All Broadcast articles in 04 June 1999
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CELTIC C0-PRO TO AIR IN THREE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
Scottish Television Enterprises (STE) has started work on a co-production with RTE in Ireland and the Gallic Broadcasting Corporation. The 3 x 60-minute series, with the working title Celtic States, is
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R1 outlines plans for first national opt-out
BBC Radio 1 has confirmed details of its first national opt-out service for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, as predicted in Broadcast (4.12.98), writes John Plunkett.The special two-hour editions of The
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SHOWCASE SEEKS 10-MINUTE SCRIPTS FROM HOPEFULS
Television Arts Performance Showcase is looking for original 10-minute scripts from budding writers, to be rehearsed and performed in conjunction with a writers' workshop at Teddington Studios on July 10-11. The
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GRINLING JOINS MEDIA 100 AS UK SALES MANAGER
Media 100 UK has appointed former Piccadilly product support manager Harry Grinling as its new UK sales manager. Grinling will be responsible for developing sales through third-party channels. He will report
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Edward Woodward, veteran of Callan, Common as Muck and The Equalizer, is to star in Marcie's Dowry, the final 15-minute film in BBC Scotland and Scottish Screen's creative initiative, Tartan Shorts
Edward Woodward, veteran of Callan, Common as Muck and The Equalizer, is to star in Marcie's Dowry, the final 15-minute film in BBC Scotland and Scottish Screen's creative initiative, Tartan Shorts.
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ALL ROYAL ASCOT RACES TO BE COVERED ON BBC IN 1999
The BBC will this year carry live coverage of all 24 races at Royal Ascot for the first time. The event will be broadcast across three of the corporation's channels -
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FOOD AWARD TAKEN BY BBC 2'S VINTNERS' TALES
BBC 2's Vintners' Tales scooped the prize for best food & drink television programme at this year's Glenfiddich Food & Drink Awards. The show's presenter, Jancis Robinson, picked up the best
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Fountain TV Graphics department recently completed a mammoth nine-month 2D and 3D animation project for When Dinosaurs Ruled. Work on the Wall to Wall and The Learning Channel production included anim
Fountain TV Graphics department recently completed a mammoth nine-month 2D and 3D animation project for When Dinosaurs Ruled. Work on the Wall to Wall and The Learning Channel production included animating,
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TOP 30 BBC 2, CHANNEL 4 & CHANNEL 5 Title Day Time
TOP 30 BBC 2, CHANNEL 4 & CHANNEL 5 Title Day Time
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XTV has completed the title sequence for Zenith North's new six-part series Do You Fancy Me?. Designed by Michael Berthon, the credits feature a choreographed series of 3D hearts and question
XTV has completed the title sequence for Zenith North's new six-part series Do You Fancy Me?. Designed by Michael Berthon, the credits feature a choreographed series of 3D hearts and question
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News Corp takes 35% Stream stake
Rupert Murdoch has entered the Italian pay-TV market in a deal giving News Corp Europe 35 per cent of Telecom Italia subsidiary Stream, writes Lucy Rouse.
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C4 appoints first drama serials chief
Channel 4 has poached BBC Casualty and Holby City producer Jonathan Young with a brief to get Brookside back on track and to find a new returnable drama series for the station, writes Tim Dams.
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C4 celebrates end of the world
Channel 4 has lined up a themed evening to mark the date on which Nostradamus predicted the world would end, writes Alice Macandrew.The mainstay of C4's Nostradamus Night on 3 July
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Motion signed up for R4 study of the muse
Poet Laureate Andrew Motion has been commissioned by BBC Radio 4 for a 60-minute documentary charting 75 years of poetry on BBC Radio, writes John Plunkett.
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C4 under fire over millennium tender
Channel 4 has come under fire over its millennium programming from independent producers who are unhappy about the tender process for the project.Indies are saying the C4 millennium project, called On
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Watchmaker bags R4 orders
Independent Watchmaker Productions has secured a raft of commissions from BBC Radio 4 including a new 6 x 30-minute sitcom set in Ireland, writes John Plunkett.
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OSMONDS HEAD SLATE OF DOCS COMMISSIONED BY C5
Channel 5 controller of features and arts Michael Attwell has ordered a raft of commissions and recommissions. Indie Antelope is making a 30-minute documentary on the Osmonds to coincide with their
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Talk and R5 share football rights
Talk Radio has secured live coverage of matches in the FA Cup and England internationals played at home for the next three years in its first joint rights deal with the BBC, writes John Plunkett.
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Cable operators face 50% hike in BSkyB's charges for Sky One
BSkyB has upped the amount it charges the cable industry for its Sky One channel by more than 50 per cent, writes Alice Macandrew.
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EX-GSKYB MAN ADEY SETS UP CONSULTANCY
Former Granada Sky Broadcasting (GSkyB) head of presentation Dave Adey has launched a new consultancy specialising in digital and analogue broadcasting. Broadcast Solutions aims to advise exisiting and new entrants to