All Broadcast articles in 06 August 1999 – Page 5

  • News

    Off the Record - Press Gang

    1999-08-06T00:00:00Z

    No matter how frantically busy today's TV execs get, somehow they can always find time get their names in the papers. In a new spot we round up their latest inky musings so you don't have to bother ...

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    Gaumont to sell TV stake to President

    1999-08-06T00:00:00Z

    Gaumont is to sell a majority share of TV production/distribution subsidiary Gaumont Television to the outfit's president, Christian Charret. Gaumont is still looking to sell its remaining stake in the TV

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    World View - Sandy George in Sydney

    1999-08-06T00:00:00Z

    Serious concerns have emerged about how domestic shifts in Australian children's drama production will have an impact on export potential and the survival of indigenous producers.The change likely to have the

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    NTL harmonises pricing

    1999-08-06T00:00:00Z

    NTL has introduced a new national pricing package that harmonises all its phone, internet and TV prices for consumers on a country-wide basis. Until now, the rates for customers have differed

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    Television set poaches Laing to head London post

    1999-08-06T00:00:00Z

    Former Ocean Post facility manager Verity Laing is joining The Television Set Group as facility manager for the recently acquired London Post. Television Set Group joint managing director David Thompson said

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    ITC will regulate on interactive TV

    1999-08-06T00:00:00Z

    Digital broadcasters preparing to launch interactive services are bracing themselves for a new set of regulations to be imposed by the Independent Television Commission.The ITC will issue a consultation paper this

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    Welsh news on Internet

    1999-08-06T00:00:00Z

    BBC Wales is to launch what it is calling the first-ever daily Welsh-language 'newspaper' on the internet. Controller of BBC Wales Geraint Telfan Davies, said the new service would be launched

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    Interview - Live and kicking

    1999-08-06T00:00:00Z

    'Less talk, more music' is controller Roger Wright's blueprint for success at Radio 3. His new-look schedule rolls out this month but how will these orchestral manoeuvres go down with the station's demanding audience?

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    Off the Record - News on the Street-Porter

    1999-08-06T00:00:00Z

    OTR's peepers usually glass over at any mention of the millennium, but we perked up this week when we heard that those cash-strapped hacks at The Independent have thought up a

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    Salmon unleashes Resources revamp

    1999-08-06T00:00:00Z

    BBC Resources' new chief executive, Margaret Salmon, has revamped the directorate's senior management team following the departures of head of strategy Olivier Garrigue and acting director of operations John Lightfoot last

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    Trade Talk -

    1999-08-06T00:00:00Z

    On the threat posed to the lucrative kids' advertising market by the upcoming Swedish presidency of the EU.

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    TX - TRULY WEIRD

    1999-08-06T00:00:00Z

    Producer: Granite ProductionsBroadcaster: Sky OneStart: 20.00, 5 AugustLength: 3 x 30-minutesCommissioned by: James Baker, Jamie RobertsExecutive producer: Simon WelfareProducer/directors: Kerry McKibbin, Simon WestcottWhere can you find a cockroach Hall of Fame,