All Broadcast articles in 12 November 1999 – Page 3

  • News

    OFF THE RECORD - Scaredy cat

    1999-11-12T00:00:00Z

    To say that Michael Bloomberg's so-called keynote speech failed to capture the audience's imagination at this year's News World is something of an understatement. As CNN big kahuna Chris Cramer observed:

  • News

    ITN staff want cash for techno stress

    1999-11-12T00:00:00Z

    Editorial staff at ITN are demanding a one-off payment of between£1,500 and£2,000 to compensate for the stress caused by problems with new newsroom technology, writes John Plunkett.

  • News

    Granada gets Carter for health TV

    1999-11-12T00:00:00Z

    Granada Media Group (GMG) has hired Paula Carter from BBC Resources to head a combined digital channel and internet service, which the group aims to launch next year.Formerly director of sales

  • News

    Grimsby College to make shows for Cable Channel

    1999-11-12T00:00:00Z

    Grimsby College is claiming a first by setting up its own television 'station' that will make programmes for broadcast on the local cable network channel. ECE (Education, Community & Entertainment) Grimsby

  • News

    Sarah Thane is ITC director of programmes and cable

    1999-11-12T00:00:00Z

    On how we should approach the development of a media education strategy for our children.

  • News

    NEWS CORP AND BT CONSIDER TAKING CONTROL OF VIVENDI

    1999-11-12T00:00:00Z

    News Corp and BT are considering a joint move to take control of Vivendi, according to newspaper reports. The French utilities and media giant made its own predatory move on BSkyB,

  • News

    Brookes fails to win Newbury radio licence

    1999-11-12T00:00:00Z

    Former BBC Radio 1 DJ Bruno Brookes has failed in a bid to run his own radio station. Brookes' outfit, Bruno Brookes Media & Entertainment, had applied to run the new

  • News

    X-Dream to break out of Europe

    1999-11-12T00:00:00Z

    UK broadcaster, distributor and producer X-Dream International has secured a $70 million (£43 million) investment deal to back the launch of its European Extreme Sports Channel into South America and Asia,

  • News

    LNN to make November one-off Bond special for ITV

    1999-11-12T00:00:00Z

    The LNN production team behind LWT regional movie magazine show Big Screen has been commissioned by ITV controller of network acquisitions Jeremy Boulton to make a James Bond special. The 30-minute

  • News

    OVERNIGHT RATINGS - TV soap and quiz blitz pulls in punters

    1999-11-12T00:00:00Z

    ITV virtually swept the board on Monday (8 November) on the first night of its week-long soap, drama and quiz blitz, writes Paul Donovan.

  • News

    Miles better?

    1999-11-12T00:00:00Z

    Will Annie Miles stuff the schedules with Brit-produced shows such as Dennis & Gnasher when she takes over at Fox Kids UK, asks David Wood.

  • News

    OFF THE RECORD - Better never than late

    1999-11-12T00:00:00Z

    OTR has an important message for all those minions who have been invited to one of those joint love-ins, sorry, presentations by John Birt and Greg Dyke: don't be tardy. We

  • News

    OFF THE RECORD - Better late than never

    1999-11-12T00:00:00Z

    OTR had a thrilling time last week cogitating and digesting the responses to the Gavyn Davies report into the future funding of the BBC. Apparently Chris Smith's ministry of fun is

  • News

    Wedding bells ring for second time on Carlton

    1999-11-12T00:00:00Z

    Carlton head of regional programmes Emma Barker has commissioned a second 4 x 30-minute series of Weddings for a 19.30 slot, starting at the end of November. The Community Programmes Unit

  • News

    Tranter to take on BBC drama role

    1999-11-12T00:00:00Z

    BBC Production has restructured part of its senior drama team, promoting senior executive producer BBC 1 films and serials Jane Tranter to head of drama serials across both BBC 1 and 2, writes Tim Dams.

  • News

    Bi-media U-turn likely in BBC News overhaul

    1999-11-12T00:00:00Z

    BBC News chief executive Tony Hall is expected to unveil a major overhaul of the directorate within the next few weeks that will backtrack on the bi-media policy of making news staff work for both television and radio, writes Tim Dams.

  • News

    BBC wins Euro play-off delayed transmission rights

    1999-11-12T00:00:00Z

    The BBC has struck a deal with BSkyB to show the entire 90 minutes of the first leg of the Euro 2000 play-off between Scotland and England at the end of

  • News

    BBC poaches HTV's Richards

    1999-11-12T00:00:00Z

    BBC Wales has poached* HTV Wales managing director Menna Richards to be its new controller, succeeding Geraint Talfan Davies, writes Tim Dams.

  • News

    NEWS SPECIAL: NEWS WORLD IN BARCELONA - BBC News set for mobile phone era

    1999-11-12T00:00:00Z

    BBC News chief executive Tony Hall is on the verge of announcing a raft of new deals to put the corporation's news service on to mobile phones.Hall, speaking at the News

  • News

    NEWS SPECIAL: NEWS WORLD IN BARCELONA - CNN rejects Kosovo compromise charge

    1999-11-12T00:00:00Z

    CNN president of international networks Eason Jordan has angrily rejected claims that the broadcaster made journalistic compromises in order to gain top-level access to governments, writes John Plunkett.