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    NUNEZ NEW CBSBI PRESIDENT AS SIEK TAKES HIS LEAVE

    1999-07-16T00:00:00Z

    CBS Broadcast International has appointed Armando Nunez Jr as its new, LA-based president while former chief Rainer Siek steps down. Nunez Jr joins from Universal International TV, where he was also

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    CHARRET INVOLVED IN CINEPOSIUM CO-PRO SESSION

    1999-07-16T00:00:00Z

    Gaumont chief executive Christian Charret is taking part in a television co-production session at this week's Cineposium event. Held from Friday (16 July), the symposium aims to bring together UK producers

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    UPC CONSOLIDATES WITH DEALS IN SWEDEN AND HUNGARY

    1999-07-16T00:00:00Z

    United Pan-Europe Communications (UPC) has consolidated its position as second largest cable operator in Europe after Deutsche Telekom with deals to buy Swedish cable company Stjarn TV and Hungarian cable company

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    FRENCH CULTURE MINISTER SLAMS DIGITAL FOOTBALL DEAL

    1999-07-16T00:00:00Z

    The decision by French digital platforms Canal+ and TPS to jointly buy broadcast rights to championship matches of the French Football League for more than FFr2 billion (£207 million) per year

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    STAR TV TO MANAGE NAT GEO'S INDIAN DISTRIBUTION

    1999-07-16T00:00:00Z

    National Geographic has linked up with Star TV, allowing the News Corp-backed company to manage Nat Geo's distribution and advertising sales in India. Star adds National Geographic to its bouquet of

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    CNNI LAUNCHES PLANS TO INCREASE ASIAN VIEWING

    1999-07-16T00:00:00Z

    CNN International (CNNI) has launched its regionalisation strategy to increase viewing in Asia. Initially, CNNI is airing 19 hours of local language programming per week, with $8-9 million (£5-5.8 million) earmarked

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    The new draw

    1999-07-16T00:00:00Z

    When Camilla Deakin was made animation chief at C4 last week, many animators' first reaction was to ask who she was. Ashley Davies reports.

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    John Willis

    1999-07-16T00:00:00Z

    On how the success of Malcolm and Barbara could herald a new dawn for serious documentaries.

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    Behind the Birtspeak

    1999-07-16T00:00:00Z

    A heartfelt plea for public service broadcasting - or the self-serving speech of a man keen to secure his place in history? What was Sir John's New Statesman Lecture really about, asks Peter Keighron.

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    OPINION - What happened to children's radio?

    1999-07-16T00:00:00Z

    John Birt recently reminded us in his tub-thumping New Statesman media lecture, The Prize and The Price, that we exist in an age of media saturation. Well spotted, Sir John. And

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    RADIO SPECIAL - A sounder system for radio?

    1999-07-16T00:00:00Z

    Rajar's new system for measuring radio audiences promises greater accuracy for broadcasters and advertisers alike. But what does it tell us about future trends, asks Julian Lee. Graham Mytton, assesses future research tools.

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    RADIO SPECIAL - Growing pains

    1999-07-16T00:00:00Z

    The BBC does not air any radio shows for people under 15 - a situation that Children 2000 wants rectified.

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    INTERVIEW - A passion for radio

    1999-07-16T00:00:00Z

    Jenny Abramsky has been far from idle since she succeeded Matthew Bannister as BBC director of radio. But how will her review of commissioning - which, she says, will let creatives create - go down with the industry?

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    OFF THE RECORD - A tight squeeze

    1999-07-16T00:00:00Z

    Word reaches Off The Record of some unfortunate goings-on at BBC TV Centre, where a daytime talk show about agoraphobia and claustrophobia was being recorded. The show, which OTR understands was

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    OFF THE RECORD - Lollies suck

    1999-07-16T00:00:00Z

    Channel 5's Pepsi Chart host Dr Fox bit off more than he could chew on last week's show interviewing the latest teenage singing sensation, Lolly.The leathery-skinned presenter was naturally curious as

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    OFF THE RECORD - Breakfast for two

    1999-07-16T00:00:00Z

    Remember Phil Collins' stamina-busting dash from Wembley to Philadelphia to play in two concerts for Live Aid? Well, that was nothing compared to breakfast DJs Tony James and Jo Lewis, who

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    OFF THE RECORD - The fine art of complaining

    1999-07-16T00:00:00Z

    Producers who are pissed off with their programmes being shifted around the schedules of BBC 1 and ITV at a moment's notice should follow the example of OTR's favourite Manhattan cable

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    OFF THE RECORD - Snap happy

    1999-07-16T00:00:00Z

    Delegates at this week's Radio Festival in Cardiff are being armed with cameras disguised as radios in a cunning wheeze by Digital One and BBC Digital Radio. Festival-goers are being encouraged

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    OFF THE RECORD - You're nicked

    1999-07-16T00:00:00Z

    Headline of the week goes to the beautiful people of Channel 5. Accompanying the press release about their new docu-soap, Chopper Coppers - the thrilling tale of police officers chasing bad

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    OFF THE RECORD - Praise the Lord for television

    1999-07-16T00:00:00Z

    It's not often we have the privilege of featuring the Pope on the back page, but here is His Holiness himself receiving a top-notch Snell and Wilco CVR45 standards converter.A what?