All Broadcast articles in 19 March 1999 – Page 5
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HELMRICH PROMOTED TO SENIOR VP AT E! ENTERTAINMENT
E! Entertainment's Jon Helmrich has been promoted to senior vice-president international development to spearhead the network's expansion, co-production and channel operations.Previously vice-president international development, Helmrich will report to E! executive vice-president
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YORK HIRED TO THROW LIGHT ON WESTCOUNTRY ECLIPSE
Westcountry Television is to cover the biggest event of the year in its region with a 3 x 30-minute documentary, Eclipse '99, from London-based indie York Films.
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Quantel plans NAB Editbox fx launch
Quantel is planning to launch a new Editbox to spearhead a revamped line-up of the company's editing products.Due to be announced at next month's NAB, the new product is expected to
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EMAP PROMOTES MOLONEY
Emap Consumer Magazines chief executive Tom Moloney, whose responsibilities included all of Emap's radio and TV interests, has been appointed president and chief operating officer of Emap Petersen, the group's recently
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TERACOM AND NTL MERGE NEWSGATHERING FORCES
NTL is teaming up with Swedish broadcasting and transmission company Teracom AB to form one of Europe's largest independent satellite newsgathering operations. The alliance will offer news and sports broadcasters a
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FRAMESTORE PROMOTES IN-HOUSE TALENT
FrameStore has taken on a number of new staff and promoted internally. Jason Bartholomew moves from bookings to production as producer, Kirsty Cleminson-Edwards, previously a production accountant, takes over as head
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Game over?
Football's changed and it's not all for the best. Pete Davies argues that while you can't blame Murdoch for everything, the new order, bankrolled by Sky, is pricing fans out of the game.
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NTL INTERACTIVE TV SERVICE TO OFFER ONLINE MAGS
NTL is set to launch a new interactive TV service featuring online versions of consumer magazines Empire and Q, which are published by Emap, the owner of Broadcast. The Entertainment channel
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INTERVIEW - Quiz show queen
Action Time is bringing seventies marital quiz Mr and Mrs back to TV with a nineties spin - Julian Clary is presenting. But managing director Trish Kinane says there's more to the indie's output than just gameshows.
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Sky Pictures looks at life of Irish journalist
BSkyB's new film production unit, Sky Pictures, is planning to invest in a film about the life of investigative journalist Veronica Guerin, who was murdered by the Irish underworld in 1996, writes Alice Macandrew.
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YEAR OF PROMISE IS ITV NEW MILLENNIUM RESOLUTION
ITV is to give a full day's schedule over to a millennium project described by chief executive Richard Eyre as 'the ultimate New Year resolution'.The network is to launch ITV's Year
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Liddiment unveils ITV summer slate
ITV director of programmes David Liddiment announced the network's spring/summer 1999 programming line-up on Wednesday (17 March), claiming it would add to the 'confident start' achieved by the new peaktime schedule.Liddiment
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LSE report says TV is kids' last resort
Watching television is by far the most widespread media activity among UK children, but it is regarded as something they turn to when they are bored and have nothing better to do, according to a major new study, writes Tim Dams.
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LBC revamp offers sporting Saturday
LBC 1152 AM has unveiled details of its revamped schedule, including an expanded breakfast show and a new sports programme on Saturday afternoons, writes John Plunkett.
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MIXED SIGNALS ON MAN UTD
A newspaper report claiming that BSkyB's bid for Manchester United Football Club has been thrown out by the Monopolies & Mergers Commission (MMC) remained unconfirmed as Broadcast went to press on
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NODDY IN TOYLAND SOLD TO TELEVISA IN MEXICO
BBC Worldwide has sold Noddy in Toyland (left), its co-production with the Enid Blyton Company and Catalyst Entertainment, to Mexico's Televisa.Sixty-five 30-minute episodes of the children's show plus a Christmas special
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OFF THE RECORD - Over the top shelf
Trouble is brewing at TV Centre, where saucy lads' mags such as GQ and FHM have been removed from one of its in-house eateries. The magazines, according to a letter in
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Question time?
Fresh from his triumph with ITV's new line-up, surely chief scheduler David Bergg would like to bask in the glory? Not so, writes Tim Dams.
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OFF THE RECORD - Waste of Resources?
Say what you like about John Birt, but you can't deny he's turned the BBC into a ruthlessly efficient organisation. Why, take this internal memo circulated by BBC Resources entitled What
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