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    Rushes junks Henry for second Fire suite

    1999-09-10T00:00:00Z

    Rushes has announced plans to close its Quantel Henry Infynity suite and replace it with a second Discreet Fire in a move that managing director Mark Hewitt said would be a

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    Glassworks is to integrate its FurShader plug-in into Avid/Softimage's upcoming animation software, Sumatra. FurShader, first shown at the end of last year, was developed by Glassworks' R&D department

    1999-09-10T00:00:00Z

    Glassworks is to integrate its FurShader plug-in into Avid/Softimage's upcoming animation software, Sumatra. FurShader, first shown at the end of last year, was developed by Glassworks' R&D department of Matt Taylor,

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    Frontline set for new premises after fire

    1999-09-10T00:00:00Z

    Covent Garden facility Frontline Television should be up and running in new premises at the start of next week despite being involved in what one fireman called 'the largest blaze in

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    SBS may pull out of CME acquisition

    1999-09-10T00:00:00Z

    SBS could scrap its proposed $650 million (£405 million) deal to buy Central European Media Enterprises (CME) because of the ongoing dispute over ownership of the latter's most profitable station, Czech

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    Carlton advances in US with LA deal

    1999-09-10T00:00:00Z

    Carlton Communications has moved to strengthen its US production and distribution business by taking full control of LA-based TV movie financier/distributor Hamdon Entertainment.Hamdon is to be renamed Carlton America following Carlton's

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    AFC alters co-pro rules

    1999-09-10T00:00:00Z

    Australian rules governing the eligibility of international co-productions for domestic output quotas will now restrict the origin of a project's subject matter, writes Sandy George.

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    Monti continues tough EU line

    1999-09-10T00:00:00Z

    Incoming European Union (EU) competition commissioner Mario Monti intends to take a tough line with broadcasters to make sure they respect anti-trust rules, as well as continuing to pursue his predecessor's

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    ACTION TIME TAKES SIX OF THE BEST TO MIPCOM

    1999-09-10T00:00:00Z

    UK format specialist Action Time is bringing six new properties to Mipcom 99 next month, including Planet 24 Productions' entertainment format Girlfriend (left) and daytime show Watercolour Challenge. Action Time will

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    C4I TO OFFER INDIES ONLINE REPORTING FACILITY

    1999-09-10T00:00:00Z

    Channel 4 International will provide an online reporting facility to indie producers from the middle of next year. The new service will give indies access to the distributor's database, allowing them

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    KIRCH AND MEDIASET PLAN FURTHER EXPANSION OF ETN

    1999-09-10T00:00:00Z

    Germany's Kirch Group and Italy's Mediaset are forging ahead with plans to create a pan-European network of broadcast interests through their joint-venture, European Television Network (ETN). Kirch Group programming director Jan

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    CHURCH SPECIAL TO HEAD NBDTV MIPCOM SLATE

    1999-09-10T00:00:00Z

    A 40-minute classical music special featuring teenage singer Charlotte Church accompanied by the London Symphony Orchestra will be among the new programming launched by UK indie distributor NBDtv at Mipcom.Other new

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    CHATSWORTH DISTRIBUTORS HIRES HARIA AS MANAGER

    1999-09-10T00:00:00Z

    Chatsworth Television Distributors, the sister company of UK indie Chatsworth Television, has appointed Sital Haria as its new manager. Sital Haria joins from High Point, with a brief to expand the

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    RTL PUTS FOCUS ON IN-HOUSE PRODUCTIONS

    1999-09-10T00:00:00Z

    Leading German commercial broadcaster RTL is to place more emphasis on in-house production in 1999-2000, according to managing director Gerhard Zeiler. While daytime schedules between 09.00 and 17.00 will consist exclusively

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    KLOIBER SET TO SELL 30 PER CENT STAKE IN TMG TO EM.TV

    1999-09-10T00:00:00Z

    German media mogul Herbert Kloiber is reported to be in advanced talks with merchandising and rights broker EM.TV about selling a 30 per cent stake in his Tele-Muenchen-Group (TMG), valued at

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    TRADE TALK - Cash machine

    1999-09-10T00:00:00Z

    Television Corporation chief executive Chris Rowlands may not be very well-known in TV land but the City adores him, says Ashley Davies.

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    TRADE TALK - Martin Jackson

    1999-09-10T00:00:00Z

    Warns Carlton chief Michael Green he may yet regret his decision to rebrand Central and Westcountry.

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    NEWS ANALYSIS - BBC shuts door on GLR

    1999-09-10T00:00:00Z

    The BBC bowed to the inevitable last week and announced a revamp of its ailing London radio station, GLR, in the wake of its disastrous ratings performance. So what went wrong, asks John Plunkett.

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    OPINION - BBC may yet pay full price for talent

    1999-09-10T00:00:00Z

    It is not often that the king programme pins of Britain's terrestrial networks see eye to eye on a significant industry issue. But on the question of rising talent costs, and

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    MILLENNIUM TELEVISION - Dome comfort

    1999-09-10T00:00:00Z

    For the BBC it's millennium fever as the countdown to the big day begins in earnest this autumn, but for other broadcasters 'millennium schmillennium' might be a more accurate description. Peter Keighron reports.

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    PREFERRED SUPPLIER DEBATE - Is C4 taking sides?

    1999-09-10T00:00:00Z

    Does Channel 4 have a preferred suppliers policy? That depends who you're talking to. Below, Tracy Hofman, owner of ScreenAge Productions, claims that it does, while C4's Janet Walker presents the case for the defence.