All Broadcast articles in 17 December 1999
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TRADE TALK
On why US television, with an eye on 2001, is saving its Christmas surprises until after the festivities.
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TWI NAMES NET AND TV SERVICE NETWORK OF THE WORLD
TWI is to call its new multi-million pound global, converged internet and television service Network of the World (NOW).As revealed exclusively in Broadcast last week, TWI has teamed up with Pacific
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Two Way TV joint-venture targets US
London-based interactive outfit Two Way TV has made its first move into the US by forming a joint-venture with San Francisco-based Interactive Network, writes Ashley Davies.
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PRISM POACHES JOHNSON
Former Fox Kids UK managing director Rod Henwood's new internet and interactive TV outfit, Prism Entertainment, has poached Action Time head of children's programmes Amelia Johnson. She joins next month.
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LIVE TV TRIO TO LAUNCH INTERACTIVE VENTURE
Former Live TV managing director Mark Cullen is to launch an interactive TV venture with his former colleagues from the defunct TV channel, programme executives Mark Murphy and Adrian Swift.The outfit,
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HAYNES JOINS SKY PICS
Sky Pictures has poached Valencia Haynes from London-based sales outfit Capitol Films to join its production team next month. Haynes will work alongside Sky Pictures head William Turner in a production,
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HAYES RETURNS TO LBC TO HOST SUNDAY MORNING SHOW
BBC Radio 5 Live presenter Brian Hayes is returning to LBC 1152AM to host a two-hour Sunday morning phone-in show, Sunday Supplement. Hayes, whose R5 Live Sunday morning slot was axed
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Grimsdale to head ICG
BBC independent commissioning group (ICG) head of factual Peter Grimsdale has been named as the new head of the ICG, writes Tim Dams.
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GRANADA HIRES RICHMOND
Granada Television controller of entertainment Duncan Gray has hired Siubhan Richmond to be the new executive producer of This Morning. Richmond, who series produced Talent TV's The Villa for Sky One,
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TRADE TALK - Good news?
Will new deputy chief executive Richard Sambrook retain his popularity as he takes charge of reorganising BBC News? Tara Conlan reports.
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RDF poaches Gooch from ICG
RDF Television has recruited Nicola Gooch from the BBC independent commissioning group (ICG) to develop and produce daytime, lifestyle and leisure shows, writes Jason Deans.
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Sandhu gets new role at Production
BBC Production has created the job of head of new media and new channels, with a brief to boost the directorate's output for the BBC's digital, UKTV, online and interactive services, writes Tim Dams.
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Wheel of fortune
Who were 1999's fairground attractions, and who were the year's human cannonballs?
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Fox snaps up Usher format
UK producer Peter Usher has sold an interactive gameshow format to US cable network Fox Family Channel, writes Jason Deans.
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Howell leaves Flextech to set up internet and TV firm
Flextech channels senior vice-president Lis Howell has quit just two weeks after Jane Lighting was installed as chief operating officer of TV and content, write John Plunkett and Steve Clarke.
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SUNSET + VINE FINDS TAKERS FOR WILDLIFE SERIES
Independent Sunset + Vine (S+V) has sold its Toyota World of Wildlife series to more than 100 broadcasters worldwide including Channel 5 in the UK. The 26 x 30-minute series comprises
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Spire Films has finished shooting
Oxford-based indie Spire Films has finished shooting a six-part documentary for WGBH Boston and PBS starring art buff nun Sister Wendy, writes Tara Conlan. Sister Wendy's American Collection is a 6
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MACTAGGART TAKES UP FILM ROLE AT WORLDWIDE
BBC Worldwide has drafted in Ivan Mactaggart to the new role of films manager, calling the appointment a 'further demonstration of its commitment to develop a feature film business'.Mactaggart joins from
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TX - FAERIES
Producer: Hit EntertainmentBroadcaster: CITVStart: 16.45, 26 DecemberLength: 1 x 75-minutesCommissioned by: Nigel PickardExecutive producers: Kate Fawkes, Dan Maddicott, Robert Leighton, Stephen ShelanskiWriter: Jocelyn StevensonIf the Christmas tree fairy could grant
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ITN FACES STRIKE THREAT
ITN could be hit by strikes next month after Bectu and NUJ members voted to hold a ballot for industrial action as eleventh-hour talks at Acas broke down this week. Unions