All Broadcast articles in 22 October 1999 – Page 3
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OFF THE RECORD - If you can't stand the heat ..
Times are hard at Mentorn Barraclough Carey, which has auctioned off hundreds of items of cooking equipment after its daytime food show, Quisine (left), was cancelled by ITV. All MBC staff
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SONY ROLLS OUT FIRST MEGAPIXEL CCD DV CAMCORDER
Sony is launching what it claims is the first megapixel CCD DV camcorder. The DCR-PC100E, available in the UK from next month, has in excess of one million pixels - around
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News Corp, NTL on shortlist for DT cable
News Corp, Microsoft, NTL and United Pan Europe Communications (UPC) are among the companies still in the running to buy Deutsche Telekom's (DT) cable TV networks, according to German newspaper reports.DT
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UPCtv rolls out seven niche cable channels
UPCtv, the programming arm of United Pan-Europe Communications (UPC), plans to roll out seven niche cable channels across western Europe and Scandinavia by the end of the year.Telekabel, UPC's Austrian cable
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OFF THE RECORD - The (non) Cable Guy
Red Ken Livingstone, the anti-Murdoch, was in fine fettle this week at the World Cable Dinner on Monday. The newt-loving MP told the assorted grands fromages that he should be mayor
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STOP PRESS - NTL in talks to buy Live
NTL is in the final stages of negotiating a deal to buy Live TV from Trinity Mirror, writes Jason Deans.The companies are understood to have been secretly negotiating over the cable-only
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WIRELESS TO BUY IRG
Kelvin MacKenzie's Wireless Group was understood to be on the verge of clinching a deal to buy the Independent Radio Group (IRG) as Broadcast went to press. The purchase is believed
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GLR MOVES TO BUSH HOUSE
GLR is to move into a temporary home in Bush House next month while its Marylebone offices are refitted ahead of its relaunch next year. A BBC spokesman said no decision
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RED COLOBUS GEARS UP FOR LAUNCH OF TV BUCURESTI
UK-registered company Red Colobus is gearing up to launch terrestrial station TV Bucuresti in the Romanian capital, Bucharest, next summer. The channel, which is to be run by Chris Lowe and
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Brogan takes Granada kids' role
Granada Media has named Anne Brogan as its first head of children's international live action to oversee a raft of new commissions including a CITV family movie for Christmas 2000, writes
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ENDEMOL SELLS BIG BROTHER REALITY SOAP TO SBS
Dutch producer/distributor Endemol Entertainment has sold its Big Brother reality soap format to SBS for transmission on the pan-European broadcaster's stations outside the Netherlands.Endemol has just posted a 20 per cent
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ITC takes local TV bids
Potential frequencies for another 36 Restricted Service Licences (RSLs) were identified by the Independent Television Commission this week, ushering in the next generation of local TV broadcasting, writes John Plunkett.The ITC
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DLT SELLS BENNY HILL SHOW TO USA BROADCASTING
UK indie producer/distributor DLT Entertainment has sold 111 x 30-minutes of The Benny Hill Show (left) to Barry Diller's USA Broadcasting Group, which owns 12 terrestrial stations in the US. USA
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DEADLY FILMS BEGINS WORK ON DOYLE SCREENPLAY
Deadly Films Production has gone into production in Dublin on Roddy Doyle's original screenplay, When Brendan Met Trudy, backed by BBC Films, BBC Worldwide, the Irish Film Board and RTE. Starring
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DISCREET PACKS BAGS FOR MOVE TO DEAN STREET
Discreet is expected to move its UK headquarters from Beak Street to new premises in Dean Street next month. The new 10,000 square foot office in the former Charles Barker building
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BAFTA INTERACTIVE TRIUMPH
BBC News Online, BBC Multimedia and Carlton Online triumphed in three categories at the second Bafta Interactive Entertainment Awards on Wednesday (20 October). The BBC News Online website scooped the award
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BAFTA ELECTS RELPH
Bafta has elected independent film producer Simon Relph as its new deputy chairman and chairman designate. He replaces deputy chairman Edward Mirzeoff in December and chairman Tim Angel in June 2000.
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GENRE AUDIT: NEWS - Taking a hit
The pictures may be blurry, unreliable and prone to freezing, but broadcasters will soon welcome the internet as a cheap and efficient way of distributing video, says Bob Eggington.
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GENRE AUDIT: NEWS - Brand new take
Once regarded as the enemy of newsrooms, marketing makeovers have now become so commonplace even the BBC succumbed when updating its bulletins. But have editorial concerns taken a back seat, asks Andy Fry.
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AUCTION CHANNEL STRIKES LIVE BROADCAST DEAL
The Auction Channel has signed a one-year deal with Geneva-based auction house Antiquorum to broadcast its auctions live over the television and internet. The Auction Channel will broadcast auctions live with