All Broadcast articles in 07 January 2000 – Page 4
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NEWS CORP AND TIME WARNER SIGN US CABLE AGREEMENT
News Corp has signed a five-year US retransmission deal with Time Warner, providing further signals that the two rivals are prepared to bury the hatchet in the digital age. The agreement
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Funding in a digital age
As Chris Smith prepares to wade through the Commons' media select committee report on the future funding of the BBC, John Lewis casts his eye over the issues at the heart of the debate.
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Police may act against Kiddey film
Carlton West Country could face legal action from Devon and Cornwall police over an investigative documentary into an alleged miscarriage of justice, writes Jason Deans.
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Ackerman signs for Somethin' Else
Radio indie Somethin' Else has poached USP Radio Projects director of programmes and production Steve Ackerman to spearhead its drive into commercial radio.Ackerman, 30, is expected to join the indie later
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English + Pockett has created the latest channel identites for The Travel Channel. Designed and directed by Patricia Choy and produced by Helen Booth, they take an abstracted view of natural
English + Pockett has created the latest channel identites for The Travel Channel. Designed and directed by Patricia Choy and produced by Helen Booth, they take an abstracted view of natural
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ITC AWARDS ABACUS TELEVISION RSL FOR NORWICH
The Independent Television Commission has awarded Abacus Television a Restricted Service Licence (RSL) for the Norwich area. Abacus plans to provide a seven-day-a-week, 24-hour service made up of local, acquired and
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ITEL SELLS RAFT OF PROGRAMMING TO FRANCE'S AB SAT
UK distributor Itel has sold French channel AB Sat a package of 150 hours of documentary and wildlife programming from Survival, Partridge Films, the BBC 2 Timewatch strand, Wall to Wall
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C5 increases cash for original drama
Channel 5 has unveiled its biggest commitment to original drama to date, with a 103 per cent increase in funds that will see output rise from 13 hours in 1999 to
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S+V GETS EXTRA TIME FOR C5'S LIVE AND DANGEROUS
Channel 5 controller of sport Robert Charles has signed a new two-year contract with Sunset + Vine (S+V) to continue producing late-night sports action and magazine show Live and Dangerous. The
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GOULD QUITS 5 NEWS AND SPORT AHEAD OF RELAUNCH
Presenter Jonny Gould is to leave Channel 5's early morning news show, 5 News and Sport. The show is currently being revamped. Sources at C5 say the programme is likely to
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C5 BACKERS READY BIDS
As Broadcast went to press Channel 5 shareholders Pearson, United News & Media (UN&M) and CLT-Ufa were poised to exercise their options to bid for the 19 per cent stake put
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C5 PONDERS SKY AND ITN
Sky News and ITN are battling head to head to win the contract to make Channel 5's new daytime current affairs show.The two are understood to have put forward pitches for
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C5's greenlights architect series as part of new slate
Channel 5 controller of features and arts Michael Attwell has commissioned a slew of new programmes from indies, including a series about British architects from Uden Associates, writes Tara Conlan.
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Carlton sells off SSL for£43.5m
Carlton Communications has sold its audio manufacturer, Solid State Logic (SSL), to its management team backed by venture capital company 3i.The deal, predicted in Broadcast last November (12.11.99), values the 30-year-old
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Ideal World looks at house-hunters for new C4 show
Channel 4 commissioning editor, features Liz Warner has greenlit a new 8 x 30-minute property programme from Ideal World, Location, Location, Location, writes Ashley Davies.
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Channel 4 clocks on with Longitude
Channel 4's critically acclaimed adaptation of Dava Sobel's Longitude picked up a respectable audience for the channel this week, writes Tim Dams.
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C4/BBC accused as Miller quits TV
Uden Associates managing director William Miller is quitting the industry because broadcasters' attitudes are 'killing creativity' and forcing indies to run their businesses like 'slave ships'.Singling out Channel 4 and the
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Diverse Design has designed the titles for new C4 documentary series White Tribe
Diverse Design has designed the titles for new Channel 4 documentary series White Tribe.
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C4 kicks off football documentaries
Channel 4 has commissioned the first of four hour-long documentaries about football, scheduled for broadcast around the Euro 2000 championships in June, writes Ashley Davies.
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Clear has completed the latest promo for The Super Furry Animals, Do or Die. Taking around 200 hours of Flame and Inferno time, the promo gives the band members cartoon bodies
Clear has completed the latest promo for The Super Furry Animals, Do or Die. Taking around 200 hours of Flame and Inferno time, the promo gives the band members cartoon bodies