All Broadcast articles in 02 April 1999 – Page 5

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    OFF THE RECORD - Transfer listed

    1999-04-02T00:00:00Z

    Hard to believe I know, but John Birt is being touted as a possible contender for the vacant job of chairman of the football Premier League. Footie fans who have watched

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    TELEMAGINATION MAKES NUTRITION SPOT FOR UNICEF

    1999-04-02T00:00:00Z

    Telemagination has filmed a 30-second spot (right) for Unicef's Cartoons for Children's Rights initiative, which brings together 70 animation studios to produce public service announcements illustrating its Convention on the Rights

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    US rival muscles in on Teletubbies toys

    1999-04-02T00:00:00Z

    BBC Worldwide is distancing itself from a row over Teletubbies in the US, where rival toys the Bubbly Chubbies are accused of infringing the Teletubbies copyright, writes Lucy Rouse.Worldwide handles publishing,

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    Star shuts Primetime

    1999-04-02T00:00:00Z

    Australian distributor Southern Star is to close Primetime and merge the operation into an expanded London sales office, six months after buying the British company, writes Tim Westcott.Greg Phillips, previously Southern

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    OFF THE RECORD - Toilet training

    1999-04-02T00:00:00Z

    An intriguing note reaches OTR regarding a jolly jape on a recent trip abroad by ITV's Wish You Were Here ..?team. OTR is understandably reluctant to go into detail, safe to

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    Super sleuths

    1999-04-02T00:00:00Z

    Last year Laurie Flynn and Michael Sean Gillard exposed the fakery of The Connection - now they've turned their guns on C4. Tim Dams reports.