All Broadcast articles in 24 September 1999 – Page 5
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Smith outlines digital package
Media Secretary Chris Smith outlined a package of measures for the digital age at the Royal Television Society's Cambridge Convention 1999, including a timetable for analogue switch-off and a review of
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EUROSPORT NAMES PAOLI AS MANAGING DIRECTOR
Eurosport has appointed Jean-Pierre Paoli as its new managing director following the departure of Emmanuel Florent, who has left to join French terrestrial broadcaster TF1. Paoli joins from TF1, where he
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Sky settles Ryder dispute
BSkyB settled its dispute with the organisers of the Ryder Cup over its coverage of this weekend's event, but industry insiders suggested their relationship may have been permanently soured by the
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UK needs to lighten up to export
The time is ripe for UK television distributors and programmers to increase their share of the German market, according to RTL chief executive Gerhard Zeiler, writes Steve Clarke.Speaking at the Export
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OFF THE RECORD - Fare's unfair
And so to Cambridge, where this year's RTS chowdown turned into a more hectic affair than usual for the industry's finest. First there was the challenge of actually getting to the
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Searching for net gains
The headlines last week painted a picture of UK broadcasting embracing the internet. But, as Dominic Timms reports, many companies are still not fully realising the potential of the web.
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GEARHOUSE ISSUES NEW PROFIT WARNING
Gearhouse Group has announced its second profit warning in less than four months. The audio visual to equipment hire company said it would make a 'small pre-tax loss' when its figures
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New Hornblowers get go-ahead
United Productions has secured a recommission from the ITV network for two new episodes of costume drama Hornblower, writes Jason Deans.A co-production with US cable nework A&E, the new commission comes
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Transmedia goes into receivership
Independent Transmedia Productions, a major supplier to the Carlton Food Network and Channel 5, has gone into administrative receivership, writes Dominic Timms.Accountancy firm Levy Gee was called in by Barclays Bank
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INTERVIEW - International rescue
Since taking charge of generating non-US shows for the Jim Henson Company, Angus Fletcher has wanted to turn the London office into a global concern. Commissions such as Construction Site suggest he is on track.
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Real Life secures second run on ITV
ITV has announced it has commissioned a second series of its new 12 x 50-minute documentary strand, Real Life, in the same week the first series made its network debut, writes
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MANSER JOINS THOMPSON AT SD POST
SD Post has appointed former Touch Animation producer Jo Manser as head of bookings and production. Manser, who spent the last two years at Touch, joins fellow new signing Jayne Thompson,
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NTL/Telewest ready VoD launches
NTL and Telewest are set to roll-out their video-on-demand (VoD) services next year following their digital launch this autumn, writes John Plunkett.NTL announced on Tuesday (21 September) that it will begin
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LBC revamp takes shape
Simon Bates is understood to be taking over the breakfast show on LBC 1152 AM in a wide-ranging overhaul of the weekday schedule by its new editorial controllers, ITN, writes John
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OFF THE RECORD - Not the Six O'Clock News
OTR is reassured to hear that the BBC has once again stressed its commitment to serious news programming with a radical overhaul of its critically acclaimed new-look news bulletins. More foreign
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What they said
'John Birt told us that he inherited a BBC that was on the edge of a nervous breakdown. Now he's leaving one that's addicted to Prozac'Dawn Airey, Channel 5 director of
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