All Broadcast articles in 03 September 1999 – Page 3
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TSI first broadcast facility to buy Fire
TSI has become the first broadcast facility to acquire Discreet's Fire editing system.Expected to be installed within the next few weeks, Fire will join TSI's existing Discreet Smoke system and brings
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BSKYB TAKES STEPS FOR PAY-PER-VIEW PERFORMANCE
BSkyB's pay-per-view service, Sky Box Office, has secured the live and exclusive broadcast rights to the Steps performance at the MEN Arena in Manchester on 31 October. Steps - Live in
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BSkyB chief criticises terrestrial 'me-tooism'
BSkyB chief executive and managing director Tony Ball has lambasted the multi-channel offerings of the BBC and ITV and branded their new services 'repeat channels'.In his first major public address since
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Millionaire? to build on US success
Celador Productions' US version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? is poised to return for a second run on ABC during the all-important November sweeps, following its blockbuster performance this
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SKY BUYS LEEDS SHARE
BSkyB has bought a 9.1 per cent stake in Leeds United owner Leeds Sporting in a deal worth£13.8 million. BSkyB will act as exclusive media agent for the club for
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Carnegy focuses energy on SouthCity FM
The Local Radio Company (TLRC) chief executive Chris Carnegy is to downgrade his responsibilities at the radio outfit to concentrate on his new Southampton radio station, SouthCity FM, writes John Plunkett.Carnegy's
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Choice to screen daily kids' output
BBC Choice has unveiled plans to introduce a daily package of children's programming into its schedule as a possible precursor to the launch of a stand-alone kids' channel next year.Choice will
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OFF THE RECORD - Crap comic
Among the legions of telly execs in Edinburgh was BBC Entertainment grand fromage Paul Jackson, who was spotted at the fringe hunting down fresh comedy talent. One hapless stand-up unwittingly picked
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OFF THE RECORD - Miss the commissioner
Staying with Gardam, Channel 4 head honcho Michael Jackson found himself locked out of his sidekick's meet the commissioner session because he arrived too late. As if by magic, he only
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Corporation in the dock over Kosovo
BBC 1 has been accused of marginalising current affairs by refusing to transmit a film about the war in Kosovo during peaktime, writes Alice Macandrew.Panorama producer Nicole Kleeman, speaking from the
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GIBB TAKES ON DEVELOPMENT ROLE AT DIGITAL FILM
Digital Film@The Moving Picture Company has appointed a new development manager. Joanna Dewar Gibb, who joins from the British Film Commission, will be responsible for building relationships with clients as well
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SCHUMACHER TO DIRECT US VERSION OF QUEER AS FOLK
US movie director Joel Schumacher, whose credits include 8mm, Batman & Robin, Falling Down, Flatliners and St Elmo's Fire, has signed up to direct the US version of Red Productions' Channel
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Discovery fails to stop use of name
Discovery Networks Europe (DNE) has failed in a legal bid to stop a newly launched Dundee radio station using the name Discovery 102, writes John Plunkett.The US-based cable and satellite giant
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OFF THE RECORD - Sunny side down
A rather less effective way of winning a commission, this time from Channel 4 director of programmes Tim 'three brains' Gardam, would appear to be approaching the great man with a
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MULTIPLEX RESULT DUE
The winner of the key London digital radio multiplex will be announced by the Radio Authority on Friday (3 September). The contenders are: CE Digital, the bid from Capital Radio and
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Edinburgh Notes
'You should be ashamed of yourselves.'David Docherty, BBC Broadcast deputy director of television, berates a session audience that had just voted overwhelmingly against the digital licence fee'There is scant enough incentive
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OASIS JOINS LIST OF FACILITIES WITH EDITBOXFX
Oasis Television has become the third Soho facility to install Quantel's Editboxfx. The editing and effects system, shown for the first time at NAB in April, will be used to post-produce
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VECTOR TELEVISION HIRES SIMS AS EDITOR
Stockport facility Vector Television has appointed Trevor Sims as editor. Sims, who has worked at a number of London facilities, including VTR, had previously been freelancing in the far east.
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EMAP SHUFFLES PACK
Emap Radio has announced a management reshuffle including the appointment of Key 103 managing director Dave Lincoln to the new role of broadcast director for all Emap's radio stations. Lincoln, who
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Viewers enjoy relevant sex says poll
Television viewers enjoy watching sex in programmes, so long as it is relevant to the story, according to a survey commissioned by ITV for an Edinburgh session, writes Wale Azeez.Of 1,868
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