All Broadcast articles in 27 October 2000
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Elstein and Channel 5 part company
Dawn Airey takes on chief executive role and Milligan becomes deputy as Elstein confirms surprise departure
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Stahl wins Rory Peck Award
Cameraman who stayed on in East Timor wins top freelance award for his self-funded coverage shown by ITN
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BBC triumphs at BAFTA Interactives
Corporation picks up four awards beating CNN.com in news category for third year in a row
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TRADE TALK - A serene test
Big Brother live producer Richard Hopkins brings high expectations to his new role producing the revamped The Big Breakfast.
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Sony/Philips throw weight into SACD
Sony and Philips were raising the profile of their new audio format, Super Audio CD (SACD), at Abbey Road Studios last week, writes Barbara Marshall.
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OFF THE RECORD - Pooper scoopers
With current affairs competition reaching a veritable fever pitch, teams would be forgiven for celebrating when they scoop their rivals on big stories. But how does it feel to be scooped
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OMNIVISION SETS UP AT PINEWOOD WITH PINNACLE PRODUCT
Independent producer Omnivision has established its headquarters at Pinewood Studios and become the first UK company to install Pinnacle's new Targa CineWave system, unveiled at NAB in April. Omnivision was formed
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NTL Subscribers rising
NTL has unveiled operating statistics for the third quarter, taking its digital subscriber numbers to 325,000. It claims to be on track to have 500,000 by the end of this year.
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Sheffield Notes
BBC general documentaries creative director Olivia Lichtenstein on new talent: 'We've got to put shit round the roots. The roots are so shallow.'Critic Derek Malcolm on the Dispatches investigation into airline
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Many people still offended by sex and violence on TV
Viewers are still bothered by sex, violence and swearing on TV, according to a Broadcasting Standards Commission report entitled Matters of Offence, released just as disgraced chairman Lord Holme resigned. It
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Modern Times loses to one-offs
BBC 2 controller Jane Root is axing the channel's acclaimed Modern Times strand and replacing it with a new single documentary slot, writes Colin Robertson.
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Lookalikes - Shine on
Bellow 'bravo!' at the similarities between these two maestros - Meridian chief Mary McAnally and piano flick Shine star Geoffrey Rush. While one's character is a virtuoso whose talents were not
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Radio stations object to RA live shows order
Commercial radio companies are fighting a Radio Authority order that sets a limit on how many hours of prerecorded presentation they can broadcast during the day, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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MacIntyre pursues Kent police
The BBC has not ruled out further writs in connection with the announcement this week that BBC journalist Donal MacIntyre has begun legal proceedings against Kent Constabulary, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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OPINION - Tidying up the leftovers at ITV
Now that Granada and Carlton have the ITV network sewn up between them, it's time to conclude some other unfinished business.First, there's the pressing issue of appointing a chief executive. Those
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The priory to keep its mid-week slot
Instead of using Planet 24's The Priory as a replacement for TFI Friday, Channel 4 head of entertainment Kevin Lygo is understood to have opted to keep the Zoe Ball and
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OFF THE RECORD - Insider and outsider
As anticipated, the queues to get into the Lowell 'The Insider' Bergman address at the Sheffield Documentary Festival were longer than the backlog of proposal responses from documentary departments across the
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Redmond warns indies not to sell
Mersey TV chief Phil Redmond has warned independent producers they could be 'selling their birthrights' if they sold their companies now because it is too early to put a value on