All Broadcast articles in 09 April 1999
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65,000 TAKE UP FILMFOUR
FilmFour, the new pay-TV film channel from Channel 4, has attracted 65,000 subscribers within four months of launch. The new channel aimed to attract 150,000 subscribers by the end of this
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VFG TO RAISE£10 MILLION TO FINANCE EXPANSION
VFG, the facilities group listed on the Alternative Investment Market, is planning to raise a minimum of£10 million through a share placement to finance further expansion. VFG, which now consists
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ICON TO MAKE INDIAN TRAVELOGUES FOR BBC 2 AIRING
Icon Films is producing a series of three travelogue documentaries with the working title Indian Journeys for BBC 2, which are due for transmission in autumn. BBC Religion executive producer of
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BBC Resources Birmingham has completed the titles for new BBC 2 series Sikhs. Designed by Gurpreet Renoata, the sequence uses images and symbols from the Sikh world to reflect the historical
BBC Resources Birmingham has completed the titles for new BBC 2 series Sikhs. Designed by Gurpreet Renoata, the sequence uses images and symbols from the Sikh world to reflect the historical
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Burrell Durrant Hifle has created the new titles for The Antiques Show on BBC 2. Commissioned by Mark Hill and Jane Lomas of BBC Features Bristol, the titles are based on
Burrell Durrant Hifle has created the new titles for The Antiques Show on BBC 2. Commissioned by Mark Hill and Jane Lomas of BBC Features Bristol, the titles are based on
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NEW YOUTH CHANNEL TF2 TO LAUNCH EARLY NEXT YEAR
TF1 is to launch a new youth channel, in spite of the decision by Rupert Murdoch to pull out of a joint project, TFX, which had been widely touted earlier this
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Broadcasters hand out year 2000 bug warning
Millennium bug specialists have warned that producers and facilities houses unable to deliver programmes or services because of systems failures after 1 January 2000 risk not being paid by their clients.ITV's
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24P format gets NAB support
More than a dozen of the world's leading manufacturers of editing, effects, storage and network tools are expected to throw their weight behind a new 24-frames-per-second high-definition post-production video format at
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ATLANTIC 252 GETS LW RIVAL
Atlantic 252 managing director Travis Baxter has failed in a bid to win a second national long wave licence for the UK. The Isle of Man Communications Commission has awarded the
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Pebble Mill cuts 30 jobs to save cash
BBC Resources Birmingham is to axe around 30 jobs in a bid to cut costs in the latest round of redundancies to hit the corporation's troubled Pebble Mill studios, writes Dominic
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Share plunge wipes 30% off Avid value
Shares in Avid Technology dropped over $7 (£4.34) last week wiping nearly 30 per cent off the company's value.The drop, a second large fall in less than eight months, came as
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C4 INTERNATIONAL TO SELL RIGHTS TO ROCK STAR FORMAT
Channel 4 International is in negotiations with several overseas broadcasters, including a Disney company, about acquiring the format rights to its six-part drama series, The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a
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Cinesite is close to finishing more than 450 effects shots for Animal Farm, the Turner Network Television and Hallmark Entertainment co-production due for release in the autumn. Directed by John Steph
Cinesite is close to finishing more than 450 effects shots for Animal Farm, the Turner Network Television and Hallmark Entertainment co-production due for release in the autumn. Directed by John Stephenson,
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S+V subsidiary plans brief encounter for C5
Independent Sunset + Vine (S+V)'s newly created Leeds subsidiary has secured its first commission, a two-part history of lingerie for Channel 5, writes John Plunkett.Second Skin, a 2 x 60-minute series,
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C5 creative services hires Dunlop
Channel 5 is to reorganise its creative services department, drafting in on-air promotions veteran Bruce Dunlop on an interim basis to replace outgoing controller of creative services Glynn Brailsford, who quit
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Channel 5's bum rap
The ITC says Channel 5's schedule last year was awash with too many low-quality shows such as The Real Monty. But how can C5 deliver top-quality product on a shoestring, asks John Plunkett.
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INTERVIEW - Pro7's Rola coaster
When ProSieben lured Rola Bauer from Alliance International, it signalled the German broadcaster's move towards making more international fiction like Total Recall (below) to complement its Hollywood imports.
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On Digital was set to announce plans on Thursday (8 April) to show a final four-part special of LWT's Gladiators over the May bank holiday weekend, writes Alice Macandrew. The digital
On Digital was set to announce plans on Thursday (8 April) to show a final four-part special of LWT's Gladiators over the May bank holiday weekend, writes Alice Macandrew. The digital
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XTV has created the tile sequence for Optomen Television's new cookery series, The Naked Chef. Commissioned by Lesley Gardner, the titles feature hand-held Super 8 footage to reflect the modern approa
XTV has created the tile sequence for Optomen Television's new cookery series, The Naked Chef. Commissioned by Lesley Gardner, the titles feature hand-held Super 8 footage to reflect the modern approach
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ACCOM PLANS NAB LAUNCH FOR ABEKAS VIDEO SERVER
Accom is to launch a new Abekas-branded video server at NAB. Targeted at the broadcast market, the Abekas 6000 Multiflex supports DVCPro and DVCPro 50 compression rates, switchable between 25Mb and