All Broadcast articles in 05 February 1999 – Page 5
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Star Wars producer heads up Film Effects Festival
Size is everything at The Production Show's Film Effects Festival with 1999 being the biggest yet. Sponsored by Avid, the festival boasts several hard-hitting speakers in four sessions. This topical annual
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Emap gets new Vision
Emap Media - owner of Broadcast - has bought TV and film technology exhibition Vision to incorporate into its annual TV, film and commercials production services event, The Production Show.The company
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STEIN QUITS HALLMARK ENTERTAINMENT NETWORKS
George Stein has resigned as president and CEO of Hallmark Entertainment Networks (HEN) to explore 'new opportunities domestically and internationally'. Stein founded the film network in June 1995 and it has
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EXTRA TIME FOR GRANDSTAND'S FINAL SCORE
The BBC has fired the latest broadside in the Saturday afternoon football ratings war by announcing that Grandstand is beefing up its soccer coverage with increased news and ground reports and
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INTERVIEW - In the line of fire
Allowing News at Ten to be axed put the Independent Television Commission in the headlines in 1998 like never before. But that was just one of a number of thorny problems for the outfit's chairman, Sir Robin Biggam.
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FITZGERALD QUITS TARA
David Fitzgerald has resigned as managing director of Irish entertainment channel Tara Television. Fitzgerald, a former entertainment controller of finance and production at Anglia, said he had achieved what he set
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OFF THE RECORD - Future imperfect
Like Mrs Merton, OTR is all for a heated debate - not least when it comes to the future of the BBC. But whether the newly published collection of essays, catchily
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NBC'S JABLONSKI SUCCEEDS GEORGE AS SMPTE PRESIDENT
NBC broadcast and network engineering vice-president Charles Jablonski has been appointed as the new president of the Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers (SMPTE). He succeeds current president David L
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US giants rethink plans for Mip-TV
US majors are re-evaluating their participation at Mip-TV this year, with at least two studios threatening to pull out of the event.Disney and Columbia were this week deciding what space to
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NEW RADIO AND TV SERIES FOR AS TIME GOES BY
The Bob Larbey-scripted sitcom As Time Goes By (left) has been recommissioned for new series on both BBC 1 and BBC Radio 2. The 6 x 30-minute TV series, the eighth,
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Unions in strike threat at Granada
The Granada Media Group franchises are facing disruption to production schedules after members of three broadcasting unions voted to support strike action over pay and job security, writes Liz Shackleton.
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PRIZE FOR LOCAL HEROES
Screenhouse Productions producer/director Paul Bader has won a prize for BBC 2 science series Local Heroes. The show was honoured by the Chemical Industry Association with the president's award for its
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UK shows prove a hit at Natpe
UK distributors concluded a raft of deals at the Natpe programming market in New Orleans last week in the wake of trade minister Brian Wilson's visit highlighting TV's£272 million trade deficit, writes Jason Deans.
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HRICIK MOVES UP TO MTV NETWORKS VICE-PRESIDENT
Kathleen Hricik has been promoted to executive vice-president, international programme enterprises, for MTV Networks, marking further collaboration between MTV, VH1 and Nickelodeon. Based in New York, Hricik (left) will be responsible
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MCKIBBIN SNAPS UP PROMOTION AT KODAK
Kodak has appointed Greg McKibbin as professional motional imaging regional business general manager for Europe, Africa and the Middle East. McKibbin, who has been with the company for 34 years, previously
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Telewest to rejig line-up
Telewest has embarked on an overhaul of its programming line-up and is considering dropping several channels, including three from GSkyB, writes Alice Macandrew.
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Off message
Has the bell begun to toll for BSkyB's monopoly over sport and film programming? For years, the satellite broadcaster has had unfettered control of the kind of programming that shifts dishes
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Nerd on top
Does motor maniac Peter Grimsdale, soon to take over as ICG head of factual, have the right mix of abilities to succeed? Tim Dams reports.
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SKY NEWS UNVEILS PLANS
Sky News is to launch its own version of News at Ten on the same day the 32-year-old bulletin is axed by ITV. The 30-minute programme, to be hosted by Bob
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS
Channel 5 soap Family Affairs topped the one million mark for the first time on Monday (1 February), writes Liz Shackleton.
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