All Broadcast articles in 10 September 1999 – Page 3
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Big names face axe in LBC revamp
ITN is understood to be putting the finishing touches to its wide-ranging overhaul of LBC 1152 AM and has confirmed that the editor of its sister outfit, News Direct 97.3 FM,
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Breakers gets axed
Chrysalis Television International has scrapped production of its Bondi beach soap, Breakers, in a move that it admitted last week would cost up to£4 million, writes Tim Dams.
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Bazal lands ICG's Holland
Independent Bazal has poached Pat Holland from the BBC independent commissioning group (ICG) to executive produce a raft of new productions, writes John Plunkett.
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BBC PANDAEMONIUM BREAKS OUT AS SHOOTING STARTS
BBC films feature Pandaemonium, a story about the creative friendship between Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth, has gone into production (Broadcast, 27.8.99).Directed by Julien Temple (The Filth and the Fury,
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BBC SCOTLAND FILLS UNIT TO COVER NEW PARLIAMENT
BBC Scotland has completed the line-up of its newly formed parliamentary unit presenting team to cover events from the new Scottish parliament.John Morrison, currently BBC Scotland's European correspondent, joins as chief
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DODD TO HEAD BBC NEWS ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS CENTRE
BBC News has unveiled plans to create an economics and business centre to house 100 journalists reporting for TV, radio and online. Based alongside the BBC's London newsgathering operation, it will
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BBC WANTS MORE SPORT
The BBC is launching a new social action campaign to encourage people to get involved in sport. Called Get Your Kit On!, the campaign follows recent BBC action campaigns Fighting Fat,
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BBC web service prompts protests
BBC Worldwide launched its free internet service provider, freebeeb.net, last week into a flurry of protest from commercial rivals.Bipa, an alliance of UK internet publishers including ITN, United News & Media,
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JAQUET QUITS BBC FOR PROMOTIONS ROLE AT BLOOMBERG
BBC News 24 and BBC World creative director Andy Jaquet has left the corporation to take up a new role as head of promotions for Bloomberg Television. He is expected to
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OPINION - BBC may yet pay full price for talent
It is not often that the king programme pins of Britain's terrestrial networks see eye to eye on a significant industry issue. But on the question of rising talent costs, and
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SMG bid for GMTV stake could be blocked
Granada Media and Carlton Communications are thought to be planning to block moves by the Scottish Media Group (SMG) to take a controlling stake in breakfast broadcaster GMTV.SMG is understood to
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Blue Peter undergoes makeover
Long-running BBC children's series Blue Peter is to get its first major makeover in more than five years when a new-look show goes on air on Monday (13 September), writes Dominic Timms.
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UNITED REVAMPS HTV BOARD STRUCTURE
United Broadcasting & Entertainment has announced a series of changes in the board structure of HTV. The board has been enlarged to encompass the interests of both Wales and the west
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SGI SETS UP IBC LAUNCH FOR I/O BOARD
SGI is expected to unveil a new high-definition I/O board for the Onyx2 and Origin servers at IBC. Capable of handling uncompressed 1080i and 720P video, the new board will bring
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Boyle chastises radio producers
BBC Radio 4 controller James Boyle has chastised programme-makers for not listening to the network enough, writes John Plunkett.
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INTERVIEW - The brand leader
As she sets off on a freelance career after almost two decades with Lambie Nairn, the hard working, hard walking Sarah Davies is living proof that branding has become central to the future of the television industry.
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READ TO HOST JAZZ FM BREAKFAST SHOW IN NORTH-WEST
Jazz FM has named former BBC Radio 1 and Classic FM DJ Mike Read as the new breakfast show host for its north-west station. Read replaces journalist Martin Kelner, who also
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United Wildlife MD Broughton departs
United Wildlife managing director Mark Broughton has left the company, writes Tim Dams.
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FAY TO OVERSEE YEAR OF PROMISE FOR CARLTON
Carlton has appointed Colin Fay as senior producer of ITV's millennium initiative, Year of Promise. The scheme will ask people to make their mark on the year 2000 by making and
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TRADE TALK - Cash machine
Television Corporation chief executive Chris Rowlands may not be very well-known in TV land but the City adores him, says Ashley Davies.