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The BBC has acquired Roswell, a 22 x 45-minute US series produced by Regency Television in association with Twentieth Century Fox Television, writes Tim Dams. Marking the BBC's first acquisition from
The BBC has acquired Roswell, a 22 x 45-minute US series produced by Regency Television in association with Twentieth Century Fox Television, writes Tim Dams. Marking the BBC's first acquisition from
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New shows for C4 in night-time revamp
Channel 4 night-time commissioning editor Stevan Keane has ordered seven new shows and revamped 4Later's idents and programme links, writes Wale Azeez.The idents, produced in-house, and the 'Conrad and Jane' links
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NTL/Telewest ready VoD launches
NTL and Telewest are set to roll-out their video-on-demand (VoD) services next year following their digital launch this autumn, writes John Plunkett.NTL announced on Tuesday (21 September) that it will begin
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LESTER JOINS BBC CHILDREN'S TO DEVELOP DRAMA
BBC Production children's department has appointed Cas Lester as a new drama development executive. Her brief is to bring in new projects and writers, as well as supervising new drama series
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ROWLINSON NAMED DEPUTY AT BBC SPORT
BBC Sport head of development John Rowlinson has been appointed deputy controller, TV sport. Rowlinson's brief includes assisting controller Mike Miller as well as taking responsibility for the international unit. He
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SKILLSET SCOOPS£1 MILLION FOR TRAINING INITIATIVE
Skillset has received a£1 million grant from the Department of Education & Employment to back a drive to promote the take-up of formal qualifications by television staff. The initiative, which
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RAPTURE SIGNS CARRIAGE DEAL WITH CWC
Cable and satellite teen channel Rapture TV will be available in another 850,000 homes from 16 October after tying up an analogue and digital carriage deal with Cable & Wireless Communications
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MACKENZIE JOINS GYNGELL FOR INTERACTIVE ASTROLOGY
Talk Radio chairman and Wireless Group chief executive Kelvin MacKenzie has launched a pay-to-view interactive astrology website in a joint-venture with former Yorkshire TV chairman Bruce Gyngell. World Interactive Television (WIT),
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INVICTA RADIO PRISES CLARK FROM KEY 103
Capital Radio-owned Invicta Radio Group has poached Luis Clark from Key 103 as its new programme controller. Clark is currently programme manager and mid-morning presenter at the Manchester-based station, and has
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UBOGU GIVES 110% INSIDE VIEW ON RUGBY WORLD CUP
BBC Choice nightly sports programme 110% has signed Bath and England prop forward Victor Ubogu to provide an inside view of England's progress in the forthcoming Rugby World Cup. He will
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FIVE JOIN BBC COMMUNITY AFFAIRS UNIT
The BBC has appointed five members to its GLR-based community affairs unit, whose brief is to ensure the multi-cultural diversity of London and the south-east is reflected in the corporation's TV,
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What they said
'John Birt told us that he inherited a BBC that was on the edge of a nervous breakdown. Now he's leaving one that's addicted to Prozac'Dawn Airey, Channel 5 director of
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Smith outlines digital package
Media Secretary Chris Smith outlined a package of measures for the digital age at the Royal Television Society's Cambridge Convention 1999, including a timetable for analogue switch-off and a review of
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ANALOGUE SWITCH-OFF AND PROPOSED REGULATORY CHANGES IN BRIEF
Switch-off- A timetable for the switch-off of analogue TV, dependent on the availability and affordability of digital TV- The switchover could be as early as 2006 and be completed by 2010,
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Broadcast legislation pledged
Media Secretary Chris Smith has promised major broadcasting legislation early in the next Parliament in a move that could considerably ease the regulatory burden on broadcasters, writes Tim Dams.The news, announced
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Birt admits to 'few regrets' about BBC tenure
Outgoing BBC director general Sir John Birt told delegates he had no regrets about his tenure at the helm of the corporation, in a valedictory session at Cambridge on Thursday, writes
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Flextech boss lets rip at ITV2
Flextech Television chairman and chief executive Adam Singer launched a scathing attack on ITV2, branding it 'an apology for a channel', writes Jason Deans.Singer, speaking at the Cambridge session Open the
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Delegates vote for BBC to remain a full service
Delegates at the 1999 RTS Cambridge Convention voted almost two-to-one in favour of the BBC remaining a full-service public service broadcaster in the digital age.The vote was taken by secret ballot
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UK needs to lighten up to export
The time is ripe for UK television distributors and programmers to increase their share of the German market, according to RTL chief executive Gerhard Zeiler, writes Steve Clarke.Speaking at the Export
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Drama tops wish-lists in controllers' session
The five terrestrial channel controllers outlined how they would spend imaginary extra funds on Friday (17 September), with each saving a sizeable chunk of their cash for drama, writes Tabitha Cole.In