All Broadcast articles in 24 September 1999 – Page 2
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Apple hit by G4 chip shortages
Apple Computer's return to favour suffered a major setback on Monday (20 September) when the company warned that chip shortages would lead to depressed fourth-quarter earnings.Apple interim chief executive Steve Jobs
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Life joins C4I for non-C4 projects role
Channel 4 International (C4I) has appointed Richard Life to the post of programme executive to co-ordinate programme development on non-C4 projects, writes Wale Azeez.Life, group editor of Broadcasting & Cable's (B&C)
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TV Corp records 44% fall in profits
The TV Corporation has announced a 44 per cent slide in half-year pre-tax profits due to investment and restructuring costs.The facilities group, which announced a profit warning earlier this year, said
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Millionaire? takes 51 per cent share
ITV's Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? lured an average 51 per cent share and 11.5 million viewers across its latest 12-show run, with ratings running almost consistently above 10 million
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CHRYSALIS TO UNLEASH 92 HOURS OF NEW PROGRAMMING
Chrysalis Distribution will be taking 92 hours of new programming to Cannes next month. Among the Chrysalis titles making their international debut will be new contemporary drama series Jackson's Wharf (52
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FORGET ABOUT IT BRINGS IN WORLD CUP ON RADIO WALES
Radio indie Forget About It Productions has been commissioned for a one-off play to air on BBC Radio Wales before the opening match of next month's Rugby World Cup. It's a
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Birt admits to 'few regrets' about BBC tenure
Outgoing BBC director general Sir John Birt told delegates he had no regrets about his tenure at the helm of the corporation, in a valedictory session at Cambridge on Thursday, writes
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BBC BROADCAST ACQUIRES REMASTERED THUNDERBIRDS
BBC Broadcast controller of programme acquisition Sophie Turner Laing has bought a digitally remastered version of Gerry Anderson's 1960s puppet animation classic Thunderbirds (left) from Carlton International for BBC 2. Thunderbirds,
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BLOOMBERG TO ADDRESS NEWSWORLD CONFERENCE
Bloomberg founder and chief executive Michael Bloomberg will address this year's Newsworld Conference. Bloomberg joins leading Russian media specialist Boris Berezovsky, UN director of communications Shashi Tharoor, design consultant Martin Lambie-Nairn
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FRAMESTORE ADDS COREN TO ANIMATOR TEAM
FrameStore has appointed Stephen Coren as senior animator. Coren joins Helen Mackenzie, both founding members of animation outfit Drum, who joined the commercials facility last month. FrameStore has also taken on
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FIVE JOIN BBC COMMUNITY AFFAIRS UNIT
The BBC has appointed five members to its GLR-based community affairs unit, whose brief is to ensure the multi-cultural diversity of London and the south-east is reflected in the corporation's TV,
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TV Corp agrees deal for Mentorn
The Television Corporation has agreed the financial terms for its acquisition of Mentorn Group, writes Dominic Timms.The deal is understood to value the company at£8-25 million depending on whether the
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OFF THE RECORD - Who wants to be a tit on air?
Back to that man Isaacs again, who didn't exactly shower himself in glory at a whacky Cambridge version of ITV's Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?. Isaacs, who is of course
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OFF THE RECORD - Cause for alarm
Things didn't get much better when a rogue fire alarm shook assorted heavy hitters - including David Liddiment, Alan Yentob and David Brook - from their bedrooms at the unearthly hour
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ANALOGUE SWITCH-OFF AND PROPOSED REGULATORY CHANGES IN BRIEF
Switch-off- A timetable for the switch-off of analogue TV, dependent on the availability and affordability of digital TV- The switchover could be as early as 2006 and be completed by 2010,
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BBC CHOICE APPOINTMENT
The selection process for the new programming head of BBC Choice is due to be completed by Friday (24 September). Front-runners are said to include UK Play editor Stuart Murphy, BBC
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OFF THE RECORD - Super arse
OTR has no time for the malcontents who accused London's 'only alternative' radio station, Xfm, of losing the plot since it was taken over by the suits at Capital Radio last
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MACKENZIE JOINS GYNGELL FOR INTERACTIVE ASTROLOGY
Talk Radio chairman and Wireless Group chief executive Kelvin MacKenzie has launched a pay-to-view interactive astrology website in a joint-venture with former Yorkshire TV chairman Bruce Gyngell. World Interactive Television (WIT),
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FILMING BEGINS ON LADY AUDLEY'S SECRET FOR ITV
Location shooting began this week at Ingatestone Hall in Essex on Warner Sisters Film & TV's adaptation of scandalous Victorian novel Lady Audley's Secret for ITV. The 120-minute drama, about a
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BBC World wields axe to stem losses
International television news channel BBC World is to cut 50 editorial and production jobs as part of an attempt to stem financial losses.The staff cuts were announced on Monday (20 September),