All Broadcast articles in 22 January 1999 – Page 2
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Pinnacle second quarter profits up by 50 per cent
Pinnacle Systems has bucked the industry trend for flatter revenues but bigger margins by more than doubling profits for its second quarter 1998-99 on revenues up by more than 40 per
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Carlton buys ITC library for£90m
Carlton Communications has completed its long-anticipated acquisition of the Independent Television Corporation library of film and TV titles from Universal Studios for $150 million (£90.5 million).The library, formerly owned by PolyGram
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MIRROR GROUP TARGET OF£913 MILLION TAKEOVER BID
The Mirror Group has received a£913 million takeover bid from Regional Independent Media, publisher of The Yorkshire Post. The Mirror Group, which owns cable TV channel Live TV, said it
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ABEL PRODUCT MANAGER JOINS OMNIBUS TO PUSH NEWS
Automation specialist OmniBus Systems has appointed former Tektronix product manager David Abel. While at Tektronix Abel was responsible for the company's soon-to-be-discontinued Lightworks non-linear editing system.Abel said part of his role
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Granada Sky Broadcasting (GSkyB) chief executive Jeff Henry has done his first deal with Pearson Television to clinch the rights to The Benny Hill Show (above) for Granada Plus, writes Alice
Granada Sky Broadcasting (GSkyB) chief executive Jeff Henry has done his first deal with Pearson Television to clinch the rights to The Benny Hill Show (above) for Granada Plus, writes Alice
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ENDEMOL SETS UP ARM FOR AD-FUNDED PROGRAMMING
Dutch producer Endemol Entertainment is setting up AFP, a division dedicated to advertiser-funded programming. Serving the international advertising industry, AFP is a similar outfit to Gem, the commercial subsidiary of Endemol/Guardian
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BBC current affairs moves spark fears
BBC News chief executive Tony Hall's decision to scrap core funding for the home current affairs department - with the loss of 17 posts - has sparked fears about the future
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AIMIMAGE FOLLOWS IN PILGRIMS' FOOTSTEPS FOR DISCOVERY
Dee O'Brien, deputy commissioning editor Discovery Networks Europe, has commissioned Aimimage Productions to make a new history series for transmission on Discovery Home & Leisure. The 15 x 30-minute series, Routes,
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MENTORN AIMS TO PUT EXPLOITICA BACK TO THE US
Mentorn is attempting to sell an original US format back to American broadcasters via its youth entertainment division, TV21. The Mentorn subsidiary first produced the show, Exploitica, for a late-night slot
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APRIL FILMING FOR PILOT'S TREKS IN WILD AMERICA
Pilot Productions is to start shooting a new 13 x 30-minute series, Treks in Wild America, in April for Discovery Networks' Travel Channel in the US. UK indie Pilot, which makes
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GOLDBERG PLAYS ANIMAL MATCH-MAKER FOR TIGRESS
Tiger Aspect wildlife subsidiary Tigress Productions is making a 60-minute special, with Whoopi Goldberg playing an animal match-maker at San Diego Zoo, for US public service broadcaster PBS. The programme, featuring
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BALDWIN AND HAMMACOTT SIGN FOR NEW OUTFIT ANTHEM
Eidos Technology head of marketing Jeremy Baldwin and product manager Symon Hammacott are leaving the company to join new entertainment start-up Anthem. The two had been instrumental in launching Eidos's new
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TELE-CINE TAKEOVER BOOSTS TODD AO PROFITS
Todd AO's acquisition of Tele-Cine is already contributing to the company's bottom line, according to chairman and chief executive Salah Hassanein. Reporting the company's first quarter earnings ending 30 November 1998,
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FLAME ARTIST MCGLASHAM JOINS FIRST POST
Former House Flame artist Pete McGlasham has joined First Post. McGlasham, who spent the last five years at the commercial facility, will operate out of First Post's Soho facility in St
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Autodesk reduces bid for Discreet Logic
Autodesk has cut its bid for Discreet Logic for the second time in less than three months.Responding to a Discreet preliminary second-quarter profit warning and what the company's president of corporate
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CELEBRITY STARS IN THEIR EYES TO RETURN IN THE AUTUMN
Granada entertainment has been commissioned to make another Celebrity Stars in Their Eyes. The 60-minute special, presented by Matthew Kelly, will be produced by Nigel Hall, directed by Tony Prescott and
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Avid restructures UK reseller chain
Avid Technology has reduced its number of UK premier resellers by 50 per cent as predicted last October (Broadcast, 9.10.98).The move, which is part of a wholesale review of the company's
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Celador hits jackpot with brace of awards for ITV's Millionaire
Celador's Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? scooped two awards at the 1999 Broadcast Production Awards on Wednesday (20 January), writes Jeanette Blair.The ITV show won both the best light entertainment
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SONY AWARDS DEADLINE
The last date for submissions to the 1999 Sony Radio Awards is next Tuesday (26 January). The 78-strong judging panel will unveil this year's winners at the annual awards ceremony on
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OFF THE RECORD - Ploughing the money back
Hats off to Paul Smith, big kahuna at Celador Productions, whose quiz show, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, is storming the ratings. OTR was happy to hear that the ITV