule. A 13 x 30-minute
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Forgotten gives ITV Monday to remember
ITV's new thriller, Forgotten, ensured it will be remembered by notching up an average 11.3 million viewers (47 per cent share) for its first outing on Monday (15 February), writes Alice Macandrew.
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FLEXTECH TESTS WEB TV
Flextech Interactive, a division of pay-TV outfit Flextech TV, has joined Telewest in its six-month trial of Microsoft's Web TV interactive system. Flextech's TV Travel Shop will be the first of