All Broadcast articles in 05 November 1999
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Smith summit set
Media Secretary Chris Smith will meet broadcasters, manufacturers and retailers next Thursday (11 November) for a broadcasting summit to discuss how digital television can be presented to consumers. Sources say Smith
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OFF THE RECORD - Slow starter
New Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC) chairman Lord Holme was fast out of the blocks for a 63-year-old, speaking at a Broadcasting Press Guild lunch last week less than a month after
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TRADE TALK - In a Real world
After winning a£1 million order to make Front Room at Pebble Mill, Tony Steyger is leaving the BBC for Victoria Real, reports Dominic Timms.
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TRADE TALK - Mark Rowland
Has some reassuring words for those programme-makers who are still worried about new media.
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IRG names North-West MD
Independent Radio Group (IRG) has appointed Catherine Murray-Howard as managing director of IRG Stations North-West with responsibility for Wish FM, Wire FM and 1458 Lite AM. Jeff Graham becomes programme director
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Peck Trust moves to protect internet rights
The Rory Peck Trust is seeking better terms for freelance camera operators with the launch of a discussion paper into internet rights, writes Wale Azeez.
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Hit pre-tax profits up by more than a third
Hit Entertainment announced pre-tax profits up 37 per cent to£3.16 million in the year to 31 July, on turnover that rose 14 per cent to£15.36 million - up from
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Virgin picks music heads
Virgin Radio has promoted Nik Goodman and Carl Watts to deputy programme director and music director respectively, writes Tabitha Cole.
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Reeve looks for programme heads for new launch
Nigel Reeve, the former managing director of London News Radio, is looking to recruit programme and sales chiefs to help launch his new radio outfit, Radioplex Media. Reeve has plans to
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Guardian sticks to story
The Guardian is insisting that it stands by its claim that viewers were misled in Channel 4 documentary Guns on the Street, despite the Independent Television Commission ruling last week that
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GWR Group posts record interim profits
GWR Group posted record interim profits for the six-month period to 30 September, with existing businesses showing pre-tax profits up 35 per cent. The interim results show operating profit at£10.8
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Sky goes interactive on Saturday
Sky One is planning to launch an interactive entertainment show as part of its Saturday night line-up, writes Tim Dams.
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OFF THE RECORD - Our glorious press
A new low was reached at last week's quarterly Rajar press conference, where the latest radio audience figures were revealed.The assembled masses managed to come up with just one question between
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Miles quits Granada for Fox Kids MD role
Fox Kids has drafted in Granada International Productions director of animation Annie Miles to replace Rod Henwood as managing director, writes Tim Dams.
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Friedricks and Fierman sign for Team International
US producer/distributor Team Communications has appointed Larry Friedricks and Paula Fierman as co-presidents of newly created international distribution subsidiary Team International Distribution (TID). Friedricks and Fierman are joining Team from Paular
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OPINION - ITV must move to replace Eyre fast
What a week. It began with Greg Dyke's much-anticipated debut at the BBC - and no sooner was he through the door than he'd announced a review of Broadcast as if
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LWT's The Lab experiments with two regional jobs
The Lab, LWT's experimental production unit, is working on two new regional commissions. LWT has ordered a 60-minute special from The Lab, Countdown to the Millennium, for December, which will look
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Odetics hails first Euro sale of Roswell
Odetics Broadcast has completed the first sale in Europe of its Roswell facility management system, combined with a Bowser visual asset manager, to ATG in Sweden, which airs horseracing and betting
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OFF THE RECORD - Turn on, toon in, drop out
Congratulations to Nickelodeon, which continued its campaign for global kids domination last week with news of a new start-up in Malaysia. But a word of caution - remember the hot water
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Liberty/Four Media deal shocks Soho
Soho's broadcast facilities were in a state of shock after Liberty Media, owner of UK facilities Tele-Cine and Todd AO, agreed a $238 million (£145.1 million) takeover of Four Media, which bought TVP Group and TVI earlier this year, writes Dominic Timms.