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De Villiers up at Disney
The Walt Disney Company has announced a series of promotions to bolster its international presence. On Wednesday (23 June), Walt Disney International president Robert Iger named Etienne de Villiers - formerly
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BBC retains Wimbledon
The BBC has secured exclusive rights to broadcast the Wimbledon tennis tournament for the next five years. The deal covers TV, radio and some internet rights, and continues the corporation's 60-year
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GSkyB closes in on deal
Granada Sky Broadcasting (GSkyB) has confirmed it is close to signing its first programming deal with the BBC. The cable and satellite outfit hopes to acquire the rights to screen a
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News Special: Tim Dams on the 1998-99 BBC Annual Report - Programming squeezed
BBC 1 saw its programming budget heavily squeezed last year, as the corporation ploughed extra resources into new services.Figures published this week in the BBC Annual Report 1998-99 show that£752
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News Special: 1998-99 BBC Annual Report - Briefs
Independent producers are estimated to have supplied 27 per cent of qualifying BBC programmes in the report, a fall from 29 per cent last year.BBC 1 saw its current affairs, music
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News Special: 1998-99 BBC Annual Report - Resources posts loss
The report saw BBC Resources Ltd publish its first stand-alone accounts, write Dominic Timms and Tim Dams.As expected, BBC Resources Ltd posted a pre-tax loss on ordinary activities of£5.6 million
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News Special: 1998-99 BBC Annual Report - Governors praise radio for bigger audiences and better schedules
BBC network radio was given a much-needed slap on the back by Sir John Birt and the governors for building audiences and improving schedules last year.But concerns were expressed about BBC
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News Special: 1998-99 BBC Annual Report - Verdict from the top
FACTUALBIRT: 'BBC1 transmits a much greater proportion of factual programming in peaktime than does ITV. Science output was among the most successful of the year ... history documentaries continued to provide
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Government to spurn quick fix on regulation
The Government has said it will press on with an 'evolutionary' approach to broadcasting regulation instead of supporting a dramatic 'big bang' stance.Publishing its report last week, Regulating Communications: The Way
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C4 hires 10 indies to work in Comedy Lab
Ten independent production companies have picked up commissions to make shows for the second series of Channel 4's new talent 'nursery slope', Comedy Lab, writes Tim Dams.
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ITV2 acquires Hot Sands
ITV2 director of programmes Brian Barwick has acquired the rights to Hot Sands: Beach Volleyball from Prisma Sports & Media, writes Jason Deans. The 12 x 30 and 1 x 60-minute
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UK Horizons in bid to recreate Eden to mark millennium
BBC/Flextech joint-venture channel UK Horizons has unveiled details of one of its biggest commissions to date, writes Alice Macandrew.
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Arena Digital has created the graphic sequences for newly released documentary Is God A Number, which uses mathematics to find explanations for the natural world and the workings of the human
Arena Digital has created the graphic sequences for newly released documentary Is God A Number, which uses mathematics to find explanations for the natural world and the workings of the human
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AMG FX has created a new animated character for tape manufacturer Henkel's latest TV commercial. Produced by Onward Films and directed by Pat Egerton, the commercial features a combination of live
AMG FX has created a new animated character for tape manufacturer Henkel's latest TV commercial. Produced by Onward Films and directed by Pat Egerton, the commercial features a combination of live
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Burrell Durrant Hifle was commissioned by BBC Bristol series editor Peter Symes to create the title sequence for documentary series Picture This. Designed and directed by Rob Hifle, the titles feature
Burrell Durrant Hifle was commissioned by BBC Bristol series editor Peter Symes to create the title sequence for documentary series Picture This. Designed and directed by Rob Hifle, the titles feature
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Knapp in plea for programme ideas
NTL chief executive and president Barclay Knapp has issued a plea to programme-makers to approach the cable outfit with new content ideas for the digital future.Delivering the Royal Television Society (RTS)
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On Digital poaches Ward from BSkyB
On Digital executive director broadcasting Ashley Faull has poached BSkyB's millennium project manager to head the digital terrestrial outfit's programme planning and publicity activities, writes Alice Macandrew.
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Choice lines up Sisters for summer
BBC Choice has lined up a new 30-minute drama from BBC drama to run alongside its replay of BBC 1's costume drama, Aristocrats, in August, writes Alice Macandrew.
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Trinity buys DMGT out of Channel One Liverpool
The Liverpool Daily Post & Echo has taken sole ownership of Channel One Liverpool by buying out its joint-venture partner, Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT) subsidiary Harmsworth Media, writes Alice Macandrew.
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Luks rings changes at Montreux
The organisers of the Golden Rose of Montreux TV festival have announced a range of changes for next year's event, including an expansion of conference and presentation programmes, writes John Plunkett.