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    Avid to axe staff in restructuring plan

    1999-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Avid Technology is expected to announce a significant number of redundancies and plans to spin off at least part of Softimage when it reveals a restructure next month.Avid said last Thursday

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    VTR confirms talks with South Beach

    1999-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Facilities company VTR has confirmed it is in talks with restaurant group South Beach Concepts about a partnership for production subsidiary Portman Entertainment.Shares in South Beach Concepts, which trade on the

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    Pinnacle hails record earnings for quarter

    1999-10-29T00:00:00Z

    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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    SGI shares slump to all-time low

    1999-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Shares in troubled computer manufacturer Silicon Graphics (SGI) plunged to an all-time low after the company announced larger than expected first-quarter losses and revealed it would write off $86 million (£51.3

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    INTERNATIONAL NEWS - Channel 4 leads UK Emmy nominations

    1999-10-29T00:00:00Z

    UK producers and broadcasters have secured an impressive seven out of 21 nominations for the 27th International Emmys.Channel 4 led the way - four of its projects have made the shortlists

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    News Corp bids for FTV Premiera

    1999-10-29T00:00:00Z

    News Corp is one of the potential bidders for FTV Premiera, the holder of the Czech Prima TV commercial licence, according to the bank handling the sale.Czech bank IPB confirmed on

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    Australia mulls loosening of foreign ownership rules

    1999-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Treating the Australian media just like any other industry over issues of foreign ownership is just one of a package of recommendations from a government advisory panel that, if adopted, would

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    GRANADA USA SLICES HAMM FROM STUDIOS USA

    1999-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Granada Entertainment USA (GEU) president Scott Siegler has recruited Bill Hamm from Studios USA to take the newly created position of senior vice-president series programming. Hamm will oversee the development and

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    TVNZ RENEWS CARLTON INTERNATIONAL DEAL

    1999-10-29T00:00:00Z

    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

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    WORLDWIDE SELLS MIAMI 7 AROUND WORLD

    1999-10-29T00:00:00Z

    BBC Worldwide has sold S Club 7 in Miami - known as Miami 7 in the UK - to broadcasters in more than 35 countries and has been appointed exclusive distributor

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    FOX KIDS EUROPE TO FLOAT ON AMSTERDAM STOCK MARKET

    1999-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Fox Kids Europe is to be floated on the Amsterdam stock market under plans announced by its parent, Fox Family Worldwide (FFW). It will include all FFW's European cable and satellite

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    EX-CARLTON MAN JONES JOINS VISUAL INTERNATIONAL

    1999-10-29T00:00:00Z

    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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    RAYNER LEAVES ITEL FOR CARLTON AUSTRALASIA ROLE

    1999-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Carlton International director of sales Louise Sexton has hired Dominic Rayner from rival UK distributor Itel to become territory manager Australasia. Rayner, who is due to take up his new position

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    TRADE TALK - Young at heart

    1999-10-29T00:00:00Z

    David Young is the BBC's youngest ever head of light entertainment yet he's already catching the eye of the corporation bigwigs, writes Tim Dams.

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    TRADE TALK - Tony Stoller

    1999-10-29T00:00:00Z

    On the work that has gone into preparations for the launch of the commercial digital radio multiplexes.

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    New media gold diggers

    1999-10-29T00:00:00Z

    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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    OPINION - Granada ups the stakes in digital

    1999-10-29T00:00:00Z

    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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    INDIE BUSINESS - The money programme

    1999-10-29T00:00:00Z

    As fully funded commissions come to an end, some independent producers are turning their attention to new forms of deficit funding. Jason Deans examines the options and asks how they might bring long-term benefits to indies.

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    Commercial secrets

    1999-10-29T00:00:00Z

    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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    INTERVIEW - Learning his ABC

    1999-10-29T00:00:00Z

    If Michael Davies is not yet a key player in US TV, he soon will be. That's the verdict on the Londoner whose huge success at ABC with Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? could open Hollywood's doors to other UK producers.