All Broadcast articles in 27 August 1999 – Page 2
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Kilgarriff steps up for Rapture 7-day launch
Rapture head of development Richard Kilgarriff has been promoted to the new post of director of programming to help revamp the channel for the launch of a seven-day service in the new year, writes Alice Macandrew.
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INTEL ABANDONS HIGH-END GRAPHICS CHIP PROJECTS
Intel has abandoned plans to build chips for the high-end graphics market. In a surprise move, the company said it has cancelled a number of graphic chip projects including the i752
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ACE EDITING OPENS NEW LINEAR DIGITAL EDITING SUITE
West London facility Ace Editing has unveiled a new£400,000 linear digital editing suite. The wide-screen capable suite is based around Grass Valleys' GVG2200 digital switcher and equipped with Collage, Charisma
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OFF THE RECORD - Act of God
Spooky goings on at Rapture, the widely watched cable and satellite channel owned by United News and Media. The trouble started with a stunt on its nightclubbing show, Trainspotting, when a
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US CABLE TV NETWORKS SCOOP RECORD AD PROFITS
US cable TV networks collected a record $4 billion (£2.5 billion) in advertising revenue in the first six months of 1999, a rise of 29 per cent year-on-year, according to a
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AVID ADDS COMMOTION TO COMPOSER/XPRESS PRODUCTS
Avid Technology has announced plans to bundle Puffin Design's Commotion software across a range of its Media Composer, Film Composer and Xpress editing products. Commotion, which has a US list price
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AHMET REPLACES HEYES AT FRAMESTORE
FrameStore Design has appointed Ahmet Ahmet as its new creative director. Ahmet joins the company from the BBC's presentation department and worked on projects such as the idents for BBC 2.
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Publisher aims to turn books into TV
A major book publishing group - whose titles range from The Joy of Sex to Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book - has launched a production arm to develop its titles for
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CAPITAL TO AIR ROBBIE GIG
Capital Radio is to broadcast Robbie Williams' sell-out Dublin concert live across the group's radio stations on Saturday (28 August).Capital DJ Dr Fox will present the exclusive live coverage from 20.00
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PRINGLE QUITS AMS NEVE TO JOIN MILLER FREEMAN
Colin Pringle, the marketing director of audio console manu-facturer AMS Neve, has left the company. He is taking up a new position at publishers Miller Freeman Entertainment. No announcements have been
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KIRCH TO RELAUNCH ANALOGUE AND DIGITAL PAY-TV SERVICES
The Kirch media group is planning to relaunch its merged German analogue and digital pay-TV services, Premiere and DF1, as Premiere World in October.Premiere World managing director Markus Tellenbach said the
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Nicking the talented
With top stars demanding - and getting - huge pay deals, the BBC, in particular, is feeling the strain. Can it stem the flow of stars like Harry Enfield and Des Lynam to other channels? Tim Dams reports.
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TRAVEL APPOINTS DEAR
The Travel Channel has appointed Jeremy Dear to the newly created role of head of television.Dear has spent the last few months at the cable and satellite channel in a consultancy
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William Morris to create UK TV arm
International talent and packaging specialist the William Morris Agency (WMA) has reorganised its London office to create a new department focusing on packaging writers, directors, actors and presenters for UK TV
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AUSTRALIA ON COURSE FOR THE ARRIVAL OF DIGITAL TV
Preparations for the launch of digital TV in Australia from 1 January 2001 are well on track, Communications Minister Richard Alston told an industry conference in Sydney last Thursday (19 August).
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Granada to popularise arts
Granada Television is to make a live late-night arts series presented by Manchester music impresario Anthony H Wilson, writes David Wood.
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LWT expands arts department brief
LWT's arts department - headed by controller of arts Melvyn Bragg - is to be renamed LWT arts and features from Wednesday (1 September) in a bid to expand into religion,
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On Digital on the attack over Ryder Cup
On Digital has lodged complaints with the Independent Television Commission and the Office of Fair Trading over BSkyB's decision to withhold live coverage of next month's Ryder Cup golf event.The digital
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SKY ONE CONFIRMS AUSSIE WEEKEND FOR NOVEMBER
Sky One creative director Graham Burrells has commissioned a weekend of themed programming to celebrate the official opening of Fox Studios Australia on Sunday 7 November.The All Aussie Weekend will run
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LAST CALL FOR PECK AWARD
The organisers of the Rory Peck Awards have issued a final call for entries to this year's competition. The awards, organised by the Rory Peck Trust in memory of the cameraman