All Broadcast articles in 19 November 1999 – Page 2
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Zelezny rejects CNTS order
Czech TV boss Vladimir Zelezny has rejected an order by the International Chamber of Commerce Court of Arbitration to use CME-owned CNTS as the exclusive provider of programming and broadcasting services
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Steve Clarke
On Gerald Kaufman's mischief-making over his desire to see News at Ten return to our evening screens.
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CHRYSALIS POACHES OWEN
Chrysalis Radio has poached Daniel Owen from the Radio Authority to become its new strategy and development manager. Owen, who was deputy director of development at the RA, joins in March
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Smith gets to grips with digital chaos
Media Secretary Chris Smith has held a successful first meeting with the industry about finding ways to end consumer confusion about digital.In a speech to the Digital Television Group's conference on
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Oz channel inks Corrie deal
Australian cable and satellite channel UK.TV has struck a two-year deal with Granada International to air Coronation Street, writes Tim Dams.UK.TV is planning to air Coronation Street back to back with
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Leys leaves FilmFour for freelance career
FilmFour deputy head of development Kate Leys is leaving to take up a freelance career as a script editor and development executive, writes Paul Donovan.Leys, who is credited with nurturing new
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CAPITAL RADIO GOES LIVE AT HOME FOR FORTNIGHTLY SHOW
Capital Radio is to launch a fortnightly two-hour live music show from the newly opened superclub, Home, in Leicester Square. The show, Capital@Home, will air every other week on Sundays from
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EXCEPTIONAL ITEMS HELP SLASH CAPITAL RADIO PROFITS
Pre-tax profits at Capital Radio slumped 39 per cent to£15.8 million for the 12 months to the end of September due to a raft of exceptional items, including an operating
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CANAL+ PUTS MOS TO USE ON NEWS CHANNEL
The Media Object Server protocol (MOS) saw its first European use last week, when Canal+ in Paris began using it to control the newsroom equipment in its all-news channel, i-television. The
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Hilary quits ICG for US cable channel
BBC independent commissioning group (ICG) head Bill Hilary has resigned to join US cable station Comedy Central as general manager and executive vice-president.Hilary is expected to take up the position on
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CABLE OPERATOR LOSSES UP
Cable operators NTL and Telewest both reported big increases in losses for the first nine months of the year last week. Net losses at NTL increased to $857 million (£529 million)
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STAR TV JOINS CABLE & WIRELESS FOR HONG KONG VENTURE
News Corp's Star TV and Cable & Wireless HKT have formed a joint-venture to offer digital pay-TV and online home entertainment in Hong Kong next year, with plans to extend access
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EC eyes telecoms and broadcasting
The European Commission has unveiled plans for a new regulatory framework for electronic communications that could see laws governing broadcasting and telecoms converge.The news comes just weeks after UK Media Secretary
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MEI merges video and broadcast divisions
Panasonic parent company Matsushita Electric Industrial Co (MEI) is to merge the video and broadcast divisions of its subsidiary, Matsushita Communications Industrial Co, in a bid to increase the growth of
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ISRAELI CABLE FIRM SIGNS UP TO MILLENNIUM BROADCAST
Israel Cable Programming (ICP) has signed up to take part in the 2000 Today millennium broadcast, which is being put together by a consortium of broadcasters from 58 countries led by
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OFF THE RECORD - Rip-off Britain
Shock news from OTR's favourite in-house rag, Ariel. It appears that BBC staff have been paying nearly 50p more than their counterparts at Sky for exactly the same lunchtime sarnies. This
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CLERKENWELL FILMS PRODUCES BRACE OF ITV DRAMAS
Production started in Edinburgh this week (15 November) on two ITV dramas adapted from Ian Rankin's Inspector Rebus novels - Black and Blue and The Hanging Garden. The films are being
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NTL AND VIVENDI DEALS REFERRED TO COMPETITION BODY
Trade & Industry Secretary Stephen Byers last week made two controversial referrals to the Competition Commission, formerly the Monopolies & Mergers Commission. NTL's proposed takeover of the domestic area of rival
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BBC docs sets up investigative unit
BBC 1 controller Peter Salmon is financing a 10-strong investigative team in BBC Production's documentary department, with a view to producing a new series of MacIntyre Undercover, writes Tim Dams.Details are
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BBC marks opening of redeveloped opera
The BBC is collaborating with the Royal Opera House on radio, TV and online programmes to mark the opening season of the redeveloped Covent Garden building, writes Tim Dams.Output includes live