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    LIVE TV TRIO TO LAUNCH INTERACTIVE VENTURE

    1999-12-17T00:00:00Z

    Former Live TV managing director Mark Cullen is to launch an interactive TV venture with his former colleagues from the defunct TV channel, programme executives Mark Murphy and Adrian Swift.The outfit,

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    CULLEN STEPS UP AT BBC DRAMA SERIES

    1999-12-17T00:00:00Z

    BBC drama head of series Mal Young has appointed Serena Cullen as head of development. Cullen, who was previously a development producer in the department, replaces Patrick Spence who has left

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    EURONEWS PLANS HOURLY BROADCASTS OVER NEW YEAR

    1999-12-17T00:00:00Z

    ITN-operated pan-European news channel EuroNews will broadcast live hourly updates from across the globe during its millennium special. The broadcasts will begin in New Zealand at 13.00 (Central European Time) on

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    DISCOVERY EUROPE SEALS DIGITAL DEAL WITH TELEWEST

    1999-12-17T00:00:00Z

    Discovery Networks Europe (DNE) has signed a digital carriage deal for all its channels on the Telewest cable network. Telewest will carry Discovery Channel Europe, Discovery Home & Leisure and Animal

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    RTS TO HONOUR WYATT'S 34 YEARS AT BBC

    1999-12-17T00:00:00Z

    The Royal Television Society is holding a dinner for outgoing BBC Broadcast chief executive Will Wyatt on 27 January. Wyatt (right) retires this month after a career at the corporation spanning

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    DE FOUGEROLLES JOINS TWO WAY TV FROM MTV EUROPE

    1999-12-17T00:00:00Z

    Interactive outfit Two Way TV has recruited Jean de Fougerolles from MTV Europe to become its head of distribution. He will oversee the service's roll-out on emerging digital platforms including digital

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    SKY PUB SERVICE TO AIR 42-HOUR MILLENNIUM SPECIAL

    1999-12-17T00:00:00Z

    BSkyB's service for pubs and clubs, Skybusiness, has unveiled details of its Bar Zone 2000 package, a 42-hour millennium special of music videos and live links to events across the globe.

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    CHRISTIAN PLATFORM SIGNS UP EURONEWS AND TRAVEL

    1999-12-17T00:00:00Z

    Christian Channel Europe (CCE) has signed deals to carry ITN-operated EuroNews and the Travel Channel as part of its Dream Family Network platform, which launched on the Sirius II satellite at

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    TWI NAMES NET AND TV SERVICE NETWORK OF THE WORLD

    1999-12-17T00:00:00Z

    TWI is to call its new multi-million pound global, converged internet and television service Network of the World (NOW).As revealed exclusively in Broadcast last week, TWI has teamed up with Pacific

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    BLAIR QUITS CARLTON REGIONAL POST TO FOLLOW STAR

    1999-12-17T00:00:00Z

    Carlton Productions head of regional programmes Mike Blair has quit to join the UK arm of Australian distributor producer Southern Star. Blair will take up the new position of head of

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    ANTELOPE BOSNIA DOC WINS AMSTERDAM PRIZE

    1999-12-17T00:00:00Z

    Antelope documentary feature A Cry from the Grave has been awarded the special jury award at the twelfth Amsterdam Inter-national Documentary Festival. The film, which aired recently as part of BBC

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    COOGAN GETS PHYSICAL WITH JIM HENSON

    1999-12-17T00:00:00Z

    Pete Coogan has been promoted to become vice-president of physical production at Jim Henson Television. Coogan was previously production executive but will now manage all of the company's non-US global productions.

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    UKRD SNAPS UP DAWE MEDIA RADIO GROUP

    1999-12-17T00:00:00Z

    Guildford-based UKRD Group has bought the Dawe Media radio group for an undisclosed sum. Dawe Media owns three radio stations in King's Lynn, Cambridge and Oxford and is a shareholder in

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    PEARSON BACKS DUNN SCHOLARSHIP WITH£25,000

    1999-12-17T00:00:00Z

    Pearson Television has kicked off the funding for the Richard Dunn Memorial Scholarship at the National Film & Television School with a£25,000 donation. The school is looking for additional donations

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    BENSON ENTERS RING AT MEDIA CIRCUS

    1999-12-17T00:00:00Z

    Graham Benson, chairman of indie Blue Heaven Productions and Isle of Wight-based restricted service licence (RSL) TV station TV12, has been appointed non-executive chairman of commercial and music video producer Media

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    SUNSET + VINE FINDS TAKERS FOR WILDLIFE SERIES

    1999-12-17T00:00:00Z

    Independent Sunset + Vine (S+V) has sold its Toyota World of Wildlife series to more than 100 broadcasters worldwide including Channel 5 in the UK. The 26 x 30-minute series comprises

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    BBC idents set for new year revamp

    1999-12-17T00:00:00Z

    BBC Television is to refresh its main terrestrial idents in January, introducing four new balloon images for BBC 1 and seven new '2s' for BBC 2.The BBC 1 idents, produced by

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    New bill threat to FM licence review

    1999-12-17T00:00:00Z

    The Government's review of the allocation of FM radio licences enters its next stage in January amid fears that it could be sidelined by the build-up to the next broadcasting bill,

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    Channel 4 orders new run of Johnny Vaughan Film Show

    1999-12-17T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 head of film programming Nick Jones has commissioned a second series of Johnny Vaughan's Film Show from World's End but is rethinking the show's scheduling, writes Ashley Davies.The 8

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    United Productions has been commissioned by ITV

    1999-12-17T00:00:00Z

    United Productions has been commissioned by ITV controller of documentaries and features Grant Mansfield to make two natural history specials featuring presenter Nigel Marven, writes Jason Deans.The two 60-minute films -