All Broadcast articles in 18 June 1999 – Page 5

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    PLAYBOY MOVES SCHEDULES FORWARD

    1999-06-18T00:00:00Z

    Playboy TV is moving its start time forward three-and-a-half hours to 20.00 from 1 July. The shift, which follows the channel's merger with HVC/The Adult Channel earlier this year (Broadcast, 4.12.98),

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    KAJITANI HONOURED WITH MONTREUX GOLD MEDAL

    1999-06-18T00:00:00Z

    AVC Company Matsushita Electric Industrial Co executive vice-president Masahiko Kajitani has been awarded this year's Montreux Symposium achievement gold medal award. Kajitani, dubbed the father of Panasonic's DVCPro tape format family,

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    HAMPEL TO LEAD UNITED

    1999-06-18T00:00:00Z

    United News & Media (UN&M) has appointed Sir Ronnie Hampel as chairman to replace Lord Stevens, who steps down on 1 July. Hampel was formerly chairman of ICI and is a

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    Salmon replaces Lynch as Resources head

    1999-06-18T00:00:00Z

    BBC director of personnel Margaret Salmon has been confirmed as the new chief executive of BBC Resources, writes Dominic Timms.She replaces outgoing head Rod Lynch who quit last week (Broadcast, 11.6.99).He

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    Homing instinct

    1999-06-18T00:00:00Z

    Granada lifestyle controller James Hunt wants to be the Peter Bazalgette of ITV. But is he guilty of simply aping BBC successes, asks David Wood.

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    INTERVIEW - On the threshold

    1999-06-18T00:00:00Z

    Ralph Bernard says building the GWR radio empire was just like playing a game of Monopoly - he snapped up 'properties' to make sets. Now a major player, he wants the Radio Authority to change the rules of the game.

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    Local stations shed listeners

    1999-06-18T00:00:00Z

    Local commercial stations showed a drop in share similar to their national counterparts under Rajar's new research methodology, writes John Plunkett.In line with the total commercial sector, local commercial share fell

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    Macnaught takes over on the Street

    1999-06-18T00:00:00Z

    Stars in Their Eyes executive producer Jane Macnaught is to take over as the new producer of Granada Television's flagship ITV soap, Coronation Street, prompting a reorganisation of the entertainment department.Macnaught's

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    Rapido signed up for Sky One series

    1999-06-18T00:00:00Z

    Sky One has again moved to beef up its quota of British programming by commissioning independent Rapido TV to produce a new 12 x 60-minute series for the channel.The show, Yanky

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    OFF THE RECORD - The real story?

    1999-06-18T00:00:00Z

    It's been another week of pace-setting current affairs scoops for ITV's Tonight with Trevor McDonald.First our Trevor scooped a knighthood in the Queen's birthday honours.Then OTR came across another - an