All Broadcast articles in 09 April 1999 – Page 4
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Chrysalis to head north for material
Chrysalis Television is launching a Sheffield-based northern division to take advantage of the drive by broadcasters to source more material from outside the M25, writes Tim Dams.Chrysalis Television North will be
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Chrysalis and GMG in multiplex hat
Chrysalis Radio and Virgin Radio parent Ginger Media Group (GMG) are tipped to be among the applicants vying to run one of three spare channels on the commercial national digital multiplex,
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Live lays off staff in City TV rethink
Live TV has laid off around a third of the staff in its Edinburgh, Birmingham and Manchester offices as part of a rethink of its City TV services.The 18 redundancies across
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VTR CLAIMS FIRST UK LICENCE FOR QUANTEL PLUG-INS
VTR is claiming it is the UK's first facility to be licensed to run the new range of Quantel plug-ins for its three Henry suites.Created by software development company 5D in
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Collins lined up for Tiger's ITV comedy
ITV director of programmes David Liddiment has commissioned two new comedy series, giving leading roles to Michelle Collins and Timothy Spall, writes Nicola Methven.Collins will star in Up, Rising, a Liddiment
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Granada Plus unveils first original commission
Granada Sky Broadcasting (GSkyB) channel Granada Plus has ordered its first original commission, a daily studio-based magazine show, writes Alice Macandrew.GSkyB director of programmes Gary Shoefield has ordered a 52 x
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Tough cookie
Sophie Turner Laing, new acquisitions controller at the BBC, takes the biscuit - no-one has a bad word to say about her, Hilary Curtis discovers.
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NEW COUNTY SOUND MD
Valerie Handley is the new managing director of Guildford-based County Sound Radio Network. She is due to start her post in May. Handley is presently projects director of County Sound parent
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OFF THE RECORD - Will Dyke crack?
If that nice man from the Department of Trade & Industry, Stephen Byers, rejects Rupert Murdoch's bid to buy Manchester United, it could ruin Greg Dyke's chances of becoming the next
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SBS/CME merger creates Euro giant
Scandinavia's SBS Broadcasting is to merge with Central European Media Enterprises (CME) in a deal worth $615 million (£381 million), forming Europe's largest broadcaster with 18 TV channels and 12 radio
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Rusedski Davis Cup disaster a smash hit
Davis Cup tennis was the BBC's Easter ace, writes John Plunkett.
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INDEPENDENT RADIO GROUP CUTS ITS LOSSES AS SALES RISE
Operating losses at the Independent Radio Group (IRG), which runs six commercial stations including Scot FM in central Scotland, fell 17 per cent to£2.4 million last year. Group sales were
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Indies fare well in ITV Real Life debut
Independent producers have grabbed the lion's share of commissions for the first run of ITV's Real Life documentary strand, edited by RDF Television director of programmes Stephen Lambert.Eight of the 12
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When first we practise to deceive
Documentary-makers at home and abroad have been tarred with the same brush as some of their less scrupulous peers. Opening a three-page special, Meg Carter examines the damage to the genre and the effect on international sales.
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ITV share hits year low despite new schedule
ITV's share of total viewing last week slumped to its lowest level this year, just four weeks after the introduction of its much-hyped post-News at Ten schedule.The network attracted 29.7 per
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PANASONIC EXPANDS INTO DIGITAL TV
Panasonic is expanding its research and development into digital television by opening a new division of its European digital TV lab and extending its US R&D centre. The company plans to
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DILBERT SNAPPED UP FOR UK PREMIERE ON SKY ONE
Sky One head of acquisitions Penny Harris has bought the first series of the animated version of the popular cartoon Dilbert for its UK premiere on the channel on 29 April.
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Discovery uses Lab for War Stories
LWT's new experimental production unit, The Lab, has won its first external commission - a historical documentary series for Discovery Europe, writes Nicola Methven.The Lab has been commissioned to make a
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OFF THE RECORD - Joke from a distant Galaxy
On a similar April Fool's note, those lovely people at the Radio Authority were understandably less than amused when dance station Galaxy 101 told listeners the authority was about to shut
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Jones to head docs at Granada TV
Granada Television head of features Bill Jones is to replace Ruth Pitt as the company's head of documentaries from this week, writes Nicola Methven.Pitt will take on a dual role as