All Broadcast articles in 03 December 1999
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OFF THE RECORD - Vintage venue
Picking the right venue for a winter programme launch is a tricky business. Just where can you find a stylish venue that gives the right impression, with good acoustics and top-quality
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OPINION - Party-poopers out to spoil a wedding
The underdogs have done it. Granted, the Carlton/United merger has a long way to go before it becomes a reality (if it ever does). But for this week at least Messrs
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OFF THE RECORD - Miss World stonewalled
Channel 5's Miss World 2000 beauty contest has suffered a major setback - the UK's gay and lesbian internet site rainbownetwork.com has refused to advertise the show. OTR can't understand it
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OFF THE RECORD - Mayfair set (up)
Off The Record was honoured to bump into none other than Sir John Birt himself at Broadcast's 40th Birthday at the luxurious Mayfair Club in, er, Mayfair. But the Birtster, arriving
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Smith looks at telecoms
Media Secretary Chris Smith announced on Wednesday (1 December) that the next broadcasting bill will include a wide-ranging review of both broadcasting and telecommunications legislation for the first time in UK broadcast history, writes David Wood.
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OFF THE RECORD - No tab from The Lab
The reality of digital television has hit home for LWT production unit The Lab - makers of On Digital's German footie show Don't Mention the Score, featuring live Bundesliga matches. Seems
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ITC relaxes rule for ITV regional shows
ITV companies will be allowed to drop their commitment to regional programmes in the troubled 17.30 weekday slot following a relaxation of rules by the Independent Television Commission.The move is designed
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INTERVIEW - Will's testament
With his retirement imminent, BBC Broadcast's long-serving chief executive Will Wyatt at last feels free to speak his mind. He looks back on the years of Birtist reform and outlines his vision of BBC distinctiveness.
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HTV POACHES LLYR JAMES
HTV Wales has poached documentary-maker Dafydd Llyr James to take up the new post of head of features. Llyr James, who is currently a producer/director with BBC Wales, starts his new
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IPC launches web-based TV guide
TV Times and What's On TV publisher IPC has launched a new internet-based television listings and entertainment service, unmissabletv.com, writes Tim Dams.Billed by IPC as 'the most comprehensive TV site on
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GRIFFIN JOINS GRANADA
Granada Media Group has appointed a new director of channels, Chris Griffin, who effectively replaces Stuart Prebble as head of the outfit's pay-TV operations. Griffin joins from consultancy firm Griffin Lewis
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REGIONAL PROGRAMMING - No news is good news?
It has been a bad year for local news on ITV. Peter Keighron asks if the network has turned its back on regional bulletins in the obsessive search for peaktime success.
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RA GIVES WIRELESS GROUP NOD OVER IRG PURCHASE
The Radio Authority has given a preliminary thumbs up to the Wireless Group's acquisition of the Independent Radio Group (IRG). The deal is the subject of a public interest test by
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GERI TO SPICE UP ITV
Carlton has signed up former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell to host a 1 x 60-minute show for ITV. The one-off programme will include the three top 10 singles from her album
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GREEN RETURNS TO SKY SPORTS AS GENERAL MANAGER
Simon Green is returning to Sky Sports as general manager, Sky Sports Ventures, after three years in the US working for News Corp sister company Fox Sports. Green will report to
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GMTV picks Frizell for weekday job
GMTV director of programmes Peter McHugh has appointed RTS award-winning reporter Martin Frizell as executive producer of weekday output, writes Jason Deans.The move forms part of a restructuring of GMTV's production
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EXPORT REPORT PUBLISHED
The Creative Industries Task Force report into UK TV exports was published by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport on Friday (26 November). As exclusively revealed in Broadcast (12.11.99), the
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Ecosse to film Royal marriage
Ecosse Films has been commissioned by FilmFour to produce a new film centring on the volatile marriage between Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, writes Paul Donovan.Ecosse Films executive producer Douglas Rae
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PIONEER LAUNCHES WORLD'S FIRST RECORDABLE DVD PLAYER
Consumer electronics manufacturer Pioneer has announced that it will launch the world's first recordable DVD player before Christmas. The DVR-1000 is expected to go on sale in Japan during the first
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FREELANCE DIRECTORS URGED TO JOIN DPRS TO KEEP RIGHTS
Freelance directors are being urged to register with the Directors' and Producers' Rights Society (DPRS) in a bid to protect their rights to their own work. Broadcasting union Bectu, the Directors'