All Broadcast articles in 10 September 1999 – Page 4
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CE Digital scoops London multiplex
The hotly contested London digital radio multiplex has been awarded by the Radio Authority to the joint-venture between Capital Radio and Emap Radio, CE Digital.The winning application, which consists of eight
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CHATSWORTH DISTRIBUTORS HIRES HARIA AS MANAGER
Chatsworth Television Distributors, the sister company of UK indie Chatsworth Television, has appointed Sital Haria as its new manager. Sital Haria joins from High Point, with a brief to expand the
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Zenith North chief shown door in revamp
Independent producer and rights' owner Zenith Entertainment is to downscale its Newcastle arm, Zenith North, and has made its managing director, Peter Mitchell, redundant, writes John Plunkett.
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STEWART TRADES IN LIBERTY FOR CHRYSALIS ROLE
Chrysalis Radio has poached Adrian Stewart from Liberty Radio to become deputy programme director of midlands-based 100.7 Heart fm. Stewart, 36, was head of music and operations manager at Liberty for
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CHURCH SPECIAL TO HEAD NBDTV MIPCOM SLATE
A 40-minute classical music special featuring teenage singer Charlotte Church accompanied by the London Symphony Orchestra will be among the new programming launched by UK indie distributor NBDtv at Mipcom.Other new
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FRAMESTORE SNARES DRUM CO-FOUNDER MACKENZIE
FrameStore has appointed Drum co-founder Helen Mackenzie as senior producer with particular responsibility for 3D. Mackenzie helped set up Drum in September 1995 with fellow ex-Electric Image employees Ian McFayden and
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MILLENNIUM TELEVISION - Dome comfort
For the BBC it's millennium fever as the countdown to the big day begins in earnest this autumn, but for other broadcasters 'millennium schmillennium' might be a more accurate description. Peter Keighron reports.
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Monti continues tough EU line
Incoming European Union (EU) competition commissioner Mario Monti intends to take a tough line with broadcasters to make sure they respect anti-trust rules, as well as continuing to pursue his predecessor's
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TELEVISION CORPORATION TAKES STAKE IN US FIRM
The Television Corporation is expected to announce that it has acquired a 50 per cent stake in an as-yet-unnamed audio post-production business in America, when it reports its interim figures expected
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Viacom/CBS merger creates media giant
One of the biggest media mergers of all time was announced on Tuesday (7 September) by US entertainment giants Viacom and CBS Group, writes Claire Atkinson.
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MICROSOFT/LIBERTY DEAL
Microsoft and Liberty Media, the investment vehicle controlled by cable entrepreneur John Malone, are to form a near $500 million (£313 million) joint-venture to exploit further opportunities in European cable television.
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OXYGEN FINED FOR DECEIT
Dawe Media-owned Oxygen FM has been fined£20,000 and had its licence shortened by two years after it falsified a day's programming in a bid to deceive the Radio Authority. The
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TRINITY DENIES LIVE TV SALE
Regional newspaper publisher Trinity, which this week completed its takeover of Live TV owner Mirror Group in a£2 billion deal, has no immediate plans to sell off the cable station.A
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On Digital struck by wave of departures
On Digital has been hit by a wave of top-level departures as its executive director of broadcasting, Ashley Faull, and operations director John Egan quit to set up a£50 million
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Freudenstein to run Sky digital platform
BSkyB has drafted in Richard Freudenstein from News Corporation's Australian pay-TV joint-venture Foxtel to spearhead the continued roll-out of its digital platform following Ian West's departure last month.Freudenstein, 34, will be
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GWR music director to take strategic role
Commercial radio group GWR is set to appoint a music director to co-ordinate strategy across its entire network of FM stations and new digital networks, writes John Plunkett.
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Waldman signs up with Diverse
Diverse Production has signed up freelance Emmy award-winning documentary director Michael Waldman as a senior and executive producer to boost the indie's factual output, writes Wale Azeez.
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ITV picks September docu-soap and specials
Independent September Films has been commissioned to make a primetime docu-soap and 2 x 60-minute specials for ITV controller of documentaries, features and arts Grant Mansfield, writes John Plunkett.
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PLAY UNVEILS EDITING MODULE FOR TRINITY
US company Play is to launch a new editing module for its Trinity real-time hardware. Dubbed Time Machine, the new non-linear editor is based on a custom-built hardware and wavelet variable
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KIRCH AND MEDIASET PLAN FURTHER EXPANSION OF ETN
Germany's Kirch Group and Italy's Mediaset are forging ahead with plans to create a pan-European network of broadcast interests through their joint-venture, European Television Network (ETN). Kirch Group programming director Jan