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McCartney to host BBC music show
Paul McCartney is to present a 4 x 30-minute rock and roll music series for BBC World Service - the first time he has hosted a radio show in the UK,
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Overnight Ratings - Stargate SG-1 pilot takes C4 into orbit
Channel 4's big-budget US import, Stargate SG-1, won an intergalactic 2.7 million (15 per cent share) on its debut on Sunday (1 August), according to unofficial overnights, writes John Plunkett.The 120-minute
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ITV scraps The Sexual Century from 21.30 slot
ITV has pulled factual series The Sexual Century from its Monday night schedule after just two weeks following poor ratings, writes Jason Deans.The Sexual Century, a 6 x 60-minute documentary co-produced
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Jackson to give verdict on C4 future
Michael Jackson is to make his first major industry-wide appearance since becoming Channel 4 chief executive in July 1997 when he addresses an audience at this year's Edinburgh International Television Festival,
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Farr takes on expanded role
The BBC has moved to end 'duplication and confusion' in its marketing activity by creating a single integrated marketing division for its entire licence fee-funded services, writes Tina Mistry.The new department,
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Fish heads Young new drama drive
Paul McGann has signed up to star in new BBC 1 drama Fish, the first of a raft of returnable post-watershed projects being developed by head of BBC drama series Mal
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Barker lands Lynam athletics baton
Sue Barker is to replace Des Lynam as the main presenter for the corporation's coverage of the World Athletics Championships in Spain this month, after he stunned the BBC this week
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Dee quits Talk Radio
Talk Radio director of programmes (sport) Moz Dee has quit the station less than three months after he was appointed to the new position. A Talk spokesman said Dee, who has
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TV viewing figures slow
A television viewing analysis for April-June 1999, released by the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA), show that overall total daily viewing grew by 2.92 per cent, short of the 3.31
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NTL harmonises pricing
NTL has introduced a new national pricing package that harmonises all its phone, internet and TV prices for consumers on a country-wide basis. Until now, the rates for customers have differed
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Newsnight gets Campbell
Nicky Campbell, BBC Radio 5 Live and ITV presenter, is to join Newsnight as a presenter. The main Newsnight presenting team of Jeremy Paxman, Kirsty Wark and Jeremy Vine will remain
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Bakewell replaces Parker
British Film Institute (BFI) chairman Alan Parker has been named as the first chairman of the new Film Council. The distinguished director, responsible for films such as Bugsy Malone and Midnight
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Welsh news on Internet
BBC Wales is to launch what it is calling the first-ever daily Welsh-language 'newspaper' on the internet. Controller of BBC Wales Geraint Telfan Davies, said the new service would be launched
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ITC will regulate on interactive TV
Digital broadcasters preparing to launch interactive services are bracing themselves for a new set of regulations to be imposed by the Independent Television Commission.The ITC will issue a consultation paper this
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ITV backtracks on Eclipse
ITV is understood to have had an eleventh-hour change of heart over its plans to ignore next week's solar eclipse, and is now set to broadcast three live updates produced by
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Done and Dusted sets up events arm in Ibiza
Fledgling independent Done and Dusted has established a new division to stage events for television broadcast, writes Alice Macandrew.The first project to come out of Done and Dusted Events, which will
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Rory Peck Trust awards grant to Vincent family
The Rory Peck Trust has made its first ongoing grant to the family of late freelance cameraman Tony Vincent, writes Wale Azeez.Vincent was killed while making a wildlife film in January
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Wark signs up ex-Newsnight editor
Glasgow-based indie Wark Clements and Company has announced a management overhaul following its decision to move into drama and further expand its production slate, writes John Plunkett.Jane Rogerson, formerly commissioning editor
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Scots BAFTAS go-ahead despite Media Group's absence
Bafta Scotland is to go ahead with its biannual awards despite Scottish Media Group's refusal to take part (Broadcast, 30.7.99). But there are expected to be fewer categories and the ceremony,
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SKD Media buys Basil Brush Company
SKD Media has paid£1.7 million for Boom! Boom!, the company which owns the intellectual property rights to the character Basil Brush (right). SKD Media chief executive Mike Heap said the