All Broadcast articles in 18 June 1999 – Page 3
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BBC TO DROP VANESSA SHOW IN JULY
The BBC last week announced it was dropping The Vanessa Show (right), after it comes to the end of its first run in July. The daytime talk programme had been plagued
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BBC'S FUTURE GENERATIONS LEADS UK GOLDS AT PROMAX
The BBC's Future Generations promotion led the way for the UK at the Promax International Awards in San Francisco. The promo took three golds and a silver as the BBC helped
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BECTU OFFERS MERGER TALKS
Broadcasting union Bectu is to invite the National Union of Journalists for talks about a possible merger (Broadcast, 11.6.99). A motion proposing the two unions amalgamate was debated at Bectu's annual
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Invest TV begins talks with indies
Invest TV, a new digital channel devoted to personal finance, is in talks with a number of independent production companies about providing programming for its launch this autumn, writes Alice Macandrew.The
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Root to drop Video Nation Shorts in bid to 'tighten up'
BBC 2 controller Jane Root is believed to be dropping the long-running Video Nation Shorts strand in a bid to 'tighten up the schedule', writes John Plunkett.Video Nation Shorts co-producer Chris
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Unique's Blackmore rewarded with MBE
Unique Broadcasting programme chief Tim Blackmore was one of three radio industry figures decorated in the Queen's Birthday Honours List on Saturday (12 June).Blackmore, director of programmes at independent radio production
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TOYS FOR BOYS THEME OF THE LAB'S LATEST COMMISSION
LWT's low-cost, high-volume production unit, The Lab, has won a commission to make a fast turnaround series of shorts, Toys for Boys, for an upcoming ITV2 themed lads weekend. The 5
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Scott lands factual brief at Yorkshire
Yorkshire Television director of programmes John Whiston has promoted Helen Scott to become controller, documentaries and factual programmes, writes Jason Deans.The newly created post forms part of a drive to increase
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BSKYB POACHES LEWIS
BSkyB has poached media agency Zenith Media's managing partner and broadcast director, Ian Lewis, to spearhead marketing across its programme brands. Lewis moves to the new role of Sky Networks director
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OPINION - TV needs to be a risky business
Michael Jackson's address last week to the Broadcasting Press Guild underlined something that Broadcast first reported in April (30.4.99). Channel 4 is no longer in the business of making minority programming
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OFF THE RECORD - A Noble calling
Does Kelvin MacKenzie's talent for generating column inches know no bounds?This week, Off The Record hears that Big Mac has been hunting for talent to present Talk Radio's royal wedding coverage
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Tenby calls for more Welsh drama
Lord Tenby, grandson of former prime minister David Lloyd George, has called on the BBC to commission more quality drama from Wales, writes John Lewis.He told BBC chairman Sir Christopher Bland
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WATCHDOG RELAXES PEAKTIME CANADIAN CONTENT QUOTA
Canadian broadcasters and producers have welcomed a relaxation of the regulations governing peaktime Canadian content requirements. From September 2000, Canada's largest broadcasters - CTV, CanWest Global Communications, TVA Group and Western
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CARLTON REGAINS CITV JOB
Carlton Television has been recommissioned to produce Children's ITV's (CITV) presentation for a further two years, following a competitive pitch against two other ITV companies. Carlton's promotions department, which has held
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OFF THE RECORD - End of the Century
As the saying goes, a month's a long time in radio. So long, in fact, that top execs at Border Radio forgot to mention their ol' mucker John Myers in their
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MURDOCH TAKES SKY CHAIR
Rupert Murdoch was named as BSkyB chairman on Tuesday (15 June). Murdoch, as chairman of News Corp - BSkyB's biggest shareholder - was appointed by the BSkyB board to replace Pathe
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LEWIS ELECTED CHAIR OF WRITERS' GUILD
Screenwriter Russell Lewis was elected chair of the Writers' Guild at the union's annual meeting on Saturday (12 June).Russell's credits include the BBC 1 series Ambassador and Between the Lines and
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CHANGING MARKET FORCES TELE-CINE REDUNDANCIES
Tele-Cine has axed at least five people as a result of changing market demand, according to managing director Jeff Emerson. Three Avid offline editors and an overnight telecine operator were among
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GOLDEN ROSE IN TALKS OVER JAZZ-THEMED TV CHANNEL
Golden Rose, which owns commercial radio station Jazz FM, is considering launching a jazz-themed TV channel to air between four and six hours a night. Guardian Media Group, which co-owns indies
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TURNER LAUNCHES TURKISH-LANGUAGE NEWS CHANNEL
CNN parent Turner Broadcasting System International (TBSI) and Dogan Media Group are joining forces to launch a 24-hour Turkish-language news channel, CNN Turk. The new venture, expected to be launched in