All Broadcast articles in 15 September 2000 – Page 5
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CARLTON APPOINTS LAZARUS AS BUSINESS CONTROLLER
Carlton Television has appointed WEA Records director of business affairs Steve Lazarus as controller of legal and business affairs, strategy and development within Carlton Productions.He will report to Carlton Productions managing
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ENDEMOL APPOINTS GOES AS CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Dutch production house Endemol Entertainment has appointed SBS Broadcasting founder Ronald Goes as its chief operating officer. Goes, 35, takes over from Aat Schouwenaar who became the company's deputy chairman in
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LADY HOLLICK TO CHAIR THE LONDON ARTS BOARD
The London Arts Board has appointed former TV producer Lady Hollick as its new chair. Hollick has worked for many years in TV, including as a producer/director of Granada TV's World
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WORLDWIDE TARGETS ASIAN MARKET FOR GAMESHOWS
BBC Worldwide is in talks with Asian broadcasters to produce local language versions of BBC gameshows such as The Generation Game. BBC Worldwide will hire local production companies but will use
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DOLBY AUDIO FOUNDER RECEIVES AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Dr Ray Dolby was presented with the John Tucker Award of Excellence at IBC on Sunday (10 September). Recognising the contribution the founder of Dolby Laboratories has made to electronic media,
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RADIO AUTHORITY ISSUES OWNERSHIP DEADLINE TO GWR
The Radio Authority met last Thursday (7 September) to consider GWR's proposals to bring it back within the 15 per cent ownership points limit after its acquisition of Daily Mail &
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Pressure mounts on ITV's new autumn schedule
ITV's hopes of hitting its self-imposed peaktime target by the end of the year all but evaporated this week, following news that it now needs to achieve an unprecedented 43 per cent share for the rest of the year, writes Colin Robertson.
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PEPPER TO BECOME BETA SITE FOR AVID HIGH-DEFINITION TV
UK facility Pepper has announced that it is moving into high-definition post-production by becoming the world's first beta site for Avid DS HD. In a deal signed with UK reseller Root6
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Avid buys Pluto Technologies
Avid Technology has acquired Pluto Technologies International, a privately owned US provider of video storage and networking solutions.The deal, announced at IBC last weekend, positions Avid as a complete solutions provider,
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PREMIUM CABLE CHANNEL SUBSCRIBERS FALL AWAY
The number of cable subscribers buying premium channels has fallen to less than one channel per household for the first time, according to the latest quarterly cable figures from the Independent
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September backs clip sales venture
September Films is backing a major new media venture aimed at selling programme clip footage to broadcasters and programme makers via the web.The news comes in the same week that the
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ITV Murders BBC's Children on Sunday
ITV's decision to pull two-part thriller Where There's Smoke on Sunday night (10 September) proved to be a wise move, as replacement Midsomer Murders beat new BBC 1 drama Other People's Children, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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BBC's Sykes is IBC's top engineer
BBC research & development's head of transmission systems group, John Sykes, won the engineer of the year award, given by Production Solutions at IBC last Friday night (8 September).Sykes heads the
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UK GOLD BEATS SKY ONE
UK Gold claims that its viewing share for weekdays in August has beaten Sky One's for the first time. The channel said that during the month it has secured a weekday
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NUJ'S CORBETT BECOMES NEW CHIEF OF WRITERS' GUILD
National Union of Journalists freelance organiser Bernie Corbett has been appointed the new general secretary of The Writers' Guild. Corbett, 47, joins at the beginning of October. He replaces assistant general
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VAN DEN BERG RETURNS WITH ENTERTAINMENT RIGHTS
Entertainment Rights has hired former Alliance Atlantis London director of programming Chloe Van Den Berg (right) to take on the new role of sales director. A former senior sales manager for
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ROYAL TELEVISION SOCIETY TO HOST BIG BROTHER EVENT
The Royal Television Society (RTS) is hosting a Big Brother workshop on 18 September at the Groucho Club. The event costs£10 for RTS members,£13 for non-members and£7 for
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Off the Record - Big Brother is watching you
As the official Big Brother trade mag we thought it was our duty to find out which programmes the evicted contestants most missed while they were in confinement. Off The Record
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Off the Record - Is it a bird ... is it a plane ..
What is it with senior BBC folks and their insatiable cravings for thrills and danger? New business guru Sarah Geater and Mark 'Mandelson' Thompson are both learning to fly aeroplanes. Could
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BLACK SCREEN FESTIVAL REVEALS LINE-UP OF SPEAKERS
Panellists at this year's Black Screen Film & Video Festival will include Channel 4 commissioning editor of multicultural programmes Pat Younge (left), Real Life Productions managing director Ali Rashid, Film Council