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    C-Cube has developed what it claims is the first single chip HD encoder, which will also support HD non-linear editing. The same chip will support standard definition video as well as

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    C-Cube has developed what it claims is the first single chip HD encoder, which will also support HD non-linear editing. The same chip will support standard definition video as well as

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    Postware debuts with Ensemble at Siggraph

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Telecine company Cintel has opened an outfit with a new data product to improve efficient working in video facilities.Postware will make its debut at Siggraph selling Ensemble, a turnkey database product

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    Dash & Lilly heads UK Emmy hopefuls

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    UK producers and broadcasters are competing for 14 1999 Primetime Emmys in the US, with Granada Media TV movie Dash and Lilly securing an impressive eight nominations.The Granada single drama about

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    ARTV signs Hillary for White House art film

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    UK independent ARTV has secured access to Hillary Clinton for a show about the White House art collection for broadcast as a special edition of Art House, the company's weekly programme

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    Subscription revenue to soar in east Europe

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Eastern European subscription TV and advertising revenues are forecast to rise by more that 400 per cent over the next 10 years, from $3.5 billion (£2.2 billion) in 1999 to $16.4

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    ELLIPSE JOINS QUEUE FOR GAUMONT

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Canal+ production subsidiary Ellipse is among the bidders for French production company Gaumont TV. Gaumont, which was established in 1990 and has a programme catalogue including the Highlander series, recently reported

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    EC LAUNCHES INQUIRY INTO FUNDING OF PUBLIC SERVICE TV

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    The European Commission (EC) has launched formal investigations into the state funding of public service TV in France and Italy. The probe will concentrate on government cash injections and direct subsidies

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    CANAL+ IN TALKS WITH CNN, REUTERS OVER I-TELEVISION

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Canal+, which is to launch news channel I-Television on French digital satellite platform CanalSatellite on 4 November, is said to be talking to CNN and Reuters Television about forming strategic alliances

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    SBS AND UPC IN JOINT BID FOR DUTCH SOCCER RIGHTS

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Europe's largest broadcaster, SBS, is mounting a joint bid for Dutch football TV rights with its new pan-European partner, cable company UPC. SBS chief executive Harry Sloan said the two planned

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    NBDTV LANDS RIGHTS TO BBC 1'S WICKED WOMEN

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    UK indie distributor NBDtv has secured the international rights to the Wicked Women concert, which went out on BBC 1 last Saturday (24 July).The charity concert to promote breast cancer awareness

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    WORLD SERVICE JOINS US DIGITAL SATELLITE PLATFORM

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    BBC World Service is to be included in a digital satellite radio platform that will start broadcasting to the US in 2001. XM Satellite, a subsidiary of American Mobile Satellite Corporation,

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    King of comedy

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    If anyone can crack the US market, it's Hat Trick founder Jimmy Mulville, who last week unveiled plans to open an LA office. David Wood reports.

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    NEWS ANALYSIS - NTL's boat comes in

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    NTL's announcement that it has lined up an£8.2 billion takeover of Cable & Wireless took everyone by surprise, not least digital TV rivals BSkyB and On Digital. Alice Macandrew on the repercussions.

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    CORPORATE JOLLIES - Junkets, jollies and journos

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Whether it's white water rafting in the Rockies, a trip on Concorde or just a team-building weekend in Windsor, the corporate jolly is now an established part of the broadcasting calendar. Ed Shelton goes in search of a free lunch.

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    INTERVIEW - Kings of the jungle

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Since launching two years ago, Lion Television has expanded production beyond its staple docu-soap output into classic documentaries. Now the indie is stalking some new prey: drama and the overseas markets.

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    RATINGS ANALYSIS - Back of the nets

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Over the last decade, the Big Three US networks - ABC, CBS and NBC - have seen their audience share plummet from 66 to 43 per cent and the decline shows no sign of abating.

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    RATINGS - TOP 30 BBC 2, CHANNEL 4 & CHANNEL 5

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

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    OFF THE RECORD - Four play

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    If only England's cricketers were as good at their jobs as Channel 4, which broadcast its first live coverage of a Test match last week. The hand of marketing supremo David

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    OFF THE RECORD - Countdown hit for six

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    On a similar note, Channel 4's decision to axe Countdown for last week's cricket didn't go unnoticed. Presenter Richie Benaud told viewers that 'only about three or four thousand people' had

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    OFF THE RECORD - Starstruck

    1999-07-30T00:00:00Z

    There is, it appears, no limit to the number of BBC execs desperate to get on the telly. Regular readers will remember how Alan Yentob, Paul Jackson and Geoffrey Perkins sneaked