All Broadcast articles in 26 November 1999 – Page 4
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COMPLETE VIDEO SIGNS UP INFERNO ARTIST HOPKINS
Covent Garden's Complete Video has appointed Inferno artist Mark Hopkins who joins from Melbourne facility Iloura. Complete head of production Andrew Swepson said Hopkins' arrival was part of an 'ongoing drive
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SGI to keep control of NT arm
SGI has decided not to hive off its beleaguered NT workstation business to a third party or into a separate business, according to general manager of SGI's visual solutions business unit
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GWR APPOINTS WATSON TO DRIVE UK RADIO GROWTH
The GWR Group - the parent outfit of Classic FM - has appointed head of special projects Gregory Watson to the new post of director of operational strategy, to oversee the
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Back at the cutting edge?
It's almost a year since Jane Root was appointed controller of BBC 2. David Wood looks back on her first year at the helm and asks how she's preparing for the battle ahead.
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RATINGS ANALYSIS - Comeback kid
Sport's share of the TV audience is down but, despite the loss of live football, cricket, Formula One and, of course, Des Lynam, the BBC is still outperforming its rivals.
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CARLTON AMERICA AND GRANADA SEAL US JOHN DENVER DEAL
Carlton America has struck a deal with Granada Entertainment USA (GE USA) for exclusive worldwide distribution rights to GE USA's new film, Take Me Home: The John Denver Story. The deal
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Everyman special follows UN ambassador Halliwell
Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell is to present a 2 x 50-minute Everyman special for BBC 1 produced by September Films, writes John Plunkett.Geri's World Walkabout, commissioned by BBC 1 controller
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MEGALOMEDIA SHARES RISE AFTER PROFITS BOOST
Shares in facilities to recruitment group Megalomedia edged up further this week after it posted half-year, pre-tax profits of just over£1.6 million compared with a pre-tax loss of£5.54 million
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Quinta has created the title sequence for new BBC drama and language series Vingt Minutes. Designed and directed by Gus Henry, the sequence features abstract footage of a metronome, shot at
Quinta has created the title sequence for new BBC drama and language series Vingt Minutes. Designed and directed by Gus Henry, the sequence features abstract footage of a metronome, shot at
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Aardman on Omnibus
BBC 1 has commissioned Iambic Productions to produce a one-off documentary on Aardman Animation for arts strand Omnibus, writes Tara Conlan.The 50-minute documentary will air next spring to coincide with the
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C5 AND HOOCH JOIN FORCES FOR MILLENNIUM SHORTS ..
Channel 5 has joined forces with Hooch to fund, produce and screen 20 x 90-second short films, aimed at inspiring viewers in their late 20s and 30s about the millennium. Under
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C5 snaps up wildlife pair from Tigress
Channel 5 has lined up celebrity wildlife films from Tigress Productions starring Julia Roberts and Whoopi Goldberg, writes Tara Conlan.Tigress has produced a number of celebrity-based wildlife shows for ITV and
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Codename has created the title sequence for new Channel 5 discussion series Sexual Intercourse from Invisible Films. Designed and directed by Keith Robinson the sequence features an animated 'typograp
Codename has created the title sequence for new Channel 5 discussion series Sexual Intercourse from Invisible Films. Designed and directed by Keith Robinson the sequence features an animated 'typographic orgasm', which
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C4 moves House to US and the Blitz
Wall to Wall Television's high-rating C4 factual series, The 1900 House, is being extended to second world war Britain and has also signed a deal for transportation to the US with
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Brits clean up at 27th Emmys
UK producers and broadcasters swept the board at the 27th International Emmys on Monday (22 November), winning in six of the seven categories, writes Liz Shackleton.However, there were ties in three
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Atlantic 252 pins hopes on O'Hara
Atlantic 252 has poached RadioAire programme director John O'Hara to become its new managing director in a bid to turn around the fortunes of the station, which has lost almost half
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Chrysalis TV posts pre-tax losses of£2.5m
Chrysalis TV made pre-tax losses of£2.5 million in the year to 31 August, blaming its performance on a£3 million write-off for its Australian-based soap opera, Breakers, axed in the
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40 YEARS OF HISTORY - BROADCAST 1959-1999 - In the beginning ..
Broadcast began life as Television Mail in August 1959. Martin Jackson examines the news and personalities covered in that first issue and explains how it moved from gossipy trade mag to serious debating forum.
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40 YEARS OF HISTORY - BROADCAST 1959-1999 - TV moves into the modern age
Rod Allen, editor of Television Mail/Broadcast from 1967 to 1978, looks back to a time when ITV entered the modern age with the licence-renewal process and when the idea of a fourth channel was first mooted.
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40 YEARS OF HISTORY - BROADCAST 1959-1999 - Broadcast's golden era
Patti Williams, editor of Broadcast from 1978 to 1984, recalls the exciting years of the early eighties, when the launch of Channel 4 opened up new sources of revenue for the magazine and saw its readership double in two years.