All Broadcast articles in 08 January 1999 – Page 6

  • News

    Popescu takes reins at Six O'Clock News

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    The BBC has appointed former ITN editor Mark Popescu as the new editor of the Six O'Clock News just three months after joining BBC News 24, writes John Plunkett.Popescu, 38, will

  • News

    NOTTINGHAM STUDIO OPENS

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    The BBC's new£4.5 million digital studio complex for the East Midlands opens in Nottingham on Sunday (10 January). The state-of-the-art development will be home to the regional news programme East

  • News

    VIVENDI OUT OF TELEWEST

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    French utilities group Vivendi has sold its 6.5 per cent stake in UK cable company Telewest for£200 million. The company placed the shares on the market but there has been

  • News

    RATINGS

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    Soap stars as lookalikes proved a sensational recipe for ITV on Wednesday. Its Stars in Their Eyes Celebrity Special grabbed the best rating for light entertainment on an ordinary week-night since

  • News

    RATINGS - TX

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    REWINDProducers: Children’s BBC/British PatheBroadcaster: BBC 1 and BBC 2Start: 17.30, 5 JanuaryLength: 100 x 90-secondsCommissioned by Peter SalmonProducer/director: Eric RowanRarely has so much painstaking work gone into a series of such

  • News

    STV SCRAPS REDUNDANCIES

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    Scottish Television, which also owns Grampian Television, has shelved plans for 41 compulsory redundancies after staff voted to strike in protest. Managers have agreed a moritorium on all compulsory redundancies until