All Broadcast articles in 26 November 1999
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OFF THE RECORD - Shaggy stories
Word reaches OTR of hirsute goings on at Channel 5, where those wacky terrestrial upstarts are going moustache-mad.The idea - the brainchild of research and planning head honcho Susanna Dinnage -
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OFF THE RECORD - Trolley rage
Anybody contemplating the horrors of Christmas shopping will have sympathy for locals in Acton, west London where Richmond Films & Television is currently shooting ITV comedy pilot Privates, starring Brian Conley.
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Sky's the limit
After just a year heading up Channel 4 sport, Mark Sharman is returning to BSkyB, which he describes as 'coming home'.
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TVI rocked by raft of key resignations
TVI has been hit by a number of top-level resignations by key staff in the last few weeks.Head of post-production and star editor Shane Warden has resigned from the facility. It
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YORATH TO PRESENT SPORTS NEWS ON ITV
Gaby Yorath has joined ITN to present the sports news on its Saturday evening bulletin for ITV, the ITV Weekend News. Ex-Sky presenter Yorath, who co-hosts ITV's On The Ball, will
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INVEST TV RECRUITS FOR SIMPLY MONEY
Invest TV is to recruit up to 10 extra journalists for its Simply Money website and interactive TV channel, which is due to begin trial broadcasts by the end of the
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POST IMPRESSIONS PLANS MAJOR NAB LAUNCH
Post Impressions is planning to launch a non-linear high-definition (HD) colour correction system at next year's NAB in April. Working in collaboration with colour management specialist Pandora, the system will be
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SCOTTISH SCREEN HONOURED
Scottish Screen has been awarded the Kitemark for its training initiatives by national training organisation Skillset and named Skillset's official partner in Scotland. Channel 4 head of programmes, nations and regions
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Intergraph's ICS unit to be hived off soon
Intergraph Corporation is expected to announce the disposal of its Intergraph Computer Systems (ICS) subsidiary within the next few weeks, according to a senior Intergraph source.Intergraph is understood to be talking
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... WHILE HEWLAND SERVES UP MINI MILLENNIUM MESSAGES
Independent Hewland International has been commissioned by ITV to make A Message for the Millennium. The run of 100 x 1-minute shows gives viewers the chance to say something special before
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GMTV swaps Reuters news for ITN
ITN has taken over the GMTV news contract from video news agency Reuters, as predicted in Broadcast (29.10.99), giving the Gray's Inn Road outfit its fourth terrestrial news window in the
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OPINION - Mouthpiece for the TV generation
It's another landmark week in the world of broadcasting: Broadcast turns 40. (Well, okay, the real anniversary was back in August but the industry was on holiday; then it was Edinburgh...
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ITC FINES SIMA TV OVER IRAN PROGRAMMES ..
The Independent Television Commission has imposed a£20,000 penalty on Sima TV for breaching the licensing code. Programmes broadcast in July about Iran were found to have failed to provide a
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Faull fleshes out interactive plans
Former On Digital executive director of broadcasting Ashley Faull has revealed further details of his new interactive entertainment company, as it begins to raise backing worth£50 million.The new venture, renamed
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Outsider to replace Eyre
ITV is looking increasingly likely to appoint someone from outside the broadcasting industry to succeed Network Centre chief executive Richard Eyre, writes Steve Clarke.Eyre, due to start at Pearson TV early
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SEVEN EYE WELSH LICENCE
Seven groups have applied for the new south Wales analogue regional radio licence, including the Guardian Media Group, GWR-backed The Radio Corporation, Kelvin MacKenzie's The Wireless Group and Jazz FM. Other
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EXPORTS INQUIRY OUT
The Government's UK Television Exports Inquiry report will be released on Thursday (25 November). The report - prompted by a survey of TV exports by David Graham & Associates - contains
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Fox Kids lures Ward from MTV to lead UK expansion
Fox Kids UK is preparing to increase its UK-originated programming and has drafted in MTV Europe production manager Claire Ward to spearhead the drive, writes Tara Conlan.Fox Kids managing director Rod
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Eurosport mulls over sports news launch
Pan-European sports channel Eurosport is considering launching a sports news channel to rival BSkyB's fledgling service, Sky Sports News, writes John Plunkett.Sources said this week that Eurosport, a three-way venture between
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ELECTRONIC GIANTS TEAM UP TO UNVEIL HAVI
Eight of the world's leading consumer electronic manufacturers have teamed up to launch a new standard, which promotes the interoperability of home digital entertainment devices. The Home Audio Video Interoperability Organisation