All Broadcast articles in 09 July 1999
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Cat FM turns on RA over£20,000 fine
A Cheltenham radio station has hit back at a£20,000 fine imposed on it by the Radio Authority for broadcasting three bogus competitions, writes John Plunkett.
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Sullivan out of BBC 1's Copperfield
BBC 1 has overhauled its£4 million adaptation of David Copperfield, dropping Only Fools and Horses writer John Sullivan and shifting the production from BBC entertainment into BBC drama, writes Tim Dams.
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BBC 1 head plans to 'own' education
BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon has recomissioned the Lucy Gannon-scripted schools drama Hope and Glory for a second series, as part of a drive to beef up BBC 1's focus on
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FLASHBACK TO RE-VERSION 100 HOURS OF HISTORY
Flashback Television has been asked to re-version 100 hours of history programming for The History Channel this summer. Much of the material is US in origin, and the bulk of the
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KISS 100 PUMPS£2 MILLION INTO LOGO AND AD BLITZ
Emap Radio-owned Kiss 100 has unveiled a new logo as part of a£2 million marketing and ad campaign. The new brand identity (left), created by design firm Bamber Forsyth, comes
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MEDIA 100 HIT BY SUDDEN RESIGNATION OF FEINGOLD
Media 100 president and chief operating officer Robert Feingold has quit unexpectedly. Feingold, who was only appointed to the post last October, is also resigning as a director of the company.
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UNITED SIGNED FOR ITV2 FOOTBALL FIRST CONTRACT
ITV2 has commissioned United Productions to make a second series of football news programme Football First to go out at the start of the new season in August. The series will
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R2 TO AIR CELEBRATION OF SINGING COWBOYS
BBC Radio 2 is to air a 4 x 30-minute series commemorating the great cowboy songs and singers of the silver screen. The Singing Cowboys, which is produced by BBC music
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BBC 2 to play Cold War Spying Game
BBC News & Current Affairs is producing a major 4 x 50-minute series for BBC 2 which explores the part played by secret intelligence in bringing an end to the Cold War, writes Tim Dams.
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M2 Design has produced the titles for Planet 24 pilot The Richard Blackwood Show. Designed by Lisa Lloyd and Arundi Asregadoo, the sequence features presenter Blackwood interacting with an animated ba
M2 Design has produced the titles for Planet 24 pilot The Richard Blackwood Show. Designed by Lisa Lloyd and Arundi Asregadoo, the sequence features presenter Blackwood interacting with an animated background,
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Quantel axes 20 posts to cut costs
Quantel is understood to have laid off around 20 people in an attempt to cut costs. The losses, which were unveiled last Wednesday (30 June), follow the cutting of around 75
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Carlton Cinema has signed a licensing agreement with MGM Worldwide Television Group that gives the 24-hour digital channel exclusive pay-TV rights to almost 500 films, writes Liz Shackleton. The deal,
Carlton Cinema has signed a licensing agreement with MGM Worldwide Television Group that gives the 24-hour digital channel exclusive pay-TV rights to almost 500 films, writes Liz Shackleton. The deal, which
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C4 launches raid on US with drama
Channel 4's drama department is spearheading an assault on the US market and is on the verge of signing deals to co-produce American versions of two of its UK dramas.C4 wants
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INITIAL TO PRODUCE ECLIPSE CONCERT SPECIAL FOR C4
GMG Endemol Entertainment subsidiary Initial is to produce a 60-minute concert special, Lynx Voodoo Eclipse, for Channel 4. The concert is being staged on 11 August to mark the solar eclipse
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Brighter bags C4 order
Independent Brighter Pictures has won its first commission through its newly opened Glasgow office with an 80 x 30-minute pop culture quiz for Channel 4, writes John Plunkett.
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EX-RUGBY PLAYER JOINS S4C AS SPORTS ADVISER
Former Welsh rugby international and BBC Wales head of sport Gareth Davies has joined S4C as a sports adviser on a part-time basis. Reporting to S4C director of programmes Huw Eirug,
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Twenty Twenty to teach teenagers about art on C4
Twenty Twenty has gone into production on a new art series aimed at teenagers for Channel 4 education, writes Alice Macandrew.
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S4C WALES LURES RASUL FROM PANASONIC
S4C Wales has lured Panasonic Broadcast Europe's head of systems engineering, Arshad Rasul, to become its director of engineering and technology. Rasul, who is expected to join S4C officially towards the
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Pinnacle spends $40m on HP video
Pinnacle Systems has acquired Hewlett Packard's broadcast video server business for approximately $40 million (£25.4 million) in a deal expected to close in August.In a largely unexpected move, it is thought
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C5 extends Family Affairs run
Channel 5 has recommissioned its daily soap, Family Affairs, from Pearson TV for another 12 months but former Coronation Street executive producer Brian Park will not continue with the show beyond this summer, writes John Plunkett.