All Broadcast articles in 26 November 1999 – Page 3
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GRANADA POACHES PIZEY TO BOOST FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT
Granada Television Entertainment has poached Clare Pizey, a BBC features and events editor, to join its senior team as executive producer. Granada Television controller of entertainment Duncan Gray said Pizey would
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Carlton books in trio from indies
Carlton Television head of regional programmes Emma Barker has ordered three new shows from independents including a Paul Ross-hosted gameshow from Cactus TV, writes Liz Shackleton.Ball Park, a 40 x 30-minute
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CARLTON UNVEILS FIVE WINTER BOOKINGS FOR WEST COUNTRY
Carlton Television's west country region has unveiled five new commissions in its winter 2000 regional schedule. The line-up includes two 6 x 30-minute fly-on-the-wall series - The Big Shop, set in
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Smoke & Mirrors provided the post-production and digital effects for the opening titles for the latest James Bond movie, The World Is Not Enough. Directed for the third consecutive time by
Smoke & Mirrors provided the post-production and digital effects for the opening titles for the latest James Bond movie, The World Is Not Enough. Directed for the third consecutive time by
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Radio indies go solo as trade body closes
Radio indies trade association Radio is to be wound up at the end of this year because a successor cannot be found to incumbent chairman Ian Willox, writes John Plunkett.The organisation,
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TALKS OVER BLANK FUTURE
Pearson Television has confirmed it is in talks with ITV and the BBC over the future of Grundy gameshow Blankety Blank. The negotiations were prompted by host Lily Savage signing a
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Bucks in, Billinger out as Sky reshuffles its interactive team
BSkyB has reshuffled its senior interactive programming team with the departure of Steve Billinger and arrival of former London News Network controller of programmes Simon Bucks to oversee a raft of
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ROBINSON NO TO SMG BID
Granada Group has stated that, as a 20 per cent shareholder in Scottish Media Group (SMG), it would not give its approval to a£225 million SMG bid for Ginger Media
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Berriff quits Granada TV to hook up with United
Award-winning documentary-maker Paul Berriff is leaving Granada Television to join the growing team of factual heavyweights at United Productions assembled by chief executive John Willis, writes David Wood.United's factual department already
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TYRO BEGINS WORK ON SEQUEL TO IMOGEN'S FACE
Production started in London this week on 1 x 100-minute ITV drama Pretending to be Judith, a sequel to Imogen's Face, which is being produced by independent Tyro Productions. The single
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ITN beats rivals in mobile phone wars
ITN has beaten the BBC to become the first broadcaster to launch a mobile phone news service in the UK.The service, which was rolled out on Tuesday (23 November), gives mobile
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BEAT TAPS METRO
News and information outfit Metro Networks is to provide a slate of programming for central Scotland's new radio station, Beat 106. Metro will provide Beat, headed by former Virgin Radio programme
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ITC's Biggam urges review of BBC
Independent Television Commission chairman Sir Robin Biggam argued this week that a fundamental examination of the structure of the BBC and its role as a public service broadcaster must take place
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BAFTA INVITES SINGER TO GIVE MASTERCLASS
Flextech chairman and chief executive Adam Singer will be the next guest in the cable and satellite season of Bafta management masterclasses on Monday (29 November). Singer (right) will talk about
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SURVEY BACKS BROAD BBC
A survey by BMRB on behalf of the BBC has found that 86 per cent of respondents believe it is either extremely or very important for the BBC to maintain its
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Euro doc outfit to back UK films
The pan-European documentary sales outfit d.net.sales is seeking to back UK projects after landing£500,000 from the European Commission Media II funding programme and German film fund MDM, writes Liz Shackleton.The
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Avid faces Sumatra delay until March
Avid Technology has confirmed it has been forced to put back the launch of Sumatra - its much anticipated new 3D software - until at least the end of March next
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... AND NAMES PA CONSULTING AS REGULATORY AUDITOR
The ITC has appointed management and technology consultancy PA Consulting Group to conduct a survey among its licensees to determine key priorities for regulatory change. The survey is part of the
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Neal attacks BBC on drama series
Channel 4 head of drama Gub Neal has called on the BBC to abandon in-house production of drama series and fully open the door to independent producers.Delivering a broadside against both
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SONY BRINGS ASIAN CHANNEL TO NOTTINGHAM
Sony's premium Asian pay-TV channel, Sony Entertainment Television Asia (SET Asia), has extended its carriage in the UK with a distribution deal with NTL in Nottingham. The channel, which is already