All Broadcast articles in 10 December 1999 – Page 4
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AVSTAR STRENGTHENS MARKETING TEAM
Avstar Systems, the manufacturer of newsroom computing systems, has made two new appointments to its sales and marketing team. Linda Post joins the company as vice-president of sales for the Americas
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ITV SIGNS UP AVALON FOR THREE SERIES OF SKINNER SHOW
ITV director of programmes David Liddiment has signed up Avalon Television to make three series of The Frank Skinner Show. The move has been widely expected since the BBC publicly broke
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JEEVES NET SEARCH COULD BE AVAILABLE VIA ON DIGITAL
Ask Jeeves UK (right), the£80 million internet search engine joint-venture being established by Carlton Communications, Granada Media and Ask Jeeves International, could eventually be available via the TV through On
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HARRIS CORPORATION BUYS LOUTH AUTOMATION
US TV transmission equipment company Harris Corporation has bought station automation specialist Louth Automation in a cash acquisition worth some $85 million (£53.2 million). Louth will become an independent business unit
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ASTRA TO CARRY INVEST TV
Invest TV has signed a 10-year deal to put its Simply Money consumer finance channel on satellite operator Astra. The deal gives Invest TV capacity to launch further TV channels and
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Elliott stars in Archer libel drama
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott came out from behind the camera this week to take centre stage in the Jeffrey Archer libel saga, writes Jason Deans.It emerged on Tuesday (7
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MEDIA CIRCUS APPOINTS BENSON AS RINGMASTER
Video-on-Demand (VoD) outfit Video Networks Limited (VNL) has formed interactive sports programming outfit VNLSports. VNL launched a VoD service in London in September via BT's high-speed ADSL network and the new
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BBC WORLD APPOINTS GENTRY AS CHIEF ENGINEER
BBC World, the BBC's international 24-hour news and information channel, has appointed Bob Gentry as chief engineer. He will take up the post in January. Gentry joins the BBC from On
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SUPER RTL BUYS STAKE IN BERLIN ANIMATION FUND
German family channel Super RTL has taken a 3 per cent stake as a 'strategic partner' in the $100 million (£61.9 million) Berlin Animation Fund. The fund was set up by
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Start of something big?
In buying Minotaur, Flextech has gained a top-notch catalogue that includes teen drama Heartbreak High (above). But can the distributor help it crack the international market? Tara Conlan reports.
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RATINGS ANALYSIS - You only laugh twice
Reruns of BBC sitcoms that long since ceased production now regularly outperform the broadcaster's new lines. But is the Beeb in danger of riding the old warhorses to death?
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Barron moves into BBC America role
Former BBC Broadcast head of daytime Liz Barron has been appointed as BBC America's first vice-president, programming.Barron joins from BBC Worldwide, where she was director of factual, running the international factual
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SOMETHIN' IN THE AIR
Radio and TV indie Somethin' Else has established an in-flight entertainment division after winning the contract to provide six channels for British Airways. The services include an arts, business and science
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OPINION - Government has a digital agenda
Warning: the Government may be trying to hijack digital TV. Two developments over the past week spell out more explicitly than ever the Government's agenda for digital.Last Friday, left-wing think-tank the
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ACTION TIME PICKS MTV'S BEATON AS INTERNATIONAL HEAD
Action Time has appointed MTV Networks senior director international programme enterprises Caroline Beaton (right) as head of international and new business. Overseeing a team of six, Beaton's brief includes identifying new
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ITN MEETS UNIONS AT ACAS
ITN was due to meet broadcasting union Bectu and the NUJ at conciliation service Acas on Friday (10 December) to discuss proposed new shift patterns.The news provider wants to introduce more
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ACADEMICS LAUNCH RADIO LOBBY GROUP
A new academically-based lobby group has been formed to raise the profile of radio. The Radio Studies Network has now been officially launched by BBC director of radio Jenny Abramsky, after
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ABC ORDERS GRANADA USA'S CLEESE SITCOM PILOT
US network ABC has ordered a pilot of a Granada Entertainment USA (GEU) sitcom, based on a treatment by John Cleese and Granada Media International head of comedy development Humphrey Barclay.
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ABC wins sweeps with Millionaire
US network ABC has scored its first ratings win in the ultra-competitive November sweeps since 1994, boosted by the runaway success of Celador Productions' Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?ABC triumphed