All Broadcast articles in 19 February 1999 – Page 2
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SCREENSCENE ADDS PIXIE TO QUADRA FDL TELECINE
Dublin-based facility Screenscene has added Pogle's new Pixie colour grading system to its Quadra FDL telecine. Screenscene director and post-production supervisor Jim Duggan said the arrival of the high-resolution digital colour
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PRIMETIME LAUNCHES UNCHARTED AFRICA AT MONTE CARLO
Primetime, the UK distributor recently acquired by Australian outfit Southern Star (Broadcast, 2.10.98), is to launch documentary series Uncharted Africa (left) internationally at the Monte Carlo programming market later this month.
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ITV PULLS PLUG ON GLADIATORS AFTER SEVEN SERIES
ITV has confirmed that Saturday night stalwart Gladiators (left) will not be returning for an eighth run this autumn, as revealed in Broadcast last week (12.2.99). Discussions over specials and events
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Metro regroups after Tyrell buyout
The Metro Group is restructuring and rebranding its business units following its acquisition of independent reseller Tyrell (Broadcast, 8.1.99).From the beginning of next month the group will trade as The Clever
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Twenty Twenty to make Windies air rage doc
Channel 4 has lined up Twenty Twenty Television to make a fast-turnaround documentary about the 'Airtours 12' air rage incident, writes Jason Deans.
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TELE-CINE APPOINTS BLEAZARD AS SALES MANAGER
Tele-Cine has appointed Wendy Bleazard as its new sales manager. She will be responsible for generating new business across the company including design arm XTV. Tele-Cine managing director Jeff Emerson said
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DISCREET LOGIC BUYOUT APPROVED IN THE US
The US Securities & Exchange Commission has approved the intended acquisition of Discreet Logic by Autodesk. The announcement effectively clears both companies to proceed with the process, subject to shareholder approval.
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Arab service overhauled
Broadcasting unions Bectu and the NUJ have reacted 'with dismay' to the closure of the BBC World Service's German-language section, with the loss of 29 jobs.Job losses are also expected in
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GENRE AUDIT - High-brows raised in arts TV
Are serious arts programmes in danger of being squeezed out by a more populist, 'docu-soap' approach to the genre? Jane Marlow reports on a cultural revolution on screen.
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For arts' sake
Channel 4's Janey Walker argues that it is still up to mainstream channels to keep arts programming alive, despite the proliferation of cable and satellite stations.
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Arts - The Business Page - Arts and graft
The worldwide explosion in cable and satellite channels may offset losses suffered as traditional buyers of arts programming, such as the BBC and Channel 4, have seen their budgets cut back. Jane Marlow reports.
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MacKenzie asks Smith to back bid
Talk Radio has appealed to Media Secretary Chris Smith to help its offensive against the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and support its bid for live radio rights to Euro 2000, writes John Plunkett.
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SEAGRAM KEEPS GRIP ON PFE INTERNATIONAL ASSETS
Seagram, the Canadian parent company of Universal Studios, is to keep the international assets of PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (PFE), following the collapse of talks with potential PFE buyer, Saudi prince Muhammad
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JENKS NAMED AS NEW COO AT AVID
Avid Technology has appointed former excecutive vice-president Clifford A Jenks as its new chief operating officer. Avid chairman and chief executive Bill Miller said Jenks had been 'instrumental in Avid's comeback
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ITV BAGS FOOTBALL DEAL
ITV has renewed its rights to the Uefa Champions' League, signing a four-year contract for live and exclusive UK rights. The deal, estimated to have cost around£240 million, runs until
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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT VOTES TO BAN HOME TAPING
The European Parliament has voted in favour of a ban on all forms of private copying of electronically transmitted audiovisual material, in the first reading of a proposed directive on copyright
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ITV snubs BBC offer of chat show talks
ITV has spurned a rare offer of collaboration from the BBC to devise a joint strategy to prevent bogus guests appearing on daytime chat shows.BBC Broadcast head of daytime Jane Lush
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Sour note for BBC as Organ joins RDF
Independent RDF Television has poached the deputy head of BBC Production's Bristol-based features department, Sam Organ, to launch a production arm in the city.As well as heading RDF Bristol, which will
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MAHONEY JOINS BBC SIX
Denise Mahoney has been appointed consumer affairs correspondent for the Six O'Clock News with a brief covering food, shopping, housing and transport.Mahoney, 31, joined the BBC in 1990 as a news
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Younge joins multicultural exodus from BBC
Channel 4 has poached Black Britain editor Pat Younge from the BBC to fill the new role of deputy commissioning editor in the multicultural department, writes Tim Dams.Younge, 35, will report