All Broadcast articles in 26 November 1999
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Whiteley wins chat show battle for BBC 1
Last weekend saw a battle between three new late-night chat shows, with Richard Whiteley on BBC 1 emerging as the unlikely winner, writes Paul Donovan.According to unofficial overnights, BBC 1's Richard
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BBC 1 chief launches£134 million winter slate
BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon launched a£134 million winter season this week, with a strong emphasis on new drama output, writes Tim Dams.The winter offerings include Red Productions' Clocking Off,
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Rushes has created a series of five 10-second commercials for Kodak made by Ogilivy & Mather and BFCS. Using the opening line 'We'll never really know how people celebrated the last
Rushes has created a series of five 10-second commercials for Kodak made by Ogilivy & Mather and BFCS. Using the opening line 'We'll never really know how people celebrated the last
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40 YEARS OF HISTORY - BROADCAST 1959-1999 - In the beginning ..
Broadcast began life as Television Mail in August 1959. Martin Jackson examines the news and personalities covered in that first issue and explains how it moved from gossipy trade mag to serious debating forum.
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40 YEARS OF HISTORY - BROADCAST 1959-1999 - TV moves into the modern age
Rod Allen, editor of Television Mail/Broadcast from 1967 to 1978, looks back to a time when ITV entered the modern age with the licence-renewal process and when the idea of a fourth channel was first mooted.
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40 YEARS OF HISTORY - BROADCAST 1959-1999 - Broadcast's golden era
Patti Williams, editor of Broadcast from 1978 to 1984, recalls the exciting years of the early eighties, when the launch of Channel 4 opened up new sources of revenue for the magazine and saw its readership double in two years.
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40 YEARS OF HISTORY - BROADCAST 1959-1999 - Peacock brings less cosy world
Martin Jackson, editor and publisher of Broadcast between 1985 and 1992, recalls how the Peacock inquiry, first set up to examine the future of the licence fee, had an epoch-shaping effect on the ITV franchises.
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40 YEARS OF HISTORY - BROADCAST 1959-1999 - Competitive advantages
While the television landscape has undergone radical changes in the past few years, Broadcast has continued to enjoy its monopoly position, maintaining a key role within an increasingly competitive industry, writes Steve Clarke.
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40 YEARS OF HISTORY - BROADCAST 1959-1999 - Visions of the future
Over the next five pages, broadcasting heavyweights predict how the sector will look in five years' time. Digitisation, a new Broadcasting Act and monumental change will revolutionise the industry.
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40 YEARS OF HISTORY - BROADCAST 1959-1999 - THE FUTURE - Visions of the future
MICHAEL GREEN - chairman of Carlton CommunicationsPredicting change in the media is a mug's game, but here goes.In five years' time, almost every home in the country will have at least
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40 YEARS OF HISTORY - BROADCAST 1959-1999 - THE FUTURE - The view ahead
How will television viewing change over the next 10 years? Channel 5 head of scheduling Ashley Hill and consultant Budd Margolis got together with Broadcast 1959-1999 to identify the key areas of concern.
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Chrysalis TV posts pre-tax losses of£2.5m
Chrysalis TV made pre-tax losses of£2.5 million in the year to 31 August, blaming its performance on a£3 million write-off for its Australian-based soap opera, Breakers, axed in the
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Atlantic 252 pins hopes on O'Hara
Atlantic 252 has poached RadioAire programme director John O'Hara to become its new managing director in a bid to turn around the fortunes of the station, which has lost almost half
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Brits clean up at 27th Emmys
UK producers and broadcasters swept the board at the 27th International Emmys on Monday (22 November), winning in six of the seven categories, writes Liz Shackleton.However, there were ties in three
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C4 moves House to US and the Blitz
Wall to Wall Television's high-rating C4 factual series, The 1900 House, is being extended to second world war Britain and has also signed a deal for transportation to the US with
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C5 AND HOOCH JOIN FORCES FOR MILLENNIUM SHORTS ..
Channel 5 has joined forces with Hooch to fund, produce and screen 20 x 90-second short films, aimed at inspiring viewers in their late 20s and 30s about the millennium. Under
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C5 snaps up wildlife pair from Tigress
Channel 5 has lined up celebrity wildlife films from Tigress Productions starring Julia Roberts and Whoopi Goldberg, writes Tara Conlan.Tigress has produced a number of celebrity-based wildlife shows for ITV and
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Codename has created the title sequence for new Channel 5 discussion series Sexual Intercourse from Invisible Films. Designed and directed by Keith Robinson the sequence features an animated 'typograp
Codename has created the title sequence for new Channel 5 discussion series Sexual Intercourse from Invisible Films. Designed and directed by Keith Robinson the sequence features an animated 'typographic orgasm', which
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Aardman on Omnibus
BBC 1 has commissioned Iambic Productions to produce a one-off documentary on Aardman Animation for arts strand Omnibus, writes Tara Conlan.The 50-minute documentary will air next spring to coincide with the
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Quinta has created the title sequence for new BBC drama and language series Vingt Minutes. Designed and directed by Gus Henry, the sequence features abstract footage of a metronome, shot at
Quinta has created the title sequence for new BBC drama and language series Vingt Minutes. Designed and directed by Gus Henry, the sequence features abstract footage of a metronome, shot at