All Broadcast articles in 24 September 1999
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VFG swoops for ELC in£650,000 acquisition
Listed broadcast video and film facilities group VFG has acquired lighting specialist The Electric Light Company (ELC) for£650,000.VFG chief executive David Stamp said the acquisition, the group's tenth since it
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - BBC 1 triumphs with return of Casualty
A host of new series marked the television landscape last week, with the return of BBC 1's Casualty on Saturday (18 September) the most impressive in ratings terms, writes Tina Mistry.According
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SKILLSET SCOOPS£1 MILLION FOR TRAINING INITIATIVE
Skillset has received a£1 million grant from the Department of Education & Employment to back a drive to promote the take-up of formal qualifications by television staff. The initiative, which
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4:2:2 Bristol has created more than 90 effects shots for the first episode of returning BBC 1 series Ballykissangel. 4:2:2 director Simon Massey and effects director Paul Bond created the images
4:2:2 Bristol has created more than 90 effects shots for the first episode of returning BBC 1 series Ballykissangel. 4:2:2 director Simon Massey and effects director Paul Bond created the images
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INVICTA RADIO PRISES CLARK FROM KEY 103
Capital Radio-owned Invicta Radio Group has poached Luis Clark from Key 103 as its new programme controller. Clark is currently programme manager and mid-morning presenter at the Manchester-based station, and has
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UBOGU GIVES 110% INSIDE VIEW ON RUGBY WORLD CUP
BBC Choice nightly sports programme 110% has signed Bath and England prop forward Victor Ubogu to provide an inside view of England's progress in the forthcoming Rugby World Cup. He will
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YORKSHIRE LOOKS BACK TO 1900 FOR CHANNEL 4
Channel 4 documentaries has commissioned a 3 x 50-minute series on the year 1900 from Yorkshire TV to run during the first week of the new year.Called 1900, the programme takes
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Flextech boss lets rip at ITV2
Flextech Television chairman and chief executive Adam Singer launched a scathing attack on ITV2, branding it 'an apology for a channel', writes Jason Deans.Singer, speaking at the Cambridge session Open the
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GMTV EXTENDS BAZAL SUNDAY DUO UNTIL 2001
Bazal has been recommissioned to produce GMTV's early Sunday morning news and current affairs show, The Sunday Programme with Alastair Stewart.The show, along with Bazal's Sunday morning ethics and religion programme
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The BBC has acquired Roswell, a 22 x 45-minute US series produced by Regency Television in association with Twentieth Century Fox Television, writes Tim Dams. Marking the BBC's first acquisition from
The BBC has acquired Roswell, a 22 x 45-minute US series produced by Regency Television in association with Twentieth Century Fox Television, writes Tim Dams. Marking the BBC's first acquisition from
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MacKenzie bids£25 million for IRG
Kelvin MacKenzie's Wireless Group is understood to have made a£25 million bid for the Independent Radio Group (IRG), writes John Plunkett.The Talk Radio parent company emerged as the front-runner to
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Infynity has been commissioned by Windfall Films producer Jeremy Llewellyn-Jones to create 3D animated sequences for new air traffic control documentary Near Miss. Designed by Clive Davis, the three a
Infynity has been commissioned by Windfall Films producer Jeremy Llewellyn-Jones to create 3D animated sequences for new air traffic control documentary Near Miss. Designed by Clive Davis, the three animations depict
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Aldis Animation has completed what is believed to be the first commercial project using Avid Softimage's new 3D animation software, Sumatra. Aldis Animation founder Kim Aldis said the company had been
Aldis Animation has completed what is believed to be the first commercial project using Avid Softimage's new 3D animation software, Sumatra. Aldis Animation founder Kim Aldis said the company had been
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P3 and TSI plump for EditboxFX
Independent facilities P3 and TSI have become the latest houses to order Quantel's latest IBC-specification EditboxFX, which includes six effects layers, timecode output and the Open Render Engine.P3, which has been
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R5 LIVE TO COVER 35 OF 41 RUGBY WORLD CUP TIES
BBC Radio 5 Live is to broadcast live coverage of 35 of the 41 matches at this year's Rugby World Cup. The R5 Live commentary and presenting team for the tournament,
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Rapido scoops first commissions from Channel 5 to add to C4 order
Rapido TV has won its first commissions from Channel 5 as well as picking up a new assignment from Channel 4, writes Tina Mistry.The indie has been given the go-ahead to
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Hadlow adds arts to C4 history brief
Channel 4 commissioning editor for history and religion Janice Hadlow has added arts commissioning duties to her brief.She takes on the new brief from January next year, replacing Janey Walker, who
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New shows for C4 in night-time revamp
Channel 4 night-time commissioning editor Stevan Keane has ordered seven new shows and revamped 4Later's idents and programme links, writes Wale Azeez.The idents, produced in-house, and the 'Conrad and Jane' links
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C4 unveils disability initiatives
Channel 4 has unveiled two new initiatives to encourage people with disabilities to work in television, writes Wale Azeez.The first of the schemes, the C4 TV Skills Course, is being run
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Sayle returns to R4 with Sorry About Last Night
Alexei Sayle has scripted and will star in his first comedy-drama for radio, Sorry About Last Night, writes John Plunkett.The 5 x 30-minute series is produced by BBC light entertainment and