All Broadcast articles in 17 December 1999 – Page 3
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UNIQUE SIGNS DUTCH CO-PRO DEAL FOR SECRET CAMERA
Unique Television has struck a co-production deal with Dutch indie Boorsma Loogman for a 9 x 45-minute run of World of the Secret Camera for cable channel Veronica. The show, which
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OFF THE RECORD - Salmon floats like a butterfly
Readers who missed the BBC's Sports Personality of the Century must be kicking themselves, for this was public service broadcasting at its best.Not only that, but as The Sun showed us
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MACBEAN HEADS BTDA
Itel chief executive Andrew Macbean has been voted in as the new chairman of the British Television Distributors' Association. He takes over from Hit Entertainment managing director Charlie Caminada in January.
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EURONEWS PLANS HOURLY BROADCASTS OVER NEW YEAR
ITN-operated pan-European news channel EuroNews will broadcast live hourly updates from across the globe during its millennium special. The broadcasts will begin in New Zealand at 13.00 (Central European Time) on
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BRIGHTER TO CONTRIBUTE UK ITEMS TO TBS REVIVAL
Brixton-based indie Brighter Pictures has secured a deal to produce material for a 20 x 60-minute revival of Ripley's Believe it or Not on Ted Turner's TBS Network in the US.
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NTL SPORT BOOST
NTL's plans to launch a sports channel next year were boosted after its wholly owned subsidiary, Premium TV (PTV), struck a£10 access deal with BBC Sport for its archive. PTV
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BLAIR QUITS CARLTON REGIONAL POST TO FOLLOW STAR
Carlton Productions head of regional programmes Mike Blair has quit to join the UK arm of Australian distributor producer Southern Star. Blair will take up the new position of head of
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OFF THE RECORD - Birt down on the canvas
Off The Record was shocked to see that the BBC is spending the thick end of£15,000 on a portrait of everyone's favourite out-going director general, Sir John Birt. We are
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New bill threat to FM licence review
The Government's review of the allocation of FM radio licences enters its next stage in January amid fears that it could be sidelined by the build-up to the next broadcasting bill,
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BENSON ENTERS RING AT MEDIA CIRCUS
Graham Benson, chairman of indie Blue Heaven Productions and Isle of Wight-based restricted service licence (RSL) TV station TV12, has been appointed non-executive chairman of commercial and music video producer Media
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United Productions has been commissioned by ITV
United Productions has been commissioned by ITV controller of documentaries and features Grant Mansfield to make two natural history specials featuring presenter Nigel Marven, writes Jason Deans.The two 60-minute films -
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MPs to reject BBC digital licence fee
MPs are expected to deliver a severe blow to the BBC on Monday (20 December) by recommending that the corporation should be denied a licence fee increase for digital expansion, writes John Lewis.
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GLR becomes London Live in BBC rebrand
Troubled BBC London radio station GLR will be renamed as BBC London Live next year as part of a major rebranding of the BBC's TV, radio and on-line services for the capital, writes John Plunkett.
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BBC execs on call on Millennium Eve
A team of top-level BBC executives will be on standby at TV Centre on Millennium Eve in case of internal, domestic and global Y2K crises.The Millennium Operating Regime will be headed
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BBC jobs at risk in Hall's News rejig
Newly installed BBC News deputy chief executive Richard Sambrook has warned he cannot guarantee jobs will not be lost as a result of chief executive Tony Hall's latest restructuring.Hall's review of
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BBC draws radio indie ire
Radio indies have expressed concern about a fall in the number of commissions from the BBC after BBC Radio 4 informed producers of its latest commissioning round last week, writes John Plunkett.
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CULLEN STEPS UP AT BBC DRAMA SERIES
BBC drama head of series Mal Young has appointed Serena Cullen as head of development. Cullen, who was previously a development producer in the department, replaces Patrick Spence who has left
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BBC idents set for new year revamp
BBC Television is to refresh its main terrestrial idents in January, introducing four new balloon images for BBC 1 and seven new '2s' for BBC 2.The BBC 1 idents, produced by
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Ball to bring forward Sky switch-off
BSkyB chief executive Tony Ball wants to switch off Sky's analogue signal by the end of next year, writes John Plunkett.
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Pace Micro set-top box wins millennium award
Pace Micro Technology has become the first and only set-top box designer to be awarded Millenium Product status for its digital cable set-top box, developed for Cable & Wireless digital cable