All Broadcast articles in 30 July 1999
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Liquid Television Graphics handled both design and execution on major BBC news and current affairs series The Spying Game. Footage of 007-type fictional espionage action was shot on digi-beta and comp
Liquid Television Graphics handled both design and execution on major BBC news and current affairs series The Spying Game. Footage of 007-type fictional espionage action was shot on digi-beta and composited
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SMITH AND FORRESTER TO HOST DREAM WHEELS FOR BBC 1
BBC science has signed up Mike Smith and Phillipa Forrester to front Dream Wheels, the new primetime 6 x 30-minute BBC 1 series exploring the future of transport (Broadcast, 4.6.99). The
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SOMETHIN' ELSE TO LOOK INTO PIONEERS FOR RADIO 1
Independent Somethin' Else has been commissioned by BBC Radio 1 for a 4 x 30-minute new music documentary series, Pioneers, for broadcast in the Lamacq Live evening slot in January. The
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Lion to tackle US justice for BBC 1
Lion Television has been commissioned to make a major new BBC 1 documentary series looking at the US justice system and is about to set up a drama arm.The indie is
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Conley signs up with ITV for£1m
Brian Conley has signed an exclusive£1 million deal with the ITV network that will see him fronting a new entertainment series and a number of specials, writes Tina Mistry.Marking the
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NBDTV LANDS RIGHTS TO BBC 1'S WICKED WOMEN
UK indie distributor NBDtv has secured the international rights to the Wicked Women concert, which went out on BBC 1 last Saturday (24 July).The charity concert to promote breast cancer awareness
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DISCOVERY 102 CREATES 15 POSTS FOR AUGUST LAUNCH
Independent Radio Group (IRG)-owned Discovery 102 is set to create up to 15 jobs ahead of its launch at the end of August. The Dundee-based station, which will broadcast a mix
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EVERETT EXTENDS CONTRACT FOR 110% UNTIL AUGUST 2000
BBC Choice director of programmes Katharine Everett has commissioned BBC sport to continue producing 110% - the daily half-hour sports magazine show - until August 2000.The show, which goes out at
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R4 focuses on WW2 and Lawrence
BBC Radio 4 has unveiled new dramas including seasons of DH Lawrence and the second world war, writes John Plunkett.The Lawrence season features a 3 x 60-minute dramatisation of Sons and
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EVANS IN BBC 2 ROLE
UKTV head of channel management and business affairs Claire Evans is to be the new head of channel management at BBC 2. She takes over from Jill Pack, who is moving
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Adams Trainor has engineered the titles and programme graphics for Traffic, BBC 2's five-part series on the nightmares of travel. The Lion TV production airs in the format of five wry
Adams Trainor has engineered the titles and programme graphics for Traffic, BBC 2's five-part series on the nightmares of travel. The Lion TV production airs in the format of five wry
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ITV SETS JULY 2000 DATE TO SWITCH TO WIDESCREEN ADS
ITV has proposed 1 July 2000 as 'C-Day' when all commercials will be broadcast in widescreen format. According to Tom McKerrow, former SVC managing director and now a widescreen consultant, ITV
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THRELFALL AND JAMES LINE UP FOR LIFEHOUSE ON R3
David Threlfall and Geraldine James will star in BBC Radio 3's adaptation of the Pete Townshend musical Lifehouse. The show, written in 1971 and featuring classic songs from The Who, is
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SOFTIMAGE TO SHIP SUMATRA 3D SOFTWARE IN DECEMBER
Sumatra, the long-awaited new generation 3D software from Avid Softimage, is scheduled to ship in December. It will be 're-unveiled' at Siggraph in August - two years after the prototype was
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ITV BAGS 31.4 PER CENT OF VIEWING IN LATEST ITC FIGURES
ITV took an estimated 31.4 per cent share of viewing in the 12 months to 30 June this year, according to the Independent Television Commission's latest figures. BBC 1's share was
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C4 revamps programming structure
Channel 4 has rejigged its programming structure in a bid to free up department chiefs Tim Gardam and Karen Brown for more strategic roles, while encouraging cross fertilisation among departments.Commissioning editor
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CHANNEL 4 PULLS IN MCKENNA FOR HYPNOTISM SPECIAL
Hypnotist Paul McKenna is to appear in a one-off post-watershed Channel 4 show made by Objective Productions, described as hypnotism meets Candid Camera. Invited guests are hypnotised, and then placed in
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - C4 hooks viewers with Test coverage
Channel 4 notched up its best Saturday performance since the beginning of 1998 last weekend thanks to its coverage of Test cricket, writes Tina Mistry.According to unofficial overnight figures, the station's
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Talk acquires TRP in£42 million deal
Talk Radio has bought The Radio Partnership (TRP) in a deal believed to be worth£42 million, making Talk the fifth largest radio outfit in the UK.The purchase of the nine-station