All Broadcast articles in 01 October 1999 – Page 2
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VAN POOSS QUITS AS MD OF ESSEX RADIO
Essex Radio managing director Rob Van Pooss has quit the outfit. In a statement, owner DMG Radio said he had left the station earlier this month 'at the end of his
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Stressed Eric gets second series
BBC 2 controller Jane Root has commissioned a second series of Absolutely Productions' animated sitcom, Stressed Eric, writes Jason Deans. Creator Carl Gorham has written 7 x 30-minute new episodes for
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OFF THE RECORD - Shop window dummies
OTR was saddened to see there were no bubble perms adorning Sky One's new show, C15: The New Professionals. Apparently Bodie and Doyle are all in favour of a 'a younger,
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ELECTRIC SKY UNWRAPS MOB DOCUMENTARY
Electric Sky will be launching documentary series Mafia Empire (3 x 60-minutes) - which is co-produced by the distributor, ORTV and Discovery Communications - at the 1999 Mipcom market next week.
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UPCTV PAIR DOUBLE DUTCH DISTRIBUTION
United Pan-Europe Communications Television (UPCtv) services Extreme Sports and Film1 will double their distribution in Holland from 1.6 to more than 3.2 million subscribers, following a carriage deal with seven cable
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ON DIGITAL SALES UP
On Digital is expected to announce next week that it has signed up between 375,000 and 400,000 subscribers to the end of September. This would represent about 150,000 new customers in
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VICTORIA REAL OFFERS MSC IN DIGITAL TV PRODUCTION
Interactive programming production outfit Victoria Real is claiming a first by offering a masters degree in digital TV production in association with the University of Brighton.The two-year training programme will cover
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DIGITAL TV - Digital: the producers' view
One year on from launch, how has digital TV performed? Action Time's Stephen Leahy and Lion's Paul Wooding explain what it has meant for the indie sector, while below Cap Gemini asks whether take-up has matched projections.
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OPINION - Export or die? Not necessarily
Producers and broadcasters heading down to Cannes this weekend for yet another dose of liver-threatening networking face an interesting choice: to internationalise or not.A schism is appearing between those (David Graham,
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WORLDWIDE EXTENDS RUGBY LEAGUE EXPORT DEAL
BBC Worldwide has agreed a new five-year deal, 2000-2004, for overseas distribution of the rugby league Silk Cut Challenge Cup. As part of the new deal, the coverage will be distributed
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Target Distribution seals Sky One deal
UK indie Target Distribution has finalised a deal with BSkyB to become its preferred distributor for all Sky One commissions until the end of 2000, writes Jason Deans.
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SGI FINDS 'MYSTERY PARTNER' FOR CRAY
SGI announced it has found a financial partner for its troubled super computer subsidiary, Cray Research, but is refusing to say who it is. SGI senior vice-president product group John Beau
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POUSHKINE CRASHES OUT OF GLASSWORKS
Glassworks general manager Georgina Poushkine has left the company after less than six months in the job. Managing director Hector MacLeod confirmed that Poushkine left the facility early last week. He
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TALK COVERS EURO DECIDER
Talk Radio has beaten BBC Radio 5 Live to the exclusive live radio rights for the crucial Sweden v Poland match on 9 October, which will decide if England can still
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NOMAD RUSH HOME FROM HOME WINS TARA COMMISSION
New indie Nomad Rush Productions has been commissioned to produce 12-part series Home from Home for Irish cable and digital entertainment channel Tara TV. The show, which will include interviews with
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Cold Feet helps ITV to Sunday triumph
Television viewers were spoilt for choice last weekend as both BBC 1 and ITV earmarked 24-25 September for the return of some of their most popular dramas, writes Tina Mistry.
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Cold Feet opens to cool US reaction
NBC looks set to come out on top in the ratings battle in the first week of the 1999-2000 season in the US, though the broadcaster's version of UK comedy drama
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JEREMY ISAACS PRESENTS HISTORY OF THE FUTURE TO CNN
Jeremy Isaacs Productions has been commissioned by CNN Productions for a 4 x 60-minute documentary about life in the 21st century. A History of the Future was ordered by Ted Turner,
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CITV IN THE WORKHOUSE
ITV has handed Workhouse the task of creating and maintaining CITV's new website. Due to launch on 25 October, each programme will have its own page and the site will carry
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SYMPHONY STRIKES CHORD WITH FRONTIERPOST
London edit facility FrontierPost has signed a deal with MetroTyrell to buy the latest version of Avid Technology uncompressed online system Symphony. The order also includes a 180Gb fibre-channel disk array