All Broadcast articles in 17 December 1999
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Xfm fined£50,000 after bestiality charge
The Radio Authority has fined Capital Radio-owned Xfm£50,000 and threatened to withdraw its licence after two editions of the station's breakfast show broadcast 'descriptions of bestiality ... and ill-judged references to pornography', writes John Plunke
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PEARSON BACKS DUNN SCHOLARSHIP WITH£25,000
Pearson Television has kicked off the funding for the Richard Dunn Memorial Scholarship at the National Film & Television School with a£25,000 donation. The school is looking for additional donations
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BBC 1 TO PILOT TIGER ASPECT SATURDAY NIGHT GAMESHOW
Tiger Aspect is producing a broadcast pilot for a BBC 1 primetime Saturday night gameshow about relationships, decision-making and strategy. Called House of Games, it will be hosted by Carol Smillie
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20TH CENTURY FOX HANDLES RELEASE OF SKY'S SAVING GRACE
The UK theatrical release of Sky Pictures' Saving Grace will be handled by Twentieth Century Fox. The film, starring Brenda Blethyn and Craig Ferguson, is the first Sky film to have
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SKY ONE BOOKS IN HOT LOVE AND DIVORCE COURT FOR 2000
Sky One has commissioned Anglia TV to produce a 40 x 60-minute discussion show about sex and relationships, Hot Love, for its revamped new year daytime schedule. Hosted by best-selling Australian
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RTS TO HONOUR WYATT'S 34 YEARS AT BBC
The Royal Television Society is holding a dinner for outgoing BBC Broadcast chief executive Will Wyatt on 27 January. Wyatt (right) retires this month after a career at the corporation spanning
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C4 bags Sky rights to Friends and ER
Channel 4 has snatched BSkyB's rights to Friends and ER as part of a three-year deal with Warner Bros that also renews C4's terrestrial rights to the hit US series.Programming from
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CHANNEL 4 CALLS FOR MORE SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND
Channel 4 head of entertainment Andrew Newman has ordered a second 7 x 30-minute run of Something for the Weekend from Tiger Aspect Productions. The Denise Van Outen-presented sex, dating and
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CURIOUS SECURES EARLY MORNING KIDS' SHOW FOR C4
Channel 4 has lined up a new early morning children's series from Curious Productions, The Investigators (left). Aimed at six to 10-year-olds, the 13 x 20-minute series will feature stories such
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C4 seeks programming for themed film nights
Channel 4 head of film programming Nick Jones is seeking programme proposals to run in a raft of themed film nights next year, writes Ashley Davies.
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C4I closes in on US talent agency deal
Channel 4 International (C4I) is understood to be in the advanced stages of negotiating a deal to be represented in the US by Los Angeles-based talent agency Endeavor.The move is said
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C4 to mount Flying Ducks
Channel 4 commissioning editor, features and special projects Liz Warner has ordered interior design series Flying Ducks from TalkBack Productions.The new 6 x 60-minute series will follow six house-owners as the
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Channel 4 orders new run of Johnny Vaughan Film Show
Channel 4 head of film programming Nick Jones has commissioned a second series of Johnny Vaughan's Film Show from World's End but is rethinking the show's scheduling, writes Ashley Davies.The 8
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GILBERT CREATES TITLES FOR C4 MILLENNIUM SERIES
The titles (left) for Channel 4 millennium series On The Line were designed by Grant Gilbert of C4's creative services department utilising some of the footage from the show. The programme
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SKY PUB SERVICE TO AIR 42-HOUR MILLENNIUM SPECIAL
BSkyB's service for pubs and clubs, Skybusiness, has unveiled details of its Bar Zone 2000 package, a 42-hour millennium special of music videos and live links to events across the globe.
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CHANNEL 5 GIVES NOD TO GAMESHOW DESERT FORGE
Channel 5 controller of entertainment Alan Nixon has agreed to a 10 x 60-minute series of new adventure gameshow Desert Forge. The show is a co-production from Pearson Television and Adventure
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Indie hours for ITV network rise by 9 per cent
The total number of hours produced by independent producers for the ITV network has risen by 9 per cent year-on-year, writes Jason Deans.
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OPINION - Content providers add flesh to cable
Cable has long been the City's biggest tip for the future of TV (which, just in case it hasn't been said too many times this year, is digital). But just how
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Agran Barton to produce BBC comedy drama film
Tim Firth has been signed up by BBC head of film and single drama David Thompson to make a comedy drama feature film through indie Agran Barton Television, writes Tara Conlan.