All Broadcast articles in 29 October 1999 – Page 2
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Rivals ready to fight over new Friends
ITV, Channel 4 and BSkyB look set to fight it out for the broadcasting rights to Friends' seventh series and beyond, in a move that could see terrestrial and non-terrestrial rights
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EX-CARLTON MAN JONES JOINS VISUAL INTERNATIONAL
Former Carlton International director of international relations Philip Jones has been appointed as non-executive chairman of Visual International, which specialises in distributing music, light entertainment and documentary programming for third-party producers
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Pinnacle hails record earnings for quarter
Pinnacle Systems has reported what it claims is a ninth successive quarter of record earnings.The company said revenue for its first quarter of fiscal 2000 jumped to $50.45 million (£30.1 million),
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DIGITAL FEE REPORT SENT
The group of commercial companies opposed to the digital licence fee are understood to be submitting an independent report about the possible impact on take-up of digital TV services to the
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ITV hunts supremo for digital growth
ITV is preparing for digital expansion and has drafted in headhunters to find a senior executive to head the network's new channels.ITV marketing and commercial director John Hardie, who oversees ITV's
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Digital levy still not ruled out by ministers
Government ministers are still open to the introduction of a digital licence fee, according to sources, writes John Lewis.The news follows renewed reports that MPs have already decided against the digital
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OPINION - Granada ups the stakes in digital
Could Granada take over ITV? It's an old question, but is lent new weight as Network Centre's pronouncements over strategy and Granada's own musings on the future of its TV business
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New media gold diggers
The trickle of talent leaving TV for the world of new media is threatening to become a flood. Why? Because the skills picked up in broadcasting can prove invaluable. John Plunkett reports.
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Flextech and Open finalise deal to set up five interactive 'shops'
Pay-TV group Flextech has struck a deal with BSkyB-backed Open to launch five new 'shops' on the newly launched interactive TV service, writes John Plunkett.A UKTV store, based on Flextech's joint-venture
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ITN expands with GMTV contract
ITN is set to win its fourth terrestrial news window by taking over the GMTV news contract from Reuters in a deal believed to be worth up to£4 million a
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Platt parts company with United
United Broadcasting & Entertainment (UBE) director of broadcasting and channel development Richard Platt is to leave the company at the end of next month, writes Jason Deans.Platt, who will not be
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Commercial secrets
The advertising industry has been berated for using ideas from television production as their own but could programme-makers benefit from watching ads and borrowing some of that world's innovative visual techniques?
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SKY GOES DOWN UNDER FOR WORLD CUP COMEDY
Sky Productions is making a 4 x 60-minute series of comedy specials, World Cup Comedy, recorded before a live studio audience in Sydney this month. The shows, which pitch a stand-up
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CNN signs Metro deal
CNN has signed a two-year deal with radio news and traffic supplier Metro Networks that will give radio stations across the UK access to the 24-hour news channel's material, writes John
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CLASSIC FM EXPANDS
Classic FM has expanded its production team with the appointment of a new producer and two assistant producers. Clive Jones rejoined the station last month as a full-time producer after leaving
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Mackin named UK Gold channel editor
Bravo head of programming Catherine Mackin has won the race to replace Kathryn Mitchell as UK Gold channel editor.Mackin, who was up against BBC Choice programming executive Katy Thorogood and UK
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CHANCE FOR LUARD LECTURE
Former BSkyB deputy managing director David Chance is to give the first Roger Luard Memorial Lecture at Luton University on 11 November. In the lecture - sponsored by Hit Entertainment -
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Posh Spice serves up tips on how to be a celebrity
Swing Productions has lined up 'Posh Spice' Victoria Beckham to front a 1 x 50-minute show for Channel 4 in which she explains how to be the ultimate celebrity in the
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SAVAGE SIGNS TWO-YEAR EXCLUSIVE DEAL WITH CARLTON
Carlton Television has poached Lily Savage from the BBC by striking an exclusive two-year deal for the comic to appear on ITV. Carlton director of programmes Steve Hewlett said Savage, who
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TVNZ RENEWS CARLTON INTERNATIONAL DEAL
New Zealand public service broadcaster TVNZ has renewed its output deal with Carlton International for a further three years. The deal gives TVNZ first look at Carlton International shows including new