All Broadcast articles in 16 July 1999 – Page 4
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FRENCH CULTURE MINISTER SLAMS DIGITAL FOOTBALL DEAL
The decision by French digital platforms Canal+ and TPS to jointly buy broadcast rights to championship matches of the French Football League for more than FFr2 billion (£207 million) per year
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TAYLOR TAKES HELM AT DANCE STATION VIBE FM
DMG Radio has made Nigel Taylor new station director at east of England commercial dance station Vibe FM. He is currently station manager at KFM in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, also part
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SKY HAMMERS OUT DEAL FOR WEST HAM EURO MATCHES
Sky Television has secured exclusive rights for West Ham United games in Europe. Live coverage will include home ties in the Intertoto Cup and, if the club qualifies, the Uefa Cup.
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NTL IN TELEGRAPH DEAL
NTL's interactive news and sports channels will start carrying the Electronic Telegraph this month, allowing viewers to access its news and news archives. NTL already carries ITN and Sporting Life.
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LNR DENIES REEVE EXIT
London News Radio (LNR) has moved to quash rumours that managing director Nigel Reeve has quit the company following ITN's decision to take editorial control of its two stations, LBC 1152
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DUO IN DIGITAL RADIO DRIVE
Director of BBC radio Jenny Abramsky and Paul Brown, chairman and chief executive of the Commercial Radio Companies Association, will urge radio executives to unite in promoting digital radio when they
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ON DIGITAL SUBS ON THE UP
On Digital subscription numbers rose from 110,000 to 247,000 during the second quarter of 1999.Around half, - 68,000 - signed up after On Digital introduced its free set-top box offer at
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MPC opens state-of-the-art digs
Moving Picture Company, one of London's largest video facilities, has relocated for the first time in its history - opening a state-of-the-art facility designed around digital networking and video servers.The facility
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Disney rebuilding its Euro operation
Disney's European and UK operations are set to be restructured in line with internal streamlining within the Disney corporation.Part of a drive to consolidate Disney's international business, it comes after Disney/ABC
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STAR TV TO MANAGE NAT GEO'S INDIAN DISTRIBUTION
National Geographic has linked up with Star TV, allowing the News Corp-backed company to manage Nat Geo's distribution and advertising sales in India. Star adds National Geographic to its bouquet of
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TWAMLEY TO RED DRAGON
Capital Radio has appointed Paul Twamley as the non-executive chairman of its Welsh radio group, Red Dragon Radio. Twamley is currently group finance director at utility company Hyder and a non-executive
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The new draw
When Camilla Deakin was made animation chief at C4 last week, many animators' first reaction was to ask who she was. Ashley Davies reports.
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OFF THE RECORD - =. DUTY LOG
This week's round-up of incoming calls is from Talk Radio. Readers can now call our own duty office with their comments on ...A stressful caller: 'Stress is a reaction to technology.
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Smith, Dyke lined up for RTS event
A face the press-style session featuring Media Secretary Chris Smith and BBC director general designate Greg Dyke's first public speech since his appointment are lined up for the Royal Television Society's
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NEW ECLIPSE STATION
A new radio station for the south-west will launch on 26 July to cover the eclipse and the numerous summer music festivals in the area. Eclipse FM will be run on
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Edinburgh One to One
Senior commissioning executives from four of the five terrestrial channels and Sky One have been lined up to appear at the 1999 Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival's Controller One to One strand, writes Tim Dams.
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Killick gets editor job at Watchdog
The BBC has drafted in a new editor for consumer affairs show Watchdog who has vowed to give the series 'more teeth', writes Tim Dams. Mark Killick, a senior reporter/producer for Panorama, joins on 4 August.
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NATIONAL ENQUIRER FOCUS FOR USP SHOWBIZ GOSSIP SHOW
Radio indie USP Radio Projects has been commissioned to make a fortnightly Hollywood news and gossip show based around the US magazine National Enquirer.USP was commissioned by public relations company Aspect
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POWER RANGERS HERALDS START OF FOX KIDS' SUMMER
Fox Kids' summer schedule will launch on Saturday (17 July) with the UK cable and satellite premiere of Power Rangers in Space. The 46 x 30-minute animation will go out at
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Men & Motors job given to Hamilton
Granada Sky Broadcasting (GSkyB) has appointed Ian Hamilton to take over from Suzan Price as editor of programmes for men's lifestyle channel Men & Motors, writes Liz Shackleton.