All Broadcast articles in 10 December 1999 – Page 2
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Target hails overseas indie deals
Target Distribution has concluded overseas sales deals for UK indie-produced shows including Hewland International's Dream Team and Daylight Robbery, writes Jason Deans.Fox in the Netherlands has acquired Dream Team (78 x
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Sky strikes deal for Kirch pay-TV stake
Rupert Murdoch has taken his second major step into European pay-TV outside the UK by agreeing a£942 million deal between BSkyB and KirchPayTV in Germany.BSkyB, which is 40 per cent-owned
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SKY KEEPS LIVE RYDER CUP
Sky Sports has retained exclusive live rights to the next two Ryder Cups in 2001 and 2003 despite a row over its coverage this year. Sky has shown the last three
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RAPTURE COVERS DJ'S NEW YEAR'S EVE GIGS
Youth channel Rapture TV is to make a five-part documentary about BBC Radio 1 DJ Carl Cox's attempt to play two separate performances in Sydney and Honolulu on New Year's Eve.
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TWI convergence venture launched
TWI is preparing to launch what sources claim is the world's first fully converged broadcast and broadband service.The venture, backed by a multi-million dollar investment by Pacific Century Group (PCG), whose
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EU CONSIDERS FOOTBALL RIGHTS' COMPETITION EXEMPTION
Deals giving broadcasters exclusive rights to football may be exempted from EU competition rules if some of the money raised is ploughed back into the game at a grassroots level. EU
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ITV commitment to regions questioned
ITV's commitment to regional audiences in the wake of consolidation was the hottest topic at the New Frontiers: 1999 Television from the Nations & Regions Conference, organised by producers' alliance Pact
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LEAVESDEN CLOSING IN JANUARY TO REBUILD FACILITIES
Leavesden Studios is not taking any more bookings after 31 January 2000 and will close for up to two years while the design and planning process for a new studio complex
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OFF THE RECORD - Cliff top
OTR can exclusively reveal the real reason Cliff Richard managed to top the hit parade with his yuletide dirge, the Millennium Prayer. It was all down to BBC Wales, according to
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OFF THE RECORD - Cliff top two
Still with Sir Cliff, word has it he has become the most famous customer so far of that mountain of news clips and soundbites, the ITN Archive. Cliff, as readers will
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Survey cites 'slave labour' in TV
'Slave labour' working conditions, long hours and flimsy contracts are the norm in TV and film, according to a survey from Women in Film & Television, writes Tara Conlan.Unveiled this week,
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CHRYSALIS RADIO ONLINE RECRUITS HYDRA'S GOPSILL
Mary Gopsill has become the managing director of the newly formed Chrysalis Radio Online. Gopsill joins from media strategy consultancy Hydra, where she is currently a senior adviser in charge of
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ELLIOTT MOVES TO CHRYSALIS DISTRIBUTION
Chrysalis Distribution has hired Chrysalis Visual Entertainment contracts executive Alexander Elliott to take on the same post.Elliott, 25, was drafted in by Chrysalis Distribution managing director Christina Willoughby to head legal
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CHANNEL X TO MAKE DAVE SAINT SHOW FOR UK PLAY
UK Play, the UKTV music and comedy channel, has commissioned Channel X to produce The Dave Saint Show, a new 13 x 30-minute series starring John Thomson (The Fast Show, Cold
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Hooper to take up Gibbings' RA chair
Media secretary Chris Smith has appointed Richard Hooper as the new chairman of the Radio Authority, writes John Plunkett.Hooper, one of the founding members of the authority, will replace Sir Peter
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CAPED CRUSADER FLIES ON TO GRANADA PLUS
Granada Plus has bought 34 x 30-minute episodes of the original Batman series starring Adam West from 20th Century Fox. The satellite, cable and digital terrestrial channel will air the series
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DIGITAL ONE SEEKS CABLE CARRIAGE FOR RADIO SERVICES
National digital radio outfit Digital One is negotiating with NTL and other cable operators for carriage of its expanding bouquet. The Digital One multiplex, which includes the three existing national analogue
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Buffy spin-off tops Sky One's winter schedule
Sky One has acquired Buffy the Vampire Slayer spin-off Angel and political satire The West Wing, starring Martin Sheen, both of which will appear in its winter schedule at the beginning
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BSC report calls for equal opportunities
Terrestrial channels do not have enough ethnic minority executives in key decision-making positions, a report claims this week, writes Tim Dams.Include Me In, a survey of race and TV published by
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Government prepares digital windfall for broadcasters
Broadcasters and independent producers could benefit from a wave of government contracts for digital television initiatives following a Cabinet Office initiative to use DTV to deliver government services, writes Lucy Rouse.In