All Broadcast articles in 17 November 2000 – Page 3

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    Spirit Dance hires Insanally

    2000-11-17T00:00:00Z

    FilmFour's UK collaboration with US actor and director Forest Whitaker, Spirit Dance, has hired Johann Insanally as its producer in charge of development, writes Ashley Davies.His role includes seeking new film-makers,

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    OFF THE RECORD - The curse of Granada

    2000-11-17T00:00:00Z

    Crikey. Let's pray for Granada's sake that it doesn't inherit something similar to the Curse of Hello, in which loving couples are pictured declaring their eternal love in that august journal

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    TRADE TALK - Gunn's culture

    2000-11-17T00:00:00Z

    Want to convince the television industry to travel to Pinewood's new facility in darkest Bucks? Steve Gunn is your man.

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    IWANCZYSZYN LEAVES SKY FOR CROWN ENTERTAINMENT

    2000-11-17T00:00:00Z

    Crown Entertainment has poached BSkyB international distribution executive Audrey Iwanczyszyn to the new position of executive director of distribution and network development. The move comes as Crown Entertainment steps up the

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    Time to focus on the creative core

    2000-11-17T00:00:00Z

    Greg Dyke has been at his desk at Broadcasting House for more than a year - although this time last year Sir John Birt was still sitting opposite him - and,

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    OFF THE RECORD - Lookalikes - a Gauling comparison

    2000-11-17T00:00:00Z

    Purse your lips at the devastating similarity between these two, Eurotrash front man Antoine de Caunes and his British BBC chum Peter Salmon. While one likes having nubile young lovelies sitting

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    FLEXTECH COMMISSIONS DAILY ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE

    2000-11-17T00:00:00Z

    Flextech interactive entertainment guide Scene One is to produce a daily five-minute nationwide events guide for the multi-platform service. Flextech head of interactive Peter Chapman has commissioned the in-house team to

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    News World launch for war zone code

    2000-11-17T00:00:00Z

    CNN, BBC, ITN, Reuters and APTN have unveiled their joint code of practice for journalists working in war zones at annual global international broadcast news conference News World.The guidelines were announced

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    TALKS IN PROGRESS TO COACH GET A LIFE HARRY ONTO TV

    2000-11-17T00:00:00Z

    Internet drama company The Interactive Motion Picture Company (IPM) is in talks with independent producers and broadcasters about transporting drama Get A Life Harry onto television. Users decide on Harry's character

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    GMT COMMUNICATIONS CLOSES MEDIA INVESTMENT FUND

    2000-11-17T00:00:00Z

    London-based private equity investor GMT Communications Partners has closed a£365m investment fund, specialising in the media and telecoms sector. The team invests in media technology firms and founded Baring Communications

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    CAPITAL GOLD LINES UP GOLDEN OLDIES SHOWCASES

    2000-11-17T00:00:00Z

    Capital Gold programme controller Andy Turner has ordered three new shows for the Capital Radio-owned station. Cream of the '60s will be a new 120-minute Saturday show to be presented by

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    Capital plans Euro move

    2000-11-17T00:00:00Z

    Commercial radio operator Capital Radio is to expand into Europe by developing key partnerships abroad, writes Georgina Lipscomb.Speaking at the NAB European radio conference in Berlin last week, Capital Radio chief

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    BYERS CLEARS MICROSOFT

    2000-11-17T00:00:00Z

    Trade and industry secretary Stephen Byers has cleared Microsoft's purchase of a 23.6 per cent stake in Telewest Communications.

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    CARTOON NETWORK BUYS JAPANESE 'STAR WARS' SERIES

    2000-11-17T00:00:00Z

    Cartoon Network has bought hit Japanese action show Gundam Wing, dubbed the Star Wars of Japan. Cartoon Network has bought the full 52 x 30-minute series. Cartoon Network Europe vice-president of

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    GWR BUYS REST OF WALES' MARCHER RADIO GROUP

    2000-11-17T00:00:00Z

    GWR is acquiring Wales-based Marcher Radio Group, in which it had a 20 per cent stake. GWR executive chairman of Minster Group and Stray FM John Easby takes on the role

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    New BSkyB channel to focus on financial services

    2000-11-17T00:00:00Z

    BSkyB is developing plans to launch a business channel for the financial services industry, writes Simon Ellery.The channel will be the fourth in the Sky business division and follows the launch

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    Postcard from ... Dieter Brockmeyer in Dusseldorf

    2000-11-17T00:00:00Z

    At first sight it doesn't look too spectacular - just a change in management, one may say. Markus Tellenbach, chief executive of Kirch Pay TV and Premiere World is being replaced

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    TURNER BROADCASTING RECRUITS HEAD OF INTERACTIVE

    2000-11-17T00:00:00Z

    Turner Broadcasting System has appointed channel manager of Cartoon Network Spain Stephen Johnstone to the newly created role of Turner Entertainment Networks head of interactive. Johnstone, whose new role becomes effective

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    PETER WILLIAMS TO MAKE BRITISH ROBESON TRIBUTE

    2000-11-17T00:00:00Z

    PBS has commissioned Maidstone indie Peter Williams Television to make the British contribution to a Tribute to Paul Robeson concert, which is being filmed in New Jersey. Robeson, a black base

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    OFF THE RECORD - Where's Botney?

    2000-11-17T00:00:00Z

    Monday night's RTS love-in saw baby-faced BBC czar Mark Thompson paying tribute to Alan Botney Yentob for being an all-round brilliant bloke without whom the sun would not rise and the